Maryland

Winter Weather Slows Commuters, Delays Schools

WASHINGTON – About 1 to 3 inches of snow covered much of central and western Maryland Tuesday night, causing school delays or closings and some minor disruptions for commuters on Wednesday

Cuban-American Immigrant Feels Lucky Despite Early Struggles

LAUREL – After months of hard decisions and quiet planning, 7-year-old Ada Ghuman learned that she and her 3-year-old brother, Angel, would have to fly from Cuba to Miami alone

Flowers Works to Make Healthy Food Choices Grow in Barren Neighborhood

BALTIMORE – Willie Flowers surveys the fast-food-filled intersection of Reisterstown Road and Cold Spring Lane in West Baltimore — an area he calls, “the corner of death

Baltimore ‘Food Deserts’ Contribute to Health Problems

BALTIMORE – Every month, Nellie Barksdale pushes a cart full of food from a grocery store to her home in the 900 block of West Lexington Sreet

Neighborhood Nostalgia Extends to Corner Grocer

BALTIMORE – Gil Sandler remembers the stores that lined the block in his old neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore

Well-stocked Stores Can Help Health Woes

BALTIMORE – It’s not that there’s no food in Washington Village

Washington Village Struggles to Provide Healthy Food Options

BALTIMORE – Towanda and Nancy Brinson stood, confused, in front of the entrance to the largest corner store in Washington Village, the modest, family-owned Shop N’ Go Food Mart

Crime Stats Support Male Domestic Violence Victims

WASHINGTON – A billboard in Baltimore, sponsored by the Maryland House of Ruth, promotes the notion that domestic violence is purely a women’s problem and issue

Male Victims Get Lost in Domestic Abuse Data

WASHINGTON – When Adele Freeman fired five

Kendel Ehrlich: Will She or Won’t She?

ANNAPOLIS – It was election night, and the losing candidate for governor devoted several minutes of his concession speech to the woman standing behind him on stage