ANNAPOLIS – Garrett County Public Schools seem to be unique statewide: All the system’s teachers are certified and there are no vacancies
More Grandparents Find Themselves Back in the Role of Parent, Report Says
SILVER SPRING – Silver Spring resident Pearline Reid, 85, won’t be seeing her grandchildren Sunday, on Grandparents Day — she said she plans to see them instead over Christmas when she travels to their home in Jamaica
State Budget Woes Curtail Extension Services
ANNAPOLIS – When Calvert County resident Patricia Tantum needed advice on how to ensure her home-canned salsa would be safe for consumption she knew exactly who to contact — Ruth Miller, an educator in the Calvert office of the University of Maryland’s Cooperative Extension
Family of Slain Diplomat Cannot Claim Iranian Property Here, Court Rules
WASHINGTON – The family of a diplomat who was killed in an airline terrorist hijacking 19 years ago cannot claim two pieces of Montgomery County property that had been owned by the Iranian government, a court has ruled
Back to School Is a Low-Key Affair for Home-Schooled Students
WASHINGTON – Sophia Sakers just started first grade, but the Baltimore 5-year-old did not go back-to-school shopping with her mother this fall
Bullies Pose Big Problem in School, Big Problems Later On, Study Says
WASHINGTON – An estimated 61,000 Maryland schoolchildren in grades six to nine are bullies, according to a new report, which said that such children are nearly three times more likely than other kids to commit crime as adults
Third Time Will Not Be the Charm; DeArmon Pulls Out of 6th District Race
WASHINGTON – After two unsuccessful bids to unseat Rep
One Challenger Bows Out After Expensive 2002 Race for 1st District
WASHINGTON – The attorney who gave Rep