Maryland

Rise in Mosquitoes, Possible West Nile Case Bring Boost in State Spraying

ANNAPOLIS – State officials increased mosquito control efforts on the lower Eastern Shore this week, after a spike in the mosquito population and the report of a probable case of West Nile virus in Worcester County

Studies: Maryland Epitomizes National School Segregation Trend

WASHINGTON – A nationwide trend of segregation creeping back into public schools is especially pronounced in Maryland, more than 50 years after the Supreme Court struck down separate schools for separate races as unconstitutional, a pair of studies released this week says

‘Girly Girl’ Soldier Lies in Arlington

LANDOVER – In many ways, Sgt

Special Education Teachers Continue to be in Short Supply for State Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Special education teachers continue to be one of the most sought-after categories of educators in the state, said school officials who are scrambling to fill empty teaching slots as classes begin

Reports Claim Maryland’s Wages Stagnating Despite Label As Richest State

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland may be the richest state in the nation, but hourly workers are not seeing much of that money, according to a report released Friday by Progressive Maryland

TSA Turban Searches Anger Maryland Sikhs

WASHINGTON – An incident involving a turban pat-down at Baltimore/Washington International Airport has sparked a growing concern in Maryland’s Sikh American community, among the largest in the country, about eroding its civil liberties in the name of security

^Deep Creek Lake Rivals Ocean City for Most Recreational Boating Accidents

WASHINGTON – During Labor Day weekend 2005, 11-year-old Michael Emmet, of Boyds, was swimming by his family’s parked motorboat in Western Maryland’s Deep Creek Lake when an inexperienced tourist driver reversed his rented motorboat 15 to 20 feet, catching the boy’s foot in an outboard propeller, shredding nerves, tendons and skin

^Boating Police Continue O.C. Crackdown

WASHINGTON – Boating season is just getting started, but already Ocean City is dead center on the radar of Maryland state boating police

^They’re Blackbirds, But Not Ravens – At Least Not Yet

OWINGS MILLS – It’s 10:30 in the evening, and under the dreary fluorescent lights of a practice field near here, Alexander Austin, a real estate developer by day, huddles up with the other members of his indoor football team