ROCKVILLE – Music and laughter filled the chapel at Redland Baptist Church as a rambunctious group of teen-agers in jeans and sneakers gathered Wednesday for PreFix, the church’s weekly youth night
EPA Says Tipton Airport Cleanup Complete, `Superfund’ Status Should End
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to remove Tipton Airport from the “Superfund” cleanup list, a step that Anne Arundel County officials say is crucial to their operation of the airfield
State Educator Says Teachers Need Training to Make Technology Work
WASHINGTON – Computers in classrooms are not enough if teachers are not properly trained to use them, a Montgomery County school official told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday
State Teachers, Schoolkids, Rally for Federal Help for Homeless Students
WASHINGTON – Alexis Mack wanted to go to school in Dundalk, where she landed with her mother and sister last summer after they escaped an abusive situation in their home in New York
Appeals Court Rejects Request for Tripp Grand Jury Information
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s highest court Tuesday overturned a lower court’s order that would have forced the state prosecutor to reveal details of his probe of Linda Tripp to an independent legal group
Maryland, Delaware Beaches Stand Firm in Face of Floyd
WASHINGTON – Maryland and Delaware beaches survived Hurricane Floyd with little damage and no increase in erosion, local officials and residents said Tuesday
Report Shows Which Maryland HMOs Are Making the Grade
ANNAPOLIS – Fewer than half of Marylanders enrolled in the state’s largest health maintenance organizations said they always got care quickly when they needed it, according to a state report card issued Tuesday
Small Number of Marylanders Account for Large Amounts of `Soft Money’
WASHINGTON – A dozen Marylanders contributed a combined $432,000 in “soft money” to political parties in the first half of this year, a practice congressional reformers have targeted as unfair
Scientists Look to Long-Term Benefits in Floyd’s Wake
WASHINGTON – Scientists assure Marylanders that there is a softer side to Floyd, the storm that swept across the state Thursday leaving five people injured and 660 homeless
Despite Thinning Field of Sarbanes Challengers, GOP Claims Optimism
WASHINGTON – Several Maryland Republicans are still weighing challenges to Sen