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Maryland Dove assumes a new captain after 34 years
After 34 years of captaining the “floating ambassador” of Historic St. Mary’s City, Will Gates retired last weekend and turned over the command of Maryland Dove to his protégé and former student, Angela Laaro. Laaro, a generational St. Mary’s County resident who volunteered at the Maryland Dove in her youth, accepted the change-of-command July 13 and will lead as the new shipmaster of the wooden vessel. “I'm excited to share...
Dan Rodricks: A farewell to summer fishing. | STAFF COMMENTARY
The Donald Trump allies behind Project 2025, the plan to shift the federal government to the ideological right and expand presidential power, want to abolish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration because NOAA is “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.” I didn’t know that tracking weather and climate change was an “industry.” I thought it was science. Just ...
U.S. News & World Report names TidalHealth Peninsula Regional High Performing in 9 health conditions
SALISBURY -- U.S. News & World Report has named TidalHealth Peninsula Regional the 5th Best Hospital (tie) in Maryland and a 2024-2025 High Performing hospital for 9 challenging and elective ...
Maryland Food Bank tackles summer hunger with nutritious meals for kids
BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — On Tuesday morning, the Maryland Food Bank held an open house to discuss their solutions for Summer hunger issues while at their headquarters in Baltimore. Maryland public schools let out around mid-June, meaning thousands of families are trying to figure out how to feed their...
See Big Brother 26 cast in pictures, including Maryland man
The newest season of “Big Brother” returns to CBS on Wednesday, kicking off a two-night premier at 9 p.m. But, before you settle in to your summer viewing, see who’s on the cast and pre-select your favorite. Click the through the images below of the 16 houseguests...
Woman from Maryland fatally shot in a park in DC
D.C. police are currently offering a reward for information regarding the shooting of a 21-year-old Maryland woman in a Southeast D.C. park on Saturday afternoon. The victim tragically lost her life in the incident. D.C. police are offering a reward for any information regarding the shooting that occurred in a...
Chesapeake And Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Provides $35.8 Million For Ecological Restoration Projects
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is awarding $35.8 million from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to 34 ecological restoration projects encompassing 122 sites throughout the state for Fiscal Year 2025. The projects were selected to improve water quality and habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed while building local resilience to climate impacts.
Pre-K enrollment in Maryland ticks back up under Blueprint. What are benefits, challenges?
For the first time since the pandemic, the number of children in Maryland enrolled in pre-Kindergarten programs climbed above 30,000 last year. Since then, that number has grown even more and additional enrollment is expected. The state is in the early stages of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a decade-long education reform...
Angry patients spur new state watchdogs to bring down drug prices
Spurred by fed-up consumers, states are trying to curb spiraling prescription drug costs by assembling special public boards to investigate and regulate pricing. The idea is similar to a local utility board: a public group that sets rules or makes recommendations to ensure that what they’re regulating — in this case, prescription medications — is affordable.
Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds
MILWAUKEE – Amid calls for cooler rhetoric, supporters of Maryland Democratic Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks are complaining her opponent, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), is doing the opposite with a spoof campaign website. The new Hogan website, angelaalsobrooks.org, looks almost identical to the official Alsobrooks campaign website, angelaalsobrooks.com. But instead of extolling the Democrat’s virtues, […] The post Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Bringing a taste of Korea to Maryland
Korean cuisine was on the menu at Waldorf West Library on July 8. The library hosted a Korean food workshop to help educate groups of all ages on how to make dishes like gimbap and yubuchobap. Gimbap is a Korean dish made from cooked rice, vegetables, fish and meat rolled in seaweed. Yubuchobap is a variation of gimbap, with contents stuffed into a fried tofu pocket. ...
State rescinds offer to settle Quantum Loophole fiber optic ring violations for $130K
The Maryland Department of the Environment in June rescinded an offer to settle for $130,000 Quantum Loophole’s environmental violations related to constructing fiber optic infrastructure, citing the “ongoing nature and severity of the violations,” according to a letter from the department. The settlement offer was made in November to resolve violations of titles four, five and nine in the ...
‘Rinse and repeat’: Scorching heat and storms forecast continue Tuesday
After a glimpse of relief overnight, when temperatures briefly dropped into the lower 80s for most of the D.C. area, Tuesday will feel similar to Monday, with record-breaking heat and severe storm conditions beginning in the afternoon. Any overnight reprieve will be gone by midday, as temperatures are expected to...
Governor proposes $149 million in cuts to state budget
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration proposed nearly $149 million in midyear spending reductions last week to steer more money to help fund child care and Medicaid as state officials continue to wrestle with budget challenges. Moore will present the cuts this week to the state’s Board of Public Works, which has the authority to cut up to 25% of the state’s operating budget. The powerful three-member spending panel is comprised of the governor, the treasurer and comptroller, all of whom are Democrats. ...
UMD to pay $500,000 over claims of false grant proposals
The University of Maryland, College Park, will pay $500,000 to the federal government, after three university researchers got grants without disclosing that they also got money from Chinese companies
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