BALTIMORE – In the weeks before Opening Day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in 1998 and 1999, concession workers were not the only ones scurrying about in the stadium’s four dozen food stands, kitchens, restaurants, and holding areas

ANNAPOLIS – A recommended new residency policy for the University System of Maryland allowing in-state students to pay for college with out-of-state money could have the greatest impact on the state’s largest campus, a spokesman for the University of Maryland College Park said

WASHINGTON – Joyce Kimble lost her Democratic primary bid for Congress earlier this year and now she has lost a round in her far-ranging legal battle against Montgomery County and county school officials

ANNAPOLIS – The honeymoon may be over

ANNAPOLIS – With leases of voting equipment in most of the Maryland’s jurisdictions ending within the next four years, the state is in an excellent position to go for a standardized statewide voting system, said election officials

WASHINGTON – Gasoline prices are high, but not high enough to keep Marylanders stuck at home during Thanksgiving

WASHINGTON – After grappling with an early season flu vaccine shortage, Maryland health officials now face a shortage of the adult tetanus and diphtheria toxoid shot, even though supplies are currently in good shape

ANNAPOLIS – A draft order by the state judiciary system to limit access to computerized criminal court records is raising eyebrows among freedom of information and privacy advocates

ANNAPOLIS – At least one clinic in Maryland will have the abortion pill mifepristone available by Thanksgiving, after shipping from the manufacturer begins Monday

BALTIMORE – A broad smile ran across the hollow cheeks of Edythe Gregory as she stared into the well-stocked emergency food cabinet at Perkins Square Baptist Church