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Salisbury University announced that dozens of Carroll County students were among those who received bachelor's degrees and master's degrees during a recent ceremony.

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In 1971, Laurel High School devoted two days to the radical idea of scrapping the standard curriculum for a non-traditional, student-designed one that was taught, in some cases, by students themselves.

Joining a lacrosse club is a huge commitment that involves the entire family, and there are a number of things to consider. There¿s the fit between coach and player, the number of practices required and, of course, cost. Maryland Family spoke with two experts -- Wendell Lee, director of US Lacrosse and Erin Brown Millon, owner of Legends Lacrosse Club, Owings Mills -- to get their advice, gleaned from their playing, coaching and business experience with the sport.

Baltimore City Community College has hired the former head of a Michigan community college branch campus as its next president, officials announced Thursday, nearly two years after its last leader was forced out of her job.

The Board of Education of Carroll County voted to approve a charter agreement with Sustainable Futures, Inc.—a group working to open Carroll County Montessori Public Charter School—at a meeting Wednesday afternoon.

When you're a Libertarian candidate in Maryland, garnering more than 1 percent of the vote on Election Day counts as a win. But for Shawn Quinn, candidate for governor, nothing short of toppling both the major-party candidates will feel like victory.

Five questions for Stephen H. Morgan, executive director of The Arc Baltimore, who has seen major shifts in the way people with developmental disabilities are taught and work.

At the Arts and Ideas Sudbury School, children take their education into their own hands — literally.

Vampire facials -- a treatment using patient's own blood -- has anecdotal success but not a lot of data.

Nelson Carey, the genial publican of Belvedere Square whose Grand Cru wine bar has been a popular destination, died early Tuesday of a heart attack at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 50.

The Rev. Father Joseph Valentine Messer, a Roman Catholic priest who served in Glen Burnie and Severna Park, died Wednesday at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 90.

The recent alignment of American and Iranian strategic interests, which last significantly occurred with the unseating of the Taliban in 2001, should not merely be viewed as a fleeting moment in which coordination — or even cooperation — between the two countries is possible. Rather, it should be taken as an opportunity to re-evaluate Iran's behavior as a state more generally and juxtapose it with the type of threat posed by ISIS.

"When the United States Spoke French" follows five refugees from the guillotine who relocated to Philadelphia and helped shape America

For Tyler Glenn, frontman of the Provo, Utah-based pop-rock quartet Neon Trees, seeing a therapist was a breakthrough in more ways than one.

Rita Sloan Berndt, a neurology professor at the University of Maryland Medical School for 25 years who studied people who suffered from the loss of speech, known as aphasia, died June 17 of lymphoma at her home in Roland Park. She was 70.

Maryland was a laggard when it came to agreeing to declare independence from Great Britain, but the change in attitudes here was swift and complete.

Jim Lee: Demise of a great society

A runoff election for a Senate seat in Mississippi got a lot of attention last week as a tea party favorite came close to knocking off a long-term establishment Republican, but as pundits focused on the strategies employed by Sen. Thad Cochran to maintain his seat, I was more taken aback by remarks from challenger Chris McDaniel following his loss.

"Ayya's Accounts" uses the story of a 95-year-old former fruit merchant to explore the sweeping social and economic changes that have transformed India in the past century

When historians get around to appraising the start of the new century, what will they say about it? If circumstances continue as they have been, the period may well be deemed a deep black hole in the political life of this country.

The 2,500 slot machines being installed at Horseshoe incorporate the latest technology and pop-culture themes, ranging from "The Walking Dead" to the retro 1960s-era "Batman" television show. Unlike yesterday's one-armed bandits, today's machines are more akin to video games and some even mimic arcade rides, rocking your chair like a mechanical bull.

Casey Kasem understood America's love of optimism and a moving story.

If I consider the span of my 59 years, there is an obvious theme: I don't deal well with authority. As a Baltimore City teacher, I left two schools because of my inability to accept what I considered to be overbearing principals. A third principal, spotting this characteristic, sent me packing before I could quit. Then I met Mike Chalupa, who changed everything for me.

It took decades before serious documentaries about the civil rights struggle of the 1960s began to appear.

Republican Ron George, who owns a jewelry store in Annapolis, says Maryland's small businesses need tax relief.

In 2013, short-season Single-A Aberdeen manager Matt Merullo led the IronBirds to a 40-32 record, a New York-Penn League McNamara Division championship and the first playoff berth in team history.

Newspapers are in trouble. Not just because of the Internet and advertising and subscriptions. But because, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll, only 28 percent of Americans think that journalists contribute a lot to society's well being.