Maryland

Rosewood Center Moves Toward Closure, Some Families Hope for Better Transition

ANNAPOLIS – Rosewood Center is one step closer to shutting its doors next summer, with administrators continuing the process of moving residents out of the facility while preparing to start laying off staff members in January

GM Has Maryland Officials On Alert

ANNAPOLIS – With General Motors Corp

Wounded Md. Vet Is First in State for Home Program

WASHINGTON – When David Battle left his family in Fort Stewart, Ga

Economy Hits Latinos Hard in U.S. and Back Home

SILVER SPRING – Marfin Rivera, a former sugar cane plantation worker, came to the United States 17 years ago, looking for a better life

Inauguration Rush to Rent Houses May Tweak Maryland Economy

WASHINGTON – Marylanders are taking advantage of their proximity to the sold-out hotels of Washington to list their homes in droves for Barack Obama’s January inauguration

Heating Assistance Demand Expected to Increase

WASHINGTON – Charlie Jordan of New Carrollton applied for energy assistance for the first time Thursday at the Prince George’s County’s Department of Social Services

The Buddy Project Gives Computers to People with Disabilities

ANNAPOLIS – When Baltimore resident Julie Smith got the call that her daughter, Lindsay Smith, would receive a free computer, she did not believe it was true

Higher Ed Ideas May Be DOA With Economy

WASHINGTON – A plan released Wednesday to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fund Maryland higher education, elevate the status of historically black institutions and keep tuition low may be too ambitious in the current economic climate

O’Malley Announces Children’s Dental Care Advances

LARGO – When 12-year-old Deamonte Driver died last February from what began as an untreated toothache, Gov

Farmers Concerned about New Waste Regulations

FREDERICK – Many Maryland farmers, saying they are unfairly blamed for problems in the Chesapeake Bay, publicly voiced their frustrations Thursday over new regulations that attempt to stop poultry waste from entering the bay