Maryland News

What is a watershed? How big is the Chesapeake Bay's watershed? A watershed is an area of land that drains into a common point, usually a creek, stream, river or lake.

July 4, 2009 - Recently, Nielsen Media Research ranked Bravo as the No.1 rated television network in adults 18-49 with the season finale of Real Housewives of New Jersey.

BRENNANa 'Vincent E., age 77, "The Consummate Labor Leader A Mentor to Many", passed away on Friday, July 3, 2009.

Weeks of soggy weather have slowed the appearance of some crops in the region, but haven't dampened the spirits of shoppers at local farmers markets.

Yes, freedom is not free; nothing important in life is won at greater cost, nor lost with greater ease, than liberty.

John Imperato, president of CSEA Local 8100, is challenging Rep. Donald Lindberg for the District 6 seat on the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

An ailing American lawyer who was imprisoned in Belarus last year on charges of using fake documents and attempted industrial espionage has walked free after a presidential pardon.

In areas including Worcester, Maryland and Summit, people have had to deal with several bouts of lost service.

The Pittsburgh police chief says he may need four-times the number of officers he currently has if the city is to provide adequate security during the G-20 summit this fall.

A soggy June that has ruined most outdoor activities also created perfect breeding conditions for mosquitoes.

In much of the country, it has been relentlessly rainy, one of the wettest and coolest Junes in years.

Cazenovia, NY- Cazenovia Collegea s 184th Commencement Ceremony honored more than 200 students in May.

COOPERSTOWN _ In Otsego County Court on Thursday before Judge John Lambert, an Oxford man was convicted of fourth-degree grand larceny.

An invasive beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees in the Midwest and Canada has been found for the first time in New York.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is not much of a sports fan. In baseball-mad New York, he has a passion for neither local team, has famously called Joe Torre "Joe Torres," and finds the Belmont Stakes - and many other sporting events he is required to attend - something of a bore.

The amount of trash accepted by Virginia 's landfills in 2008 was the lowest level in eight years, according to a new state report.

Clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse has emerged victorious from a feverish nine-hour auction of assets belonging to off-price chain Filene's Basement, which fell victim to the retail market's downward spiral and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early May, just two weeks after its purchase by Buxbaum Group affiliate FB Acquisition II.

Ten years ago the government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work.

Wegmans will become the first supermarket chain to endorse the Take Marlin Off the Menu Campaign .

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. CLAY -- It appears that the controversy surrounding "Rocky", the snakehead fish, isna t going away.