Maryland

BALTIMORE – On a Saturday afternoon, Gordon Garrett runs a rag across the surface of a Ford parked outside a block of houses on West Lanvale Street in west Baltimore?s Upton community

WASHINGTON – Going to prison is hard, but Alfreda “Frieda” Robinson used her arrogance to get by

BALTIMORE – When April Johnson looks out the front window of her house in Heritage Crossing, she sees rows of red-brick townhouses and neat lawns that define the five-year-old development in West Baltimore

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland was among the first states that attempted to combat a growing number of boating accidents by mandating a boater safety education law in 1988, but today it’s not clear how strictly that law is being enforced

ANNAPOLIS – After 17-year-old Isaiah Simmons died in 2007 while being restrained by staff at the now-closed Bowling Brook Preparatory Academy, a private reformatory school in Carroll County, Maryland made immediate changes to its juvenile justice system

ANNAPOLIS – The number of students who have been suspended more than once in a school year is dropping slightly after a spike last year, according to data from school districts statewide

WASHINGTON – For the past two years, Frank Tennessee has been able to get by working a few part-time jobs

CUMBERLAND – On McMullen Highway, a few miles south of downtown Cumberland, Danny Davis Salon sits in a small, four-store shopping plaza

WASHINGTON – Maryland is beating the bushes for young hunters as it’s seen a rise in sales of cheaper senior hunting licenses and fluctuations in permits sold to younger sportsmen and sportswomen

WASHINGTON – After decades of working to enhance civil rights, Maryland Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Tom Perez has brought his expertise to the person who could make the most use of it — President-elect Barack Obama