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Rick Hutzell

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Rick Hutzell has worked as a journalist in Annapolis since 1987, and knows the city and its people about as well as anyone can. A native Marylander, Rick lives in Annapolis with his wife, Chara. They have two grown children and enjoy life in a city on the Chesapeake Bay.

The latest from Rick Hutzell

Noah Hillman argued Black teachers weren’t equal. Annapolis is renaming his garage.
Annapolis is changing the name on the Noah Hillman Parking Garage, a downtown memorial for a respected alderman. Twenty years before he was elected, Hillman was the lawyer for one of Maryland’s most notorious racists, George Fox.
Noah Hillman, center, with Arthur Ellington, left, and an unidentified man at a City Hall meeting in the late 1950s. Both Hillman and Ellington were members of the city council who served brief tenures as interim mayor.
7 things to do in Annapolis: How not to spend $4,500 on an Army-Navy ticket
The better Navy football is, the harder it can be to get good tickets.
U.S. Naval Academy pet and mascot, Bill the Goat, on the sidelines during the 125th Annual Army-Navy Game held at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md. on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
With billions at stake, Maryland must up its game in the turbulent biotech economy
Suddenly, the competition for biotech investment and jobs looks different, as entrepreneurs and investors seek resources to fund medical science, biopharma and medtech.
At Impact Maryland, a Baltimore Banner symposium, leaders of Baltimore’s biotech economy spoke in a panel discussion.
What does it take to lead Annapolis? Here’s what 4 former mayors have to say.
Annapolis is about to pick a new mayor for the first time in eight years in an election that will also remake the City Council. Here are thoughts on what makes a good mayor from people who’ve done the job.
Bob O'Shea, the Republican candidate for mayor in Annapolis, was out sign-waving early on Sept. 16, 2025, even though he's not on the ballot until November. He was at the Eastport Annapolis Neck Library with Courtney Spangler and Marvin Charles. Charles' wife, Alderwoman Rhonda Pindell Charles, faces former alderman Jared Littmann in the Democratic primary.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Pride Parade and Festival adds new element to October
Events in Annapolis this week, including a the hosting of a previously postponed Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival and the Ballet Theatre of Maryland.
Josh Seefried holds a rainbow umbrella as he walks in the Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival on June 1, 2024.
3 women grads of the Naval Academy are running for office. Pete Hegseth should take notice.
Mikie Sherrill. Amy McGrath. Eileen Laubacher. All Naval Academy graduates, all running for office. Fifty years after the first women entered the academy, they represent a generational moment of change.
Democrat Mikie Sherrill responds to questions during the first general election gubernatorial debate with Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli.
No, Gov. Moore, the military is not going to come to our rescue. It’s up to us.
What Moore said feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.
Gov. Wes Moore at the Warfield Air National Guard Base during the deactivation ceremony for the A-10C Thunderbolt.
Family sells Chesapeake schooner business after three decades. ‘We’ve become iconic now.’
Jen Kaye and her family have sold Schooner Woodwind to 59º North Sailing, a rare change in the rarefied field of commercial sailing.
Jen Kaye, center, talks about selling her family business to a new family. She was joined by buyers, from left, Mia Karlsson, Andy Schell, Ryan Ellison and her father, Ken Kaye.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Spanish guitarist opens Annapolis Symphony Orchestra season
Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas joins the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra for its season-opening concerts, “A New World.” Along with the Annapolis Sailboat Show, it’s one of seven great things to do in the coming week.
Pablo Sainz-Villegas joins the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra for “Mistico y Profano,” a concerto written for him by composer Arturo Márquez.
Does anyone really like Edgar Allan Poe? Or is it just a Baltimore dream?
Edgar Allan Poe would have loathed and loved what Baltimore has done with him. “I have great faith in fools,” he wrote. “My friends call it self-confidence.”
A parade of Ravens marches in front of the Edgar Allan Poe House during the final day of the Poe festival. on Oct. 5, 2025.
As the federal shutdown stretches on, let’s say thank you to civil servants
Before the president and his party continue their wanton disassembly of the federal workforce, it’s a good moment to appreciate what we’re about to lose.
Julie Reed took a buyout from her job at NASA. She doesn't think people have appreciated federal employees' devotion to public service since at least President Ronald Reagan's days.
7 things to do in Annapolis: The fall boat shows have arrived
When the Annapolis boat shows are in town, it can seem as if there’s nothing else going on. That’s far from true.
The Annapolis Powerboat Show helps define fall in the city, marking the start of back-to-back weekends dedicated to boating. This year's show will be a little different, as redevelopment of City Dock begins.
No Moore’s rainbow wigs and clown noses drop AI bomb on Maryland politics
The messenger, whoever he or she or they are, matters less than the medium. AI-generated images have arrived in Maryland, and there’s no going back.
The website No Moore features a laughing image of Gov. Wes Moore, part of a campaign ridiculing him and criticizing his policies.
A good Chesapeake Bay Bridge yarn can’t be stopped by facts. They might even help.
The picture was alarming. A Dundalk woman posted a photo of a Bay Bridge deck support looking off-center, askew atop the pilings. And so, another Bay Bridge myth is born — it’s slipping!
The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
7 things to do in Annapolis, from ‘Annie’ at Maryland Hall to a Blossom Dearie tribute
The musical story of a plucky orphan and her arms merchant father figure stars Jules Kanarek as Annie and James M. Toler as Oliver Warbucks. It’s one of the great things to do in the coming week, along with a production of “Brigadoon."
Jules Kanarek portrays Annie in the Compass Rose Theater production of “Annie” at Maryland Hall through Oct. 19.
Sequel plays Annie's dog Sandy, trained by Kelly Litchford of Leverage Animal Actors.
To sell the looming shutdown, Maryland Democrats focus on affordability
When the federal government shuts down, and it will either this time or the next, Maryland’s Democrats will have to explain why. The Constitution is burning, but they’ve settled on an old political strategy.
From left, Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, and Rep. Sarah Elfreth, and Rep. Glenn Ivey. Six members of the Maryland congressional delegation arrive to the ICE field offices at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday, July 28, 2025, to test whether they will be allowed to see conditions in which detainees are being kept.
America’s fear is perfectly reflected in the Naval Academy ‘shooter’ scare
The terror spread by half-truths and careless disregard for the impact after reports of a shooting at the Naval Academy was a snapshot of the American industry of fear.
A Navy police vehicle leaves the Naval Academy on Sept. 11, a few hours after the Yard went on lockdown following reports of a shooting on campus.
7 things to do in Annapolis: 14 bands, two stages and the Chesapeake Bay
Fourteen bands will perform progressive bluegrass, American roots and improvisational music on the beach at the Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival. Other things to do include Al Green at Live! Casino, a queer dance troupe premiering its new work and the Naptowon Philharmonic.
The Annapolis Baygrass Festival returns to Sandy Point State Park on Sept. 20-21 for the third year. Fourteen acts will perform on two beachfront stages.
As RFK Jr. blows up public health, some states are rushing to save it
A growing number of Democrat-led states are joining together to protect common-sense safeguards against infectious disease with vaccines. Maryland has yet to join these partnerships, but the idea is under discussion.
Reva Bounan, RN, holds a syringe to be used during a Vaccine Clinic offered at BCPS Fest held at New Town High School on August 16th, 2025 in Owings Mills, MD.
Another assassination, another step toward an American dissolution
Assassinations, by their nature, are destabilizing. In the spinning top of American political life at this moment, Charlie Kirk's death may prove to be the thing that irretrievably knocks us over.
FILE - Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk arrives to speak before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Thomas & Mack Center, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas.
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