ANNAPOLIS – Classrooms across Maryland were a little quieter Thursday as parents took their daughters — and sons — out of school for “Take Our Daughters to Work Day

ANNAPOLIS – Renovation of Bancroft Hall has uncovered some more personal — and less glorious — bits of history for the dorm and the generations of midshipmen who have lived there

ANNAPOLIS – Walking up a stairwell in the Naval Academy’s massive Bancroft Hall, Midshipman 3rd Class Grant Garcia points out a noticeable rut in the floor on the outside of the staircase

GLEN BURNIE – Mike Lichtenberg, 17, was waiting to get his driver’s license when he learned about tough new licensing restrictions that could take effect for teens like his friend, 16-year-old Nick Conway

ANNAPOLIS — For nine years, Angela Thomas relied on welfare to care for her family

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals upheld attempted armed carjacking and kidnapping convictions of man who complained that Prince George’s County Police let the victim identify him when “he looked as if he was

ANNAPOLIS – The statistics indicate that welfare reform in Maryland has been a breeze

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers continued to expand victims rights this year, approving bills that will notify victims of plea bargains and give more people the right to speak at parole hearings

WESTOVER – Sheila Harding watched from behind a glass wall as the man who murdered her daughter with three blasts from a shotgun explained why he should be let out on parole after serving half of his 30-year sentence

ANNAPOLIS – Faced with a state mandate to perform 75 hours of community service, students in Caroline County’s Colonel Richardson High School decided to lobby for repairs to the aging Dover Bridge