Maryland

MARDELA SPRINGS, Md

ROCK HALL – With the help of his golden retriever, Cap’n, Larry Simns is herding a cluster of 22 white oyster boats over the smooth waters of the Chester River – dropping black flags to make sure the craft, laden with wire baskets, do not wander over oyster bars where they are forbidden to dredge

BALTIMORE – Over three months into her term as Baltimore’s unelected mayor, Sheila Dixon has weathered crisis after crisis at what is often called the toughest job in Maryland

COLLEGE PARK- Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter, did not spend significant time in a psychiatric hospital before last week’s mass slaying — a fact that has intensified the debate on mental health laws in Virginia, Maryland and around the country

WASHINGTON – Baltimore City and Prince George’s County accounted for over 75 percent of all Maryland murders in the past two decades, despite making up less than a third of the population, a Capital News Service analysis shows

MOUNT RAINIER – A grassroots organization is circulating an alternative currency in an effort to foster community ties and help protect the environment

WASHINGTON – Victor Tarkeh envisions a day when he’s old and being cared for by family in Cameroon

WESTMINSTER – Holding hands in a half-circle, a 10-person choir sang “Padre nuestro, tu que estas en el cielo, escucha nuestros versos

PIKESVILLE – When Louizze Tabada came to the United States with her family from the Philippines at age 10, she spoke little English and limited herself in class to asking permission to go to the bathroom or borrow a pencil

ANNAPOLIS – State and local officials expressed the hope Thursday that the deal reached to keep Prince George’s Hospital Center open for another year will be only the first step toward putting the struggling hospital on a sound financial footing