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Alex Mann covers Anne Arundel County for The Baltimore Banner. Before joining The Banner, Alex was a reporter at The Baltimore Sun for more than four years, most recently covering criminal justice. He was a 2023 finalist for the Livingston Awards in local reporting. Earlier in his career, Alex wrote about cops and courts for The Capital in Annapolis and local government for The Carroll County Times. He is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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Beachgoers enjoy the waterfront at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena.
Anne Arundel County has 533 miles of shoreline. One mile is for public swimming.
Only about a mile of the Anne Arundel County shoreline is set aside for public swimming, and with no outdoor public pools, residents’ options are limited.
Found not guilty of abusing students, will Matthew Schlegel return to the classroom?
Parents are rallying to urge the Anne Arundel County school system to terminate the elementary math teacher.
The 36-year-old burned “TRUMP” and “USA” into the asphalt of Hickory Hollow Drive, where he lived.
Glen Burnie man who burned ‘TRUMP’ into road with flamethrower pleads guilty, avoids jail
The 36-year-old burned “TRUMP” and “USA” into the asphalt of Hickory Hollow Drive, where he lived.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 11, 2024) The U.S. Naval Academy holds the change of command ceremony in Bancroft Hall where the 64th Naval Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Fred Kacher was properly relieved by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids. A decorated naval officer, class of 1990, who will head to Yokosuka, Japan to take the reins as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
A rocky start and disappointing end for the Naval Academy’s first female leader
Some Naval Academy alumnae are dismayed by the Pentagon’s decision to remove Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks alongside Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, academy superintendent, during his visit to the U.S. Naval Academy on April 1, 2025.
Naval Academy’s first female superintendent is reportedly being removed, in latest Trump-era shift
USNI News is reporting that Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, who has served as Naval Academy superintendent since January 2024, is being reassigned. Davids is the first Latina and first woman to hold the post.
An Annapolis Police cruiser is shown on West Street on June 1, 2024.
Man shot in Annapolis over July Fourth weekend dies, police say
A man who was shot over the Fourth of July weekend in Annapolis has died from his injuries, city police said.
A mural in downtown Annapolis in honor of Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class Daniel “Danny” Buck and the nonprofit organization his mother started in his honor to raise awareness about suicide and sexual assault in the military, HM2 Buck for Hope Foundation.
Annapolis sailor’s 2019 suicide inspires mural, education on sexual assault
Officials cut the ribbon on the new downtown Annapolis headquarters of the HM2 Buck for Hope Foundation, a nonprofit to raise awareness about sexual assault and suicide in the military.
A car drives past The Senator theater on York Road during Monday’s torrential downpour. Photographed Monday, July 14, 2025.
Some flooding in Baltimore as storms roll through Maryland
The Baltimore region was under a flash flood warning Monday evening, and saw some limited inundations.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Change at Baltimore court could hurt immigrant children, advocates fear
A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians.
An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
Anne Arundel County expands speed camera program to two more school zones
Though the cameras went live Wednesday in Anne Arundel County, the county will not begin issuing citations for speeding in those zones until a 15-day warning period lapses.
A cleaning crew works on a house in Annapolis that is set up for short-term rentals on I-Day, when parents come to visit their children at the Naval Academy — a popular time for bookings.
Airbnbs are taking over historic Annapolis streets. The city wants to rein them in.
Jurisdictions across the country, particularly those like Maryland’s capital that attract tourists, have been grappling with how to rein in the industry.
An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
Police: Woman fatally shot in Odenton by estranged husband, who died by suicide in New Jersey
Anne Arundel County Police did not identify the woman, nor did they say whether any suspects had been identified.
An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
Anne Arundel County Police activate new speed camera in Glen Burnie
Officials plan to install speed cameras in at least 14 more school zones and red light cameras at eight more intersections in Anne Arundel County.
Candidates for Anne Arundel County Executive include, from left, James Kitchin, special assistant to Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman; Anne Arundel County Councilwoman Allison Pickard; and Anne Arundel County Councilman Pete Smith.
What to know about the 3 Democrats running for Anne Arundel County Executive
Who is going to replace Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman? It might be one of these Democrats.
Political signs in front of the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections in Glen Burnie last fall.
Anne Arundel Council to redirect $1.25 million from public campaign fund
The Anne Arundel County Council slashed the budget for Steuart Pittman’s $1.5 million proposed investment in the nascent public campaign financing system.
Better Block in a Box, at right, is a shipping container that can serve as a bar, bookstore or art studio, at the Glen Burnie Town Center on Friday.
Anne Arundel’s transformation of Glen Burnie Town Center: ‘Colorful, vibrant, inviting’
Reimagining the plaza is central to the county’s revitalization of the Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard Corridor in Glen Burnie.
The exterior of the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building, home of the Maryland Supreme Court, in Annapolis, MD on September 10, 2024.
Murder case of ex-Navy doctor frozen as prosecution appeals state’s attorney’s removal
In court Wednesday and in a appellate court brief Thursday, Houston’s attorneys described the state’s appeal as a delay tactic.
Tatyana Padro Miguel, right, speaks with Davonne Ross, a representative with A Homemade Plan, during a Healthcare Employer career fair at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold.
A former federal contractor from Maryland searches for work in a flooded market: ‘It’s scary’
Many former federal workers find themselves thrust into a job market suddenly inundated with experienced candidates even as employment opportunities are in free fall under federal spending cuts, particularly around the nation’s capital.
Maryland's State Attorney Anne Colt Leitess speaks during a news conference following the sentencing verdict of Jarrod W. Ramos, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Annapolis, Md.  Ramos was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five life terms without the possibility of parole, according to prosecutors.
Appeals court declines Anne Arundel State’s Attorney’s return to high-profile murder case
Last month, a judge threw Leitess off the case for withholding evidence favorable to the defense.
Officers found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames when they responded to the parking lot of the Tropic Bay Aquatic Garden Center in Davidsonville last month.
As possible video of Anne Arundel blaze circulates, new details behind killing emerge
Investigators offered a detailed description in charging documents of how they connected Jonah Michael Poole and Kylee Alyssa Dakes to the killing of Annapolis' Edward Stephen Koza.
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