Rosanne Skirble is a freelance writer who lives in Silver Spring. After college she taught Spanish and English as a foreign language in high schools and colleges, then switched to radio — and later television — broadcasting at Voice of America, where she spent more than three decades, largely as an environmental reporter. These days, when she’s not writing for local media, she teaches an advanced Spanish course at Montgomery College.
Honeybee losses are at record highs across the nation, with Maryland beekeepers reporting a 55% winter loss in 2021, the second highest in the…
Young people are emerging as advocates in the crisis of youth homelessness in Maryland. In Prince George’s, Baltimore, Frederick and Howard Counties, those efforts…
Democrats in the General Assembly like Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (D-Montgomery) see the new session ripe with legislative opportunity. “We have a super majority in…
The new law prioritizes pockets of poverty, giving schools services they need to thrive.
Maryland ranks second in election integrity across the U.S., according to the Democracy Initiative Education Fund, a coalition of 75 civil rights, environmental and civic organizations.
Raising awareness about health and environmental issues among Latino children and families.
On a recent Saturday, Dr. Ligia Peralta took her health clinic to Wheaton Mall. She spent the morning providing COVID-19 vaccinations and dispensing medical…
Maria Vicente has no health insurance. During five pregnancies the only time she saw a doctor was in the delivery room. She lost two…
More than 345 turf fields in Maryland represent an estimated 24.3 million square feet of plastic turf likely to be disposed of in the next decade.
As Maryland lawmakers consider new rules to consider more net zero energy schools, a look back at the state’s first.