House passes extension for visas
Emergency legislation allowing foreign workers to return to jobs at crab-picking houses on Maryland's Eastern Shore cleared its last major hurdle yesterday as the House of Representatives easily approved the...
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As crab season approaches, Shore businesses left in limbo
HOOPER'S ISLAND - In the seasonal rhythm of life on this slice of land dangling alongside the Chesapeake Bay, the first days of the commercial crab season are marked by...
EPA has objection to ICC route plan
Federal regulators are objecting to one of two proposed routes for a highway that Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has called his No. 1 transportation priority, finding that the state's...
Work-visa limit snags Shore employers
For the first time in more than a decade, many Maryland businesses are warning that there won't be anyone to pick the crabs, shuck the oysters or trim the hedges....
Maryland arson suspect says gang leader planned blaze
One of the suspects in the arson that caused $10 million in damage to a Charles County subdivision told authorities that a local gang leader planned the blaze to increase...
Education center-resort rising quietly at Elk Neck
Trucks rumble through the waterfront state park at the northern tip of the Chesapeake Bay. Machines are digging drainage ponds and trenches for pipes. A 15,000- square-foot dining hall with...
Critics of proposed ban on snakeheads speak out
Maryland pet store operators and at least one admitted snakehead owner criticized a state-proposed ban on possessing the invasive fish yesterday, saying the regulation is too broad and would force...
Cumberland is ‘still proud’
CUMBERLAND, Md. - For months, this city could hardly hold back its pride in the sacrifices of the 372nd Military Police Company. Residents organized rallies on the pedestrian mall for...
‘It just rolled over’
A fierce gust of wind flipped over a crowded Seaport Taxi off Fort McHenry yesterday, leaving one dead and three presumed drowned as federal safety officials began an investigation into...
Avian flu in Del. apparently contained
DOVER, Del. - Delmarva chicken farmers appear to have dodged a bullet: Tests released yesterday show no spread of the avian influenza discovered in Delaware on a southern Kent County...