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Delaney Jackson and Neal Bechman perform as as Polly Baker and Bobby Child in the Maryland Classic Theatre production of "Crazy For You."
7 things to do: Classic Theatre of Maryland leans into American songbook with ‘Crazy For You’
You could catch the music of George and Ira Gershwin at the Classic Theatre of Maryland in Annapolis, listen to the great John Hiatt or try a new run and paddle club. Those are just some of the great things to do over the next seven months.
In times of turmoil, there's nothing more comforting than crab dip.
In the grip of Trumpian madness? We all need a crab dip break
It’s a long seven months to Inauguration Day 2025, and it will take some magic to get us through the coming wave of rage. Enter crab dip.
U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes, center, talks about mental health in education after an appearance at Annapolis High School on May 23 with U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. Cardona's press secretary kept calling it a media scrum, although it was one reporter, a student, a school board video team and me.
John Sarbanes on bunny ears, Larry Hogan and fixing Congress
John Sarbanes is exactly the right person to ask about fixing Congress. It’s his cause. His answer is long and flows from The Federalist Papers to the fall elections. It isn’t Congress that’s broken, he says, it’s us.
L. Rodgers, a contestant on The Voice Season 25, will be the headline act at the Annapolis Pride Festival on Saturday.
7 things: Voice contestant L. Rodgers headlines Annapolis Pride Festival
L. Rodgers may have been eliminated on the NBC talent show “The Voice,” but she’s still got a hometown following.
A Watermark cruise boat leaves Annapolis. A consortium of counties is studying creating a ferry service on the Chesapeake Bay.
A ferry network might come back to the Chesapeake — but it’s not for commuters
You may be wishing Maryland had never abandoned the network of ferries that once glided along the Chesapeake Bay. But if ferry service is restored someday, it will be about tourism, not easing traffic jams.
Naval Academy midshipmen present their capstone project on a microgrid power system for a Navy air station in Sicily.
Naval Academy grads will live with the climate and energy crisis. Are they ready?
When midshipmen graduating from the Naval Academy today reach retirement age in 2066, the Chesapeake Bay will be more than a foot higher.
The waterfront of downtown Annapolis would be changed by a proposed maritime welcome center, part of an $88 million plan to protect the historic heart of Maryland's state capital from sea level rise.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Curtain rises on outdoor theater season with ‘The Prom’
Pleasant weather means the pace of life in Annapolis shifts outdoors, and one of the most pleasant things about the season may be the opportunity to enjoy theater under the stars.
Ralph Parker died on May 21, 1944 in an accident at Pearl Harbor that killed hundreds of soldiers.  His named is carved into the Maryland World War II Memorial near Annapolis.
Remembering Pvt. Parker, 80 years after his secret death in WWII
Ralph Parker’s story is unlike any others you’ll hear as we approach Memorial Day. It is about secrets and secret families, and a man who otherwise won’t be celebrated.
A rendering of the planned Maritime Welcome Center shows how it would look from the end of City Dock, where a new park will be built as part of a flood protection project.
The view from downtown Annapolis is changing. These people are fighting back.
When the mayor of Annapolis plans a $10 million, glass-walled maritime welcome center at City Dock — right on top of an $88 million public works project to save downtown by lifting part of it above climate-driven flooding — Historic Annapolis pays attention. The question is, is anyone listening?
State Sen. Sarah Elfreth talks with Del. Shelia Ruth of Baltimore County Thursday morning in Annapolis. Ruth and others stopped Elfreth outside the State House to congratulate her on winning the Democratic primary for Congress in the 3rd District.
‘Stay tough.’ How a late House speaker’s words still inspire congressional candidate Sarah Elfreth.
I recently caught up with state Sen. Sarah Elfreth over coffee, days after she won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maryland's 6th District. She recently adopted a puppy named Ollie and thinks often of the late House Speaker Mike Busch, who encouraged and inspired her.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly past the Naval Academy Chapel dome on May 24, 2023, as seen from the top of the State House. The show is part of a series of events during the Naval Academy’s Commissioning Week, all leading up to the graduation ceremony on Friday morning.
7 things to do: The Blue Angels are back in Annapolis. The ‘free’ show isn’t exactly free.
There are four chances to catch the Blue Angels during the Naval Academy’s Commissioning Week in Annapolis, which begins May 17.
Light traffic on Interstate 97 in Glen Burnie flows north. Police say they herded a 1,000 car caravan out of the county on the  highway in March.
1,000 cars, headed up I-97 for a banger. What could go wrong?
The rally came out of Prince George’s County just after midnight when police were alerted it was on the move. Anne Arundel County Police say the drivers were headed for the Giant Food parking lot in Gambrills, where they planned to set up an exhibition of wildness behind the wheel.
How much of your own money should you put into your campaign? David Trone is figuring that out in his bid to be the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
Money can’t buy me love, but it might get David Trone into the Senate
Democratic voters — early voting is over and election day is Tuesday — have to decide not just who is better for the job, David Trone or Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. They have to decide if his spending so much of his own money to win an election is, well, right.
The road to Maryland’s future may run through Montgomery County
Montgomery County is the beast that beats them among Maryland’s local governments. Its budget proposal is a whopping $7.1 billion, more than the combined spending plans for Anne Arundel, Howard and Frederick — plus seven of the state’s 16 smaller counties. Why should you care? What happens there affects the rest of us.
Annapolis Blues forward Jacob Murrell (18) fights for the ball during their game against VB City on June 11, 2023. Annapolis won 3-0.  The team returns to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium next week with a charity game.
7 things to do: Annapolis Blues soccer returns to capital city with charity match
Here’s a look at great things to do in Annapolis for the week starting May 9.
My mom never liked swimming, but have it a go during a camping trip to her mother's home in New York.
It’s never too late to write your mom for Mother’s Day, even when it is.
Maybe the best I can do on this or any Mother’s Day is to write a little note to her. I know she won’t read it, but it feels good to write it as if she would.
That's not me in the distance of this security footage screen grab. The man in the blue short sleeve shirt, shorts and knee-high white socks was confronted while taking photos at a local school at identified himself as Rick Hutzell of The Baltimore Banner.
Accept no substitutions or fakes. I’m the real Rick Hutzell.
A man taking photos of students at an Annapolis school Tuesday afternoon was approached by staff members. He told them he was me.
Candidates have been campaigning for months in the 3rd District. Is there a better way to pick a winner?
Early voting has started. In Maryland’s 3rd District race, that’s plain undemocratic
Ranked choice voting could flip the narrative in Maryland elections. Voters would rank candidates as their first, second and third choices. The number could be greater, but let’s keep the example simple.
Meroë Khalia Adeeb competes in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition in 2017. The 36th annual sing-off takes place on Sunday at Maryland Hall.
7 things to do: Big voices come to Annapolis to compete for $30K in prizes
Eight opera singers, three judges and $30,000 in prize money on the line should make for an unpredictable Sunday afternoon in Annapolis.
The Spa Creek Bridge opened in 1947, one of a generation of bascule drawbridges built by the federal government around the country.
The Key Bridge is gone. A new Baltimore Harbor bridge will do more than cross over water.
When Maryland and the feds begin building a new crossing of the outer Baltimore Harbor where the Key Bridge once stood, engineers, bureaucrats and bigwigs would be wise to remember the symbolism. A bridge is always more than it seems.
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