WASHINGTON – John Hall has seen Maryland farmers try to make sense of conservation programs

THURMONT – When Robert Black hired Simon Gonzalez and his two sons to pick fruit in his Thurmont orchard 15 years ago, he thought he was just getting hired help

WASHINGTON – Prayer is so important to Howard County high school student Salmah Rizvi that she gets up at 5 a

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County legislators say education is their top priority for the 2002 General Assembly, but caution that funding for that and two other key issues, health services and economic development, may be hard to secure in this tight budget year

COLUMBIA – At first glance, Salmah Rizvi appears to be a typical — if overachieving — American teen-ager

ANNAPOLIS – With both county and state budgets projecting deficits, Montgomery County legislators entering the upcoming General Assembly session are willing to make sacrifices

ANNAPOLIS – Frank Dunbaugh, 71, a retired lawyer, unknowingly integrated Florida hotels for a few days in the 1950s, fought for voting rights and desegregated schools in the South, headed the first integrated Washington, D

WASHINGTON – When Princess Anne adds fluoride to its water next spring, the Somerset County town will join the vast majority of public systems that have added the cavity-fighting chemical

ANNAPOLIS – The 2002 Maryland General Assembly session promises to be more contentious than recent years with the budget, a smaller than usual pinata, hanging above anxious legislators waving their sticks and waiting to take their whacks when the session begins Jan

WASHINGTON – The Glendening administration conceded defeat Wednesday in its months-long battle with the federal government over union-friendly language in the largest contract for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge replacement