Maryland

Area Anti-Apartheid Activists Go to South Africa

WASHINGTON – Two area anti-apartheid activists fulfilled dreams of exploring their African heritage Thursday when they left for the first-ever Peace Corps mission to South Africa

Montgomery Advertising Restrictions Ruled Unconstitutional

ANNAPOLIS – The owners of a Rockville furniture store, fined when they advertised for a liquidation sale before moving across the street, will not have to pay due to a unanimous ruling Thursday from the Maryland Court of Appeals

Aids Activists Criticize Clinton’s Medicaid Proposal

WASHINGTON – Marylanders with AIDS and the AIDS virus who are now insured under Medicaid could lose access to health care if new federal rules are implemented, activist groups say

Proposed Cemetery Regulations Prompt Heated Debate

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers and cemetery operators clashed frequently during a marathon hearing on proposed regulations Wednesday

Lawmakers Debate Election by Mail

ANNAPOLIS – Advocates of election by mail learned their lesson last year and are taking the tortoise track during the current General Assembly session

Proposed Maryland Scholarship Gives Students Hope

ANNAPOLIS – One day, as president of the United States, 16- year-old Sarah Andrews would like to see the country “moving to the point where education is really the top priority

Appeals Court Grants New Trial to Defendant Who Had No Lawyer

ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore County man, convicted in a trial where he represented himself without a lawyer, will receive a new trial due to a Wednesday ruling from the Maryland Court of Special Appeals

Citizen Signatures Sought for Petitions to Reform Campaign Laws

WASHINGTON – Common Cause of Maryland will try to collect 32,000 signatures as part of a national effort to convince more than 1

Women Beating Men Out on Valentine Card Giving

GREENBELT – Laurel’s police squad will get Valentine’s Day cards from a not-so-secret admirer