The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Maryland’s request for financial help for lower Eastern Shore residents affected by Superstorm Sandy.
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Holiday Trees: Local Family Farm Offers Cut-Your-Own Christmas Trees
For more than 30 years Butler’s Orchard has offered cut-your-own Christmas Trees and it’s become a farm–and family–tradition.
Maryland Moves Ahead with STEM Initiatives
More public schools are spending grants on programs like Learning Studios, which gets students working on problem-based projects with real-life STEM professionals.
Stumbling Maryland GOP Questions Its Medium, Not Its Message
In the wake of a bruising election that brought more lost ground for Republicans, the Maryland party is torn over how to engineer its comeback.
Maryland Set to Join Big Ten Academic Alliance
Last weekend the Big Ten’s provosts voted to approve Maryland’s membership in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
School Systems Working to Soften Zero Tolerance Policies
School systems across Maryland are hoping to minimize zero-tolerance discipline scenarios by updating policies. The updates come at a time when the Justice Department has sued Meridian, Miss., saying it created a “school-to-prison pipeline.
Same-Sex Couples Can Prepare for Nuptials
Same-sex couples will soon be able to get Md. marriage licenses
Thousands Could Be Eating Contaminated Anacostia Fish
Half of the Anacostia fishermen share their contaminated fish with others along the watershed, according to a new survey released by local environmental groups.
Gambling Addicts – Addiction experts concerned about passage of Question 7
With the passage of Question 7 in Maryland expanding gambling in the state, addiction experts say they are concerned about a likely increase in the number of people who will seek treatment for gambling problems.
Maryland Stands Out With High Percentage of Women Managers
Stephanie Cohen, CEO of Golden & Cohen, a Gaithersburg-based insurance brokerage firm, for 23 years, and Ann Mitchell, CEO of Montgomery Hospice in Rockville for 14 years, are the facts behind the statistics: More women in Maryland worked as managers relative to other states in 2010.