WASHINGTON – The ambitious Army Corps of Engineers plan to restore Assateague Island will first require a massive beach replenishment, followed by long-term management of the ebb and flow of sand to the island

ANNAPOLIS – Car thefts are rising in rural areas where the population has surged in the past decade, at the same time they’re declining in Maryland’s metropolitan areas, according to a Capital News Service analysis of vehicle theft statistics

WASHINGTON – The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend as much as $42 million over the next 25 years on a beach restoration project that it says will help recreate the natural barrier conditions on Assateague Island as they existed prior to 1933

ANNAPOLIS – As the General Assembly’s 2001 session neared a close Monday night, one delegate’s fight to retain funding for firefighters across the state nearly cost the state critical money for mentally ill patients

WASHINGTON – A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a suit that a New Jersey man filed against his Delmar parents for injuries he said he received when a tree his father was trying to remove fell on him

HAGERSTOWN – The streets of this 230-year-old town in the heart of Washington County are humming with more people and cars than ever

WASHINGTON – A week after Prince George’s County police began airing video surveillance of rioters setting fires after the University of Maryland’s loss in the NCAA Final Four, the campaign has resulted in at least a half dozen tips and the arrest of four suspects

ANNAPOLIS – Beginning in October, children under age 16 likely will be required to wear a helmet while in-line skating or riding a scooter under a bill approved this session by the General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – Delegate Mark K

ANNAPOLIS – Federal money, a strong Legislative Black Caucus and a determined governor persuaded two of the General Assembly’s most conservative committees to pass legislation this year they would easily have rejected in past sessions