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
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
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
Justices Grill Verizon, PSC Attorneys on Federal Jurisdiction in State Dispute
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices peppered lawyers from Verizon Maryland Inc
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
‘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
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