WESTMINSTER – At 5 feet 3 inches and 145 pounds Timothy Schlauch doesn’t resemble the muscle-rippled prison guards portrayed in the movies
Two Maryland Towns Ranked Among Best in Nation for Senior Living
WASHINGTON – Annapolis and Chestertown are among the country’s 50 best places for older adults to live, according to the May/June issue of Modern Maturity magazine
As Marylanders Live Longer, Officials Are Optimistic They Will Live Better
WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Boehner, director of the Montgomery County Area Agency on Aging, recalls how members of her grandparents’ generation often expected to spend their final years in what her aunt called “the old age home
Aging Baby Boomers Will Drive Graying of Maryland’s Population
WASHINGTON – The number of Maryland residents aged 65 and older will grow 67 percent by 2020 and the aging trend will be felt in every part of the state, according to the Maryland Office of Planning
Baltimore Sewage Plants Fall Short of Nutrient Removal Limits; Rivers Suffer
BALTIMORE – Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 150 million gallons of musty sewage churns through 12 vats at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant for nitrogen removal treatment
Hunting Accident Victims Less Likely Than Most to Have Had Safety Training
WASHINGTON – Maryland hunters who have not taken the state’s hunting safety course might want to consider enrolling: The life they save may be their own
Trees Pose Biggest Hazard to Maryland Hunters, As Tree-Stand Use Takes Off
WASHINGTON – The number of Maryland hunters injured in tree-stand accidents has risen so dramatically that falls from tree stands are now the most common type of hunting accident reported in the state
Ancient Medicine Meets Modern Drug Problems in Baltimore Prison Trailer
BALTIMORE – Meditation music hums through the single-wide trailer as 25 men in maroon uniforms, their names scrawled on plastic identification bracelets, sit shoulder-to-shoulder in a cramped circle
U.S. Attorneys Defend Record of Scant Prosecution of Police Brutality Cases
WASHINGTON- Police brutality cases are rarely prosecuted by the U
Prison Officials, Inmates Stick Up for Acupuncture Treatment of Drug Abuse
BALTIMORE – Michael, a drug addict at the Maryland Detention Center in Baltimore, said he has found his salvation — in a needle