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Steve Ross, loft manager for Ullman Sails in Annapolis, says he makes about three sails a year, spending the rest of his time on repairs.
Annapolis once made sails. Trump’s tariffs won’t bring those jobs back.
Annapolis was once a sailmaking center, with multiple lofts manufacturing for thousands of boaters on the Chesapeake Bay. That's unlikely to change, despite President Donald Trump's boasts that tariffs will bring manufacturing back to U.S. cities and towns.
From left, Kecia Lewis at the Tony Awards in 2024, Patti LuPone at a film screening in New York in 2025 and Audra McDonald at the Tony Awards in 2024.
Sometimes your ego is your own worst enemy. Just ask Patti Lupone.
Tony winner and certified diva Patti Lupone has proven that an inflated belief in one’s own sassiness can undo years of goodwill. It’s a lesson we should all remember.
Catonsville native Nick Barrett, 31, drives off the tee at the U.S. Open qualifying tournament at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville on June 2. Barrett, who works as a UPS delivery driver, was disqualified after one round for failing to turn in his scorecard.
Kyle Goon: A local UPS driver’s shot at the U.S. Open crashed out after a brain fart. We’ve all been there.
Catonsville resident and delivery truck driver Nick Barrett forgot to turn in a scorecard between rounds, denying him a chance to qualify for the U.S. Open. But even in his anguish, the working-class weekend warrior keeps a refreshing perspective.
Starting pitcher Corbin Burnes walks off the field with assistant athletic trainer Max Esposito during the fifth inning.
Kyle Goon: Corbin Burnes’ injury doesn’t let the Orioles off for free agency flop
The Orioles shouldn't be feeling any relief about the fact they didn't step up to sign the ace.
LOVE HOTEL -- "Day 3" -- Pictured: (l-r) Gizelle Bryant, Luann de Lesseps -- (Photo by: Ana York/PEACOCK)
‘Bravo’s Love Hotel’ proves middle-aged dating sucks, even for the rich and famous
Here are four reasons why even being a "Real Housewives of Potomac" star on "Bravo's Love Hotel" doesn't help clean up the middle-aged dating pool.
Cars drive past the “Charm’tastic Mile” sign in downtown Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
Letter: Baltimore, please do something about dangerous drivers
Gary Proctor of Baltimore bemoans the lack of traffic enforcement to stop dangerous drivers.
Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein takes questions from reporters during Spring Training in Sarasota, Fla., in February.
Letter: Dear Orioles owner David Rubenstein — you may have a brand problem
Jason Dittrich says when it comes to the Orioles, David Rubenstein has a branding problem.
Banner reporter Julie Scharper's family has been going to Ocean City for generations. From left, her mother and grandmother in the 1950s; she and her sister in the 1980s; and one of her children in 2019.
Ocean City, where Maryland makes memories
Ocean City stirs memories from childhood from family vacations.
Ravens Rich Tamayo, Senior VP of Stadium Operations and Guest Experience, conducts a tour of the new M&T Bank Stadium improvements underway for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
Kyle Goon: Ravens need to dream big to justify stadium costs
There's nearly half a billion of public money being sunk into renovations at M&T Bank Stadium. Baltimore and Maryland deserves bigger events at the venue to justify the price tag.
Mike Elias, executive vice president and general manager for the Baltimore Orioles, speaks to the media before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Milwaukee.
Letter: Orioles fans deserve better than Mike Elias’ ‘malpractice’
Zack Wolfe, a longtime Orioles fan from Manchester, says executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias has committed ‘malpractice’ with the team’s roster.
Orioles outfielder Heston Kjerstad is hitting under .200 with an OPS in the mid-.500s.
Jon Meoli: Heston Kjerstad has examples in Orioles clubhouse of poor starts turning quickly
Ryan Mountcastle has been advising the young slugger during his early-career slump.
U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks talks at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center on a rainy Wednesday morning.
Joy is an act of resistance worth sharing in our days of Trump malaise
In the age of Donald Trump, I’ll admit to not feeling very optimistic. What a time for my son and his fiancée to start a new chapter, to commit to love and a future together. I found some inspiration, of all places, on a rainy morning with U.S. Sen, Angela Alsobrooks.
The Maryland State House dome in Annapolis.
Letter: Federal job cuts, credit rating downgrade will harm state for decades
More than just downgrading Maryland’s credit rating, federal job cuts will harm the state for decades, says Jyoti Mohan of Cockeysville.
My first novel represents my ability to do something new even at this late age, while enjoying this author journey differently this time.
My first book launched the week the world shut down. I’m ready for my do-over.
The pandemic shut down my memoir book tour. Will the publicity for “Family & Other Calamities,” a love letter to Baltimore and journalism, be a chance to try again?
Buck Showalter watches the action from the dugout during an Orioles game against the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018, his last of nine seasons in Baltimore.
Kyle Goon: Buck Showalter is not the answer for the Orioles — but his ideas might be
The manager of the very good 2010s teams says 'I don't have the answers' for the current-day Orioles' slumps. It might be that his legacy in Baltimore is best left in the past.
First baseman Ryan Mountcastle doubles to right field against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Jon Meoli: Ryan Mountcastle no longer has to worry about a deep left-field wall. Where is the power?
The Orioles first baseman is in one of the worst spells of his career, entering Wednesday with just two home runs and a .606 OPS
Quantum particles — quibits — can be in multiple states at once, and linked in pairs that let you determine the state of one anywhere in the world by observing the other.
Wes Moore is betting $1 billion on qubits. What the heck is a qubit?
Economic development is a bit like quantum physics in that it’s hard to make sense of most of the time.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks during a discussion with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, on how "to establish and preserve the narrative of January 6th." The event marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
Letter: Carla Hayden was fired without cause in Trump’s purge, says Rep. Mfume
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was fired by President Donald Trump without cause, says Rep. Kweisi Mfume, and history will not look kindly on the decision.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 6: An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.
Letter: Stand with local officials who defend legal immigrants against ICE
Bob Gallagher of Annapolis says Marylanders should support local officials if they are targeted by ICE for supporting legal immigrants.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 31: American flags have been placed next to the headstones in Arlington National Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day on May 31, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia.
On Memorial Day we honor the dead, but are we neglecting the living?
Memorial Day 2025 begs the question: In this age of cuts to the VA, insults to veterans and the assault on our history, what are we really trying to remember?
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