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The WaWa on 12th Street in Ocean City was not a great place to hang out in the hours before dawn on June 14. Four boys from Annapolis attacked one from Baltimore County, and they spent months in jail without bail awaiting trial.
Denied bail for months, Annapolis High graduates finally home after Senior Week assault
There have been lawsuits about police conduct. What isn’t widely known is this message from the court system in Worcester County — screw up here, and you won’t be going home anytime soon.
The Maryland World War II Memorial was built on a rise overlooking Annapolis, located just across the Severn River from the Naval Academy. It contains the names of all Marylanders killed in the war.
7 things to do in Annapolis: No parade, but lots of ways to honor Veterans Day
There is no well-known veterans memorial or parade in Annapolis. But there are ceremonies, concerts and other special events to mark Veterans Day on Monday.
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 02: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump is seen through protective bullet-resistant glass where his supporters are reflected during a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport on November 02, 2024 in Gastonia, North Carolina. With three days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground state of North Carolina, where recent polls have the former president and his opponent, Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat.
It’s Donald Trump’s America, and I’m a stranger in a strange land
The only real choice confronting the majority of Marylanders who voted against Donald Trump’s return to the White House is to face it. America, we hardly knew you.
Columnists being what they are, I’ve got some predictions. And a wish that the choices voters make will lead us to a better place as a country.
It’s Election Day in Maryland. Are you ready for what comes next?
Columnists being what they are, I’ve got some predictions. And a wish that the choices voters make will lead us to a better place as a country.
Undecided voters.
Larry Hogan crowns himself King Waffle and other lessons from indecisive voters
In conversations with undecided voters across Maryland, I heard plenty of reasons for being unable to chose Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. At this point, it sounds like willful indecision.
The Annapolis side pulls during the annual Tug of War with Eastport on Nov. 4, 2023. The tug started as a business promotion when Eastport was cut off by maintenance to the Spa Creek Bridge. It's become an enduring Annapolis tradition.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Tug of War divides the city for fun and charity, again
You could pull or just watch the Tug of War on Saturday, pitting Eastport against Annapolis with a 1,600-foot rope across Spa Creek.
Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland, talks about climate change at City Dock in Annapolis on Oct. 16, 2024, surrounded by people working on the issue for years.
Alsobrooks and Hogan rarely mention climate change or the Chesapeake. They don’t have to.
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan are locked in a closely watched race for the U.S. Senate, but neither is talking a lot about climate change or the Chesapeake Bay in their campaigns, despite the significance of those issues to Maryland.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared in a private talk with cadets in August, despite his active campaign to support former President Donald Trump's campaign to regain the White House.
West Point welcomed Elon Musk, while Annapolis canceled a Trump critic. What’s the difference?
Where was the outrage when Elon Musk, weirdly dancing supporter of former President Donald Trump, spoke at West Point? It’s a stunning contrast to the cancellation of a lecture by historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a Trump critic, at the Naval Academy.
Mason Hallock, a commercial fisherman from Edgewater, wears his passion for rockfish on his arm. He came to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting on Oct. 23, 2024 in Annapolis hoping to get a feel for what's ahead.
We all like a taste of rockfish. Regulators are taking steps to make sure everyone gets a bite.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a special meeting in December to change the season for catching rockfish, catch limits and size restrictions, or some combination of all three.
Scott Wolcott plays for the crowd at the piano bar upstairs at Middleton Tavern in Annapolis on Oct. 18, 2024.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Before it gets dark, start your own pub crawl
It’s a great time of year for a pub crawl in Annapolis. You could also catch the Colonial Players production of “The Winslow Boy” or “Napoli” by the Ballet Theatre of Maryland.
The Brigade of Midshipmen watches Navy football roll over UNC Charlotte in Oct. 19, 2024 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis.
If Trump wins, the right-wing thought police will come for the Naval Academy
Deep within Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 925-page roadmap for the next Republican president, its authors say they want the service academies scrubbed of anything and anyone deemed insufficiently pure of thought.
Lunchtime diners enjoy a fall day on Carrol Creek in downtown Frederick on Oct. 8, 2024.
For Alsobrooks and Hogan, victory in Senate race runs through Frederick
Frederick County and its namesake city are changing. Since Ben Cardin was first elected to the U.S. Senate, this community has emerged as a key to victory in the race between Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan.
An artist rendering shows what the brigantine Peggy Stewart might have looked like before it was burned on Oct. 19, 1774 in Annapolis.
7 things to do in Annapolis: 250th anniversary of Annapolis Tea Party, drone show
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Maryland’s most flamboyant Revolutionary moment, the burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis. You can also see the opera “Figaro” or watch the Midshipmen of Navy take on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, a top Democratic donor in Maryland, talks U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen during a discussion on the war in Gaza on Oct. 11, 2024 at the Almost 7:30 Democratic Club in Annapolis.
Chris Van Hollen navigates the Democrats’ dilemma — Israel
It was Israel that pressed hardest on U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen in a visit to Annapolis. It’s the issue Democrats can’t agree on, the one that divides them so much that Trump could slip through that crack a return to the White House.
Morgan Sloan, left, and Zack Yeatman ride a boat in a flooded area near City Dock in Annapolis in August.
Thank you for calling FEMA. Please hold while we review your disaster plan.
Frustrated Annapolis officials remain confident FEMA funds will come eventually, but starting the massive climate change project at City Dock immediately after the Annapolis Sailboat Show and finishing most of it by next fall isn’t going to happen.
Eight 1,000 pound pumpkins are on display as part of the Great Annapolis Pumpkin selfie contest and tour.
7 things to do in Annapolis: The Great Pumpkins are back, and they’re really big
Those giant pumpkins around Annapolis aren't there by accident. It's the annual Great Annapolis Pumpkins promotion by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.
A campaign sign for Charles “Chuck” Yocum, a candidate for District 3 on the Anne Arundel County school board, is seen on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, on a lawn in Pasadena, Md.
Republicans backed a deeply flawed candidate for Anne Arundel school board
Anne Arundel County school board candidate Chuck Yocum has received donations from Republican officeholders and groups, but his race is about more than party. It’s about a deeply flawed candidate who has taken advantage of a moment of deep division to reach the cusp of power he absolutely should not have.
The federal indictment includes this photo of a man FBI agents say is Roderick Simms dealing drugs on Clay Street on Aug. 8, 2024.
‘Alright, alright’: FBI wiretaps provide a glimpse of alleged drug running in Annapolis
Authorities allege that a group of 14 men ran a street-level drug ring out of the Obery Court townhouse complex in Annapolis, less than a mile from the Maryland State House.
The entrance of the IKEA store in College Park, Maryland on Oct. 2 is filled  with information on the Swedish furniture giants sustainability goals.
Annapolis leaders went to Sweden to learn about climate change. I went to IKEA.
Walk under the U.S., Maryland, and Swedish flags and into the mammoth blue-and-yellow IKEA building in College Park, and the first of many brightly colored, chipper displays makes clear that saving the planet is at stake with every purchase.
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.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Powerboat Show comes to City Dock, followed by Sailboat Show
It’s the start of the Annapolis Boat Shows this weekend, first power then sail. Other great things to do over the next seven days include the start of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Season and the Anne Arundel Lifeline 100 bike rides.
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