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Top 5: ‘In the state of Maryland, it’s against the law.’
The start of a “robocall” trial involving one of former Gov. Robert Ehrlich‘s top aides, a couple of Court of Appeals opinions and a Silver Spring man ordered to stop […]
Silver Spring man ordered to stop acting as lawyer
A 33-year-old businessman from Silver Spring has been ordered by the Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Attorney General’s office to stop acting as a lawyer and offering credit services […]
Montgomery County receives $260,000 bus grant
SILVER SPRING — Montgomery County officials say they will use a $260,000 grant toward the planning of a bus rapid transit system. Officials say the Rockefeller Foundation grant is part […]
Jury awards $1.2M for cancer death at 25
Laura Ann Collins fulfilled a lifelong goal when she started teaching kindergarten last year at St. Thomas More Academy in Frederick. By then, Collins knew she was dying of lung […]
Death to the sticky?
I rooted myself at the dining room table and attempted to chip away at the next day’s 8:30 a.m criminal docket. The dockets in Rockville’s district court are always heavier […]
Gifford’s of Maine buys Gifford’s of Maryland
SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Gifford’s Ice Cream of Maine is buying a Maryland company with a nearly identical name. Skowhegan-based Gifford’s Ice Cream on Monday announced a deal to buy Silver […]
Reusable grocery bags are a haven for bacteria
SILVER SPRING — Reusable grocery bags may be good for the environment, but they could be making you sick. With Montgomery County set to impose a tax on disposable grocery […]
Baltimore sanitation yard gets gussied up
This week, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joined Department of Public Works Director Alfred H. Foxx for the re-opening of the Northwest Sanitation Yard – gussied up to become the new […]
Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics receives $45M NIH contract
SILVER SPRING — United Therapeutics Corp. said Monday it received a contract for about $45 million from the National Institutes of Health to help develop a potential oral treatment for […]
FDA, NIH launch national tobacco study
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration of Silver Spring and the Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health announced a joint, large-scale, national study of tobacco users to monitor and assess the […]
Montgomery County Council head attacked over Walmart
Montgomery County Council President Valerie Ervin and Lee Development Group of Silver Spring are under attack by a local government employees union for their alleged collaboration to bring the non-unionized […]
Top 5: ‘Happier customers mean more customers’
Baltimore‘s downtown restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions are counting their cash after the Grand Prix, and an unusual museum is considering making a move from Washington, D.C. to the Charm […]
