Bush Tells Silver Spring Seniors Medicare Drug Plan Is ‘Good Deal’

SILVER SPRING – President Bush acknowledged some shake-down problems with the new Medicare prescription drug program, but defended the plan overall in a visit Wednesday to a retirement community here

Senate Proposes $212 Million in Cuts to Ehrlich’s Budget

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate began to take bites out of Gov

Anacostia River Film Splashes into Washington Film Festival

WASHINGTON – The Anacostia River has been a pollution headache for suburban Maryland for years, but the silver lining in efforts to restore the waterway will jump to the silver screen in Washington this week

Officials to Investigate Runaway Barge

ANNAPOLIS – The Coast Guard will launch an investigation to determine what caused a barge to break free from its moorings in the Severn River Tuesday morning and become lodged under a bridge on U

Energy Competitors Urge Legislators to Foster Free Market

ANNAPOLIS- As Baltimore Gas and Electric Co

Bartlett Takes “Peak Oil” Mission to the Movies

WASHINGTON – Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett never spares words in his fight to prevent an American energy crisis, but the platform for his views on “peak oil” will jump from the House floor to the silver screen this weekend

Baltimore Church Celebrates 100 Years of Orthodoxy

BALTIMORE – Bill Koutrelakos met his wife at a church dance that celebrated Greek Independence Day, and he can’t help but think that it is a little ironic

Babies Bypass St. Pat, But Name Lives On in Celebration

WASHINGTON – Growing up Irish Catholic in his Towson neighborhood, there were always a few other Patricks around, said Pat O’Brennan, 59, a singer/songwriter from Lutherville

Advocates Criticize BGE Price Plan

BALTIMORE- With a planned 72 percent increase in electricity costs coming to Baltimore Gas and Electric Co

Senate Passes Stem Cell Bill, Lawmakers Must Resolve Differences

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers supporting stem cell research have barely a month left in the General Assembly session to reconcile the differences between two vastly different bills passed by the Senate and House of Delegates