Maryland

Owners Ask To Exempt Excursion Train from Local Taxes

ANNAPOLIS – Facing more than $300,000 in admissions and amusement taxes, the owner of a Carroll County excursion train told lawmakers Friday that the train should be exempted

“Tree Army” Veterans Keep FDR’s Spirit Alive

BELTSVILLE – Over a corned beef and cabbage lunch, the old men swap memories of 1930s America, a time of poverty, prayer, then hope

Hagerstown is “Sycamore” Forest Conservation Rules

Hagerstown Mayor Steven T

Bill Would Require Notification of Pesticide Use at Schools

ANNAPOLIS – When Ruth Berlin walked into her son’s school one afternoon last year she smelled an unusual odor

Long-shot Keyes Says America Facing Moral, Not Money, Crisis

WASHINGTON – The odds of Alan Keyes winning the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 are long

Rural Maryland Delegations Coordinate to Establish Forum

ANNAPOLIS – In an effort to boost the voice of rural Marylanders, lawmakers from the state’s non-urban areas want to give the Forum for Rural Maryland a place in state law

Farmers Disappointed With Tobacco Auction Prices

UPPER MARLBORO – Phillip Jones, a 64-year-old tobacco farmer from Calvert County, said he won’t be able to make a living if prices drop any lower at Maryland tobacco auctions

Bills Would Curb State’s Unfunded Mandates on Localities

ANNAPOLIS – La Plata Mayor William Eckman said he does not know much about unfunded mandates

Delegate Brings Doctor’s Perspective to Md. Statehouse

ANNAPOLIS – Fifteen years of work in emergency rooms revealed a world of social problems to Dr