Annapolis is a small town where fewer than half the registered voters usually cast ballots. How much money do you need to convince 6,000 people?

An unpopular Republican president, a budget bill that busts the deficit while hurting many Marylanders and election rigging in Texas could change the political fortunes of Rep. Andy Harris.

You can still find tickets to the opening weekend of the Maryland Renaissance Festival, but here’s a guide no matter when you go. It’s one of seven great things to do in Greater Annapolis in the coming week.

On the way out the door as Naval Academy superintendent, Vice Adm. Yvette Davids wasn’t going to let anyone denigrate her institution or those who have made it a success.

If you could interview the watermelon queen, what would you ask? I did, and they sent me in search of meaning in the ubiquitous fruit of summer. First off, it's not a fruit, and second, growing watermelons is no dream.

Here are five things to do in Annapolis for the week ending Wednesday Aug. 20. One option is to go parasailing before summer is gone.

Standing up to injustice requires courage, and every step toward despotism by President Donald Trump is another call to show it.

Navy Secretary John Phelan spelled it out. The Trump administration plans to replace the Naval Academy dean, reduce the civilian faculty, increase discipline and generally screw around with the curriculum some more.

Thirty-two years ago, Orlando Ridout IV organized the rescue of the Maynard-Burgess House in Annapolis as a form of reparations.

Ten years after it kicked off a wave of outdoor dining in Annapolis, Dinner Under the Stars is going strong. It’s one of seven great things you could do in the coming week.

The two-year feud between two Anne Arundel County Orphans Court judges heads toward a denouement this month, when a disciplinary commission considers complaints against one of them. Unfortunately, they dragged me into this.

The discovery of a body at the end of Pier 4 is not a cause for mirth, despite wry comments about water quality and swimming. It is a reminder that the Chesapeake Bay is a place where life sometimes ends.

For such a small building, the Market House in Annapolis contains a big history of fighting. It was the first fight of Mayor Gavin Buckley's administration, and here at the end eight years later, it looks like it might be the last.

The 80th Annapolis Rotary Crab Feast cracks open Friday, one of seven great things you can do in the coming week.

It’s never easy being Don Quixote, the mad Spanish knight who tilted at windmills aboard his noble nag, Rocinante.

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.

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.

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.

There’s only one buyer for Discovery Village that makes any sense — Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman. Yeah, that guy.

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.