Maryland

FREDERICK, Md

ANNAPOLIS – In a strong show of support for a new law that opens up serious juvenile court cases to the public, the rules committee for the Maryland Court of Appeals Friday decided to recommend that Maryland courts daily post a public calendar naming the accused and giving other facts

GREENBELT – Annie Halley thought she was in heaven on a fall day 60 years ago when, as a young housewife in the midst of the Depression, she stepped into her new home – a tiny white two- bedroom house in Greenbelt

WASHINGTON – A new Clinton administration plan will ensure cleaner air in Maryland by requiring the state and 21 others to reduce their smog-causing emissions by one third, officials said Friday

WASHINGTON – Congress is giving money to improve three Western Maryland highways, expand Metro in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and extend commuter rail service into Frederick

BALTIMORE – Matt Kelly described the beginning of events seven years ago that nearly killed him and two other people:

“I started getting flu-like symptoms — dizzy, vomiting, that sort of thing,” said the 34-year-old Hamilton resident

ANNAPOLIS – The midshipmen of the Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps are fine-tuning their act, checking their uniforms and giving their instruments a last polish for the annual Interservice Drum and Bugle Corps Championship Saturday morning

ANNAPOLIS – The Baltimore County Circuit Court can’t force Domino’s Pizza to change its “no-beard” policy for employees without a hearing, even if those employees wear beards for religious reasons, the Maryland Court of Appeals said Thursday

A court ruling that a Maryland waste removal company drove a truck driver from her job after she accused the firm of sexual harassment was overturned by a federal appeals court

WASHINGTON – A veteran river watcher told Congress on Thursday the answer to solving the region’s Pfiesteria crisis is simple: Clean up the water