The latest from Rick Hutzell
Would-be saviors of Pimlico’s lost barns aren’t ready to call it quits
It’s never easy being Don Quixote, the mad Spanish knight who tilted at windmills aboard his noble nag, Rocinante.
Inspectors general save taxpayers millions. Maryland needs more of them.
OIG is an acronym that should cheer advocates of good government. But only a handful of the biggest Maryland counties and cities have them -- inspectors general.
She unburied the past. Now she’s helping rebuild it.
Janice Hayes-Williams is searching for the descendants of urban slavery in America, rebuilding the legacy of the James Brice House in a collaboration with Historic Annapolis.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Judy Collins brings her 85th birthday tour to Rams Head
Judy Collins, a singer-songwriter who’s been performing for 60 years, qualifies as a musical legend. Legends occasionally come to Annapolis. Her show will be Saturday at Rams Head on Stage.
Buy a $3.45M Chesapeake Bay paradise, get a boatload of politics for free
There’s only one buyer for Discovery Village that makes any sense — Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman. Yeah, that guy.
Hegseth removed the Naval Academy’s first female leader. How did she last this long?
Vice Adm. Yvette Davids is out as superintendent of the Naval Academy. The surprise isn't that she's leaving but that an administration invested in ideological purity didn't get her before now.
The rain keeps coming. That means more bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay.
It has rained every Wednesday for the last eight weeks. It washes garbage and leaves and dead animals and poop into the Chesapeake Bay.
7 things to do in Annapolis, from Naval Academy happenings to Taylor Swift music by candlelight
Planning a visit to Annapolis and want to tour the Naval Academy? There’s lots of information on a website set up to promote academy tourism. It’s one of seven great things to do, including local music, a healing arts fair and more.
Free speech is under attack in the Trump era. It’s no time to keep quiet.
In this moment of everyone shouting at once all the time, would we be better off if we all just shut up for a day? Then I remember my right to ignore it all. What if we can’t refuse? That's the risk to free speech today.
I’ve come to love Baltimore as my second city. Why can’t it catch a break?
I don’t live in Baltimore. I spend a few days there a week. But I’m growing to love this big city on the Chesapeake Bay. So, as I read the news about underground fires, police shootings and mass overdoses, I have to wonder. Why can’t Baltimore catch a break?
Annapolis public housing lawsuit could destroy Mayor Gavin Buckley’s legacy
The outcome of mediation in a class action lawsuit will either free the next Annapolis mayor to move past an ugly history or hobble the city with a crippling payout and more years of litigation.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Maryland Hall relaunches outdoor concert series
You could catch Dominique Bianco’s performance in the coming week, join a scooter ride, watch a new production of "Much Ado About Nothing" or celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Wedding Crashers" this weekend.
Boat ramps offer easy access to the Chesapeake Bay. Why cancel one right before the Fourth?
Boat ramps are the gateway to the Chesapeake Bay for hundreds of thousands of Marylanders. So when the public ramp shuts down people are going to notice.
The Declaration of Donald Trump may start the next American revolution
On Independence Day, this is the Declaration of Donald Trump: a vision of America remade in the image of his skinflint cruelty.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Here’s how a cradle of democracy celebrates the Fourth
Independence Day in Annapolis is a highlight of the year, where the city's rich history and modern celebrations meet.
Maryland’s police shooting reports reveal pain, and a path forward
What if Maryland’s new level of scrutiny in police shootings could do more than provide a second look at right or wrong? What if they could prevent more police shootings?
My friends’ names are still in the wind, 7 years after their murder
My friends, murdered seven years ago in Annapolis, find me where they do every morning, shortly after I wake and remember to be grateful that I’m alive. Then they find me when I least expect it.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Eastport a’ Rockin’ returns with dozens of local bands
You could catch a local music fest like no other this week, enjoy a Vegas magic act or soak up some local culture.
For a teacher accused of abusing students, ‘not guilty’ doesn’t equal public exoneration
When a teacher accused of sexually abusing students is found not guilty, the pain won’t go away easily. Not for the teacher, the student, their families or the community.
Trump couldn’t resist the American temptation. We’re at war again.
War is the American temptation, the one every president since the end of World War II has faced. Now it's Donald Trump's war.