ANNAPOLIS – With a Dec
EPA Orders State to Toughen Clean-Air Permitting; Scores of Companies Affected
WASHINGTON – Forty-seven Maryland companies will have to resubmit clean- air permit applications to the state, after the U
Birthright Israel Votes to Proceed with Student Trip, Despite New Violence
WASHINGTON – Officials at Birthright Israel voted unanimously Tuesday to go ahead with plans to send close to 9,000 youths to visit Israel this winter, despite recent outbreaks of violence in popular tourist regions there
Verizon, State Take Fight Over Internet Phone Charges to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Verizon Maryland Inc
New Light Display Entry Fee May Take a Bite Out of Canned Goods Drive
WASHINGTON – Escalating costs have forced organizers of the Prince George’s County Winter Festival of Lights to charge an entrance fee for the first time this year, and coordinators fear that local food pantries will suffer because of it
Holiday Glow Gets a Megawattage Boost From Popular Light Displays
WASHINGTON – Holiday traditions for the Zeil family include baking cookies, decorating the Christmas tree and taking a leisurely drive past twinkling scenes of Santa playing ice hockey
Little Lab Plays Big Role in Detecting, Heading Off Food-Borne Illnesses
WASHINGTON – In an unimposing laboratory tucked away on a ninth-floor hallway at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a three-person team spends its days trying to keep one step ahead of food-borne illness outbreaks
Prescription Drug Relief Act Gets Thumbs Up; Playing to Near-Full House
ANNAPOLIS – Tens of thousands of low-income senior citizens have found relief from high medicine costs through Maryland’s newly expanded prescription drug relief program, health department officials reported to the General Assembly
Maryland Plays Starring Role in Chestnut’s Comeback
ANNAPOLIS – Jim Hill’s 87-foot chestnut tree may be the unsung hero in the battle against chestnut blight — or the attempt to grow a nearly pure American blight-resistant chestnut tree