Maryland

Enactment of Rights Law Delights Maryland Gay Community

ANNAPOLIS – The enactment of Maryland’s 2001 Anti-discrimination Act means David Pool no longer has to fear losing his job

Maryland Performers Light Up National Christmas Tree Celebration With Music

WASHINGTON – When the Girl Scouts of Upper Montgomery County were thinking about performing at the Pageant of Peace on the Ellipse this year, some parents worried about security in the wake of Sept

Commission Recommends Raising Legislators’ Salaries

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators should receive a 38 percent raise in their salaries over a four-year period starting in January 2003, the General Assembly Compensation Commission recommended Thursday

Calvert County Vet Offers to Give Up Arlington Burial Plot to Sept. 11 Hero

WASHINGTON – Calvert County veteran John Smith thinks American Airlines pilot Charles Burlingame died like a hero and that he deserves to be buried like a hero

Pearl Harbor Vets Gather, Urge Nation to Remember a Long-Ago Day of Infamy

WASHINGTON – Rockville resident Henry Rapalus, 78, will be in Hawaii on Friday, 60 years to the day after he was a young sailor handling ammunition on a naval destroyer when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

‘Smart’ Teen Turns Bar Mitzvah Cash Into Sprawl-Study Scholarship

COLLEGE PARK – Ben Hyman is only 13, but he has a lot to teach local government officials about Smart Growth

Panel Recommends Kindergarten Age Take on New Meaning

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s kindergarten classes could get a little older in the coming years, according to a proposal approved by the State Board of Education yesterday

Justices Grill Verizon, PSC Attorneys on Federal Jurisdiction in State Dispute

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices peppered lawyers from Verizon Maryland Inc