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Before judge’s assassination, lawmakers knew there was a problem
It’s not clear how a gunman found Judge Andrew Wilkinson's Hagerstown home Friday night and shot him to death in his driveway. Maybe he followed him home, or maybe he stalked him on the Internet. But Maryland lawmakers knew this kind of violence was a threat.
Flowers are placed next to the garage door in the driveway of the home of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, Friday, Oct. 20. 2023, in Hagerstown.
Wes Moore wants to clean up Chesapeake rivers and creeks. Here’s what it will take.
What Maryland will find as it shifts the focus of Chesapeake Bay cleanup to rivers and creeks are grassroots groups already doing the work of restoration. Sometimes they’ve had success and sometimes setbacks. But they understand what the state will face.
Maryland is shifting focus of its Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts to closer to shore. What that means remains to bee seen.
7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
You can watch Navy take on Air Force Saturday in the first game of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series, but only on TV or online. There’s also new theater, Paul Reiser’s stand-up tour and more through Oct. 25.
Eight 1,000 pound pumpkins are on display as part of the Great Annapolis Pumpkin selfie contest and tour.
The path to a new Annapolis City Dock starts with these 5 questions
As the City of Annapolis begins deliberations of a massive, $88 million project to reinvent its waterfront center and save it from flooding, here are five questions likely to be a central part of the discussion.
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.
Catching up with Andy Harris, Maryland’s guy in the chaos Congress
A conversation with the sole Maryland Republican in Congress, Andy Harris, over why he's not stressed by the House leadership impasse and why he thinks the GOP's slim majority has been effective.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, talks about the impasses in selecting a new speaker Thursday at his office on Capitol Hill.
7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
The motor yachts and trawlers are gone, making way for the Annapolis Powerboat Show. But there’s also art, music and festivals to enjoy through Oct. 18.
The Annapolis Sailboat show runs from Thursday through Sunday at City Dock.
Protesters disrupt Pete Buttigieg’s interview at iMPACT Maryland
Dozens of protesters concerned about climate change stormed the Baltimore stage where U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was taking part in a daylong conference coordinated by The Baltimore Banner.
A group of protestors from Climate Defiance interrupt a discussion with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at Impact Maryland, a thought leadership conference hosted by The Baltimore Banner Tuesday, Oct.10, 2023 in Baltimore.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders emailed me. I bet we disagree over the Naval Academy admissions suit.
Some backing a lawsuit in federal court seeking to stop the Naval Academy from using race as an admissions factor want to define who gets to be a midshipman based on their experience. They don’t want a fair system, they want the same one that favored them.
Naval Academy midshipmen walk past a gate at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday during a football game.
Dogfighting charges reveal a cult of cruelty hidden in plain sight
Federal charges against Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr. of Arnold, then a senior member of the Pentagon’s communications staff, and his Glen Burnie barber, detail their roles in an alleged dog fighting ring that operated via encrypted text messages and a private message board. They just don’t explain how this could have gone on so long.
A caged dog was one five seized from Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr.'s home in Arnold during an investigation of a regional dogfighting ring. Another seven were seized from the Glen Burnie home or Mario Damon Flythe. Both men face federal charges.
7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
It’s the first of two boat show weekends in Annapolis, but there’s more to do than just tour that trawler you’ve dreamed of piloting into the sunset. You could take in a musical comedy, catch some blues music, see a burlesque or support local police. Here are seven of the best things on the calendar through Oct. 12.
Hundreds of boats will be on display at City Dock in Annapolis for the Annapolis Boat Show starting Thursday. The show continues through Sunday  and then is replaced next week by the Annapolis Sailboat Show.
After the gunfire, it’s up to all of us to help the victims’ families
Who helps when lives are shattered by everyday gun violence? When death arrives at your doorstep, who helps you make the next day seem possible? On Oct. 10, two small organizations will ask Annapolis that question again, this time after a mass shooting in June.
Sandra Mireles-Perez, the widow of Nick Mireles, shares stories about her husband after he was killed in a mass shooting in Annapolis on June 11, 2023. He left behind eight children.
Gavin Buckley promised Annapolis a bicycle revolution. We’re still waiting.
Not much has changed since Annapolis abandoned a trial bike lane on Main Street weeks ahead of schedule five years ago, giving in to merchants who howled at the loss of a few dozen parking spaces. So, I asked the mayor: With two years left in office, where is his bike revolution?
Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley, right, has made bicycling part of his two terms in office. But most of the improvements he's promised remain in the design phase.
7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
You could listen to great progressive bluegrass this weekend or hear a stirring symphonic requiem for Holocaust victims, You could buy a book to support literacy, get info on home improvement or catch an artists’ roundtable. Here are some of the best things to do in Annapolis through Oct. 5.
Yonder Mountain Strings Band is one headline act at the the Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival Saturday and Sunday at Sandy Point State Park.
After soaking through Ophelia, turn your attention to the trees
As the water from Ophelia recedes, my attention turns to the trees, particularly 12 mature trees surrounding my house at the end of Annapolis Neck jutting out into the Chesapeake Bay.
At 141 feet tall, the yellow poplar at the edge of Brewer Hill Cemetery may be the tallest tree in Annapolis.
Seawalls and a welcome center — did Annapolis get its flood plan right?
Annapolis unveiled its long-awaited design for a maritime welcome center Wednesday, part of an $88 million reimagining of its waterfront public square to protect the historic city from rising seas and climate change. It now faces an ambitious timeline and uncertain public response.
The Maritime Welcome Center, a key feature of the $88 million remaking of City Dock in Annapolis, shows a twin-gabled, wood-sided building right on the harbor.
7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
From Irish traditional music to a classical music concert and the 33rd annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, there’s plenty to do in Annapolis this coming week.
Young dancers from the Expressions Dance Company perform at the 2022 Kunta Kinte Heritage in Annapolis. The festival returns to City Dock this weekend.
Schools, volunteers working with kids suffering gun violence trauma
There have been nine homicides in Annapolis this year and many more shootings and reports of evening gunfire. It’s easy to overlook that some people are trying to help those hurt by it all.
Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson talks about the investigation into the shooting death of Tre'on Makeup Hut, 18, of Glen Burnie in the Bywater neighborhood of Annapolis on Friday, Sept. 8.
Secret tunnels beneath Annapolis? It’s a myth that lives on
Generations of historians, archaeologists and preservationists have to contend with one legend over and over again — that a network of tunnels is hidden beneath the centuries-old center of Annapolis.
Ken White, general manager of the Historic Inns of Annapolis, leads the way to a locked gate barring visitors from wandering down into a room he and others believe is the entrance to a historic tunnel.
7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
The Annapolis Songwriters Festival dominates the list of things to do in Annapolis, but there's also good food, good causes, history and fair fun.
Debbie Harry, lead singer of the group Blondie, will perform at City Dock on Saturday as part of the Annapolis Songwriters Festival.
I’ve got one eye on Hurricane Lee and another on my climate anxiety
It can be hard to distinguish between real danger and overhyped warnings in the media. But yes, Maryland does experience tropical storms and hurricanes. Isabel, which hit 20 years ago this month, is hard to forget.
A NOAA satellite image released Monday shows Hurricane Lee churning in the Atlantic Ocean, with tropical storm Margot to its west. The Chesapeake Bay is in the upper northeast corner of the image.
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