Maryland Falls Down in Providing Smokers Resources to Quit, Report Says

WASHINGTON – Smokers in Maryland aren’t provided enough help to quit, according to a new report by the American Lung Association

Call for Oyster Moratorium Fails to Sway Watermen, Officials

The Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population is so low that scientists recommended a complete halt on oyster harvesting in a study published in August. But a moratorium has not gained traction among watermen and state officials.

Maryland Housing Market to Slog Through 2012

Maryland home builders expect a sluggish 2012 as joblessness and low consumer confidence have delayed a housing market recovery until at least 2013, according to experts at a forecast event held by the Home Builders Association of Maryland Thursday.

Toxic Toys Remain on Shelves

The holidays mean lots of toys for little ones. But sometimes those toys can be toxic.

Housing Forecast,459

WOODLAWN – Maryland home builders expect a sluggish 2012 as joblessness and low consumer confidence have delayed a housing market recovery until at least 2013, according to experts at a forecast event held by the Home Builders Association of Maryland Thursday

Oyster Moratorium,970

ANNAPOLIS – The Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population has plummeted since the late 1960s, when Willy Dean, a Maryland waterman since the age of 17, would go hand tonging with his father and “load the boat with oysters

MD Colleges See More Students Seeking Help for Mental Health Problems

WASHINGTON – More college students in Maryland are seeking mental health counseling this fall than in past semesters — an increase university counselors attribute to a combination of greater stress and heightened awareness among students

Supreme Court Declines Somerset County Case of Mistaken Shooting

A jury will decide whether a Somerset County police officer’s shooting of a suspect was an innocent mistake or one worth $1.2 million after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

Supreme Court Declines Somerset County Case of Mistaken Shooting

WASHINGTON – A jury will decide whether a Somerset County police officer’s shooting of a suspect was an innocent mistake or one worth $1

On Pearl Harbor Day, Remembering Japanese-American Captives

It was 1942, a few months after the Japanese attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today, when Takashi Kariya, 17, and his family joined thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans held captive at the Tanforan Assembly Center.