Toast, Trees and a Wassailing Queen: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back
The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.
Pears, thundereggs and marionberry pie: Oregon’s 18 surprising state symbols
From the humble potato to the towering Douglas fir, poets hoping to write about our state have plenty to work with.
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Moore’s complex Chesapeake Bay bill confounds stakeholders with its many provisions
Gov. Wes Moore's promised bill to expand and modernize Maryland's efforts to protect the Chesapeake Bay got its first public ...
Storm makes for treacherous travel as snow and ice track through the mid-Atlantic
A snowstorm has blown into the mid-Atlantic states, causing dozens of accidents on icy roads, prompting school closures and ...
Scientists analyze branch patterns in trees and art, from da Vinci to Mondrian
The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...
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From crushes to banning cell phones — Maryland lawmakers propose new legislation covering range of issues
Maryland state senators and delegates have introduced a variety of bills in the 2024 legislative session, addressing issues ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...
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DMV snow: School closings, delays, early dismissals in DC, Maryland, Virginia for Tuesday, February 11
A major winter storm is expected to drop between 4-6" of snow across the D.C. region beginning Tuesday afternoon and ...
Winter Storm Coats Cities In Ice, Snow From Midwest To Northeast
Storm Freya whipped from the Midwest into the Northeast Thursday, coating roads in slick ice from Baltimore up the I-95 ...
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It's a unique opportunity for Baltimore the state of Maryland school system
For nearly five decades, the McDonald's All-American game has featured some of high school basketball's biggest names, and ...
Lake Clifton’s Herman ‘Tree’ Harried to coach in McDonald’s All American Game
Longtime Lake Clifton boys basketball coach Herman “Tree” Harried will coach in the prestigious McDonald’s All American Game ...
Where will it snow, sleet this week? See states that will be impacted by winter storm
A winter storm is expected to bring snow and ice to the Midwest and Northeast beginning Wednesday. Here's which states will ...