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    Annapolis will celebrate the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday with a parade and festival.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: From the Army band to Bacharach, it’s a musical week
    What a crazy week in Annapolis. A parade, a military band, opera arias, a rock trio, a Mutt March and the unexpected combination of Todd Rundgren and Burt Bacharach. Get out and have some fun.
    The Arundel Center in downtown Annapolis houses county government offices.
    Anne Arundel council passes hotly contested redevelopment bill
    Some questioned the motivations of those opposing the bill, saying they believed concerns about traffic and schools disguised racism and classism.
    Annapolis officials held a community meeting in March in response to the Clay Street shooting.
    Man arrested in connection to deadly shooting at Annapolis school bus stop
    Following the shooting, residents of the close-knit community raised concerns in a meeting with public officials.
    Two St. John's College students watch Naval Academy midshipmen prepare to take a shot in the Annapolis Cup croquet match Saturday.
    The Naval Academy banned books. Across the street, they treasure them.
    The Annapolis Cup croquet match between the Naval Academy and St. John's College has always been a contrast in style. But never like Saturday.
    FILE - An entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., is seen Jan. 9, 2014. Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students surveyed said they experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Associated Press has learned.
    Naval Academy’s full list of nearly 400 books on race, gender pulled from library
    The U.S. Naval Academy released the list of nearly 400 purged pieces of literature exploring themes of white supremacy, race and racism in America, gender identity and sexuality and diversity from its library.
    Westgate Circle is the boundary for downtown Annapolis, where West Street, Taylor Avenue and Spa Road intersect.
    With a finger salute, Annapolis’ big art project is still struggling
    Art is about symbols. One of the crudest is a good way to explain why it’s proving so hard to fill Westgate Circle in Annapolis.
    Traffic travels on Crain Highway at Annapolis Road in Gambrills. The County Council is debating a bill that would encourage redevelopment of older commercial properties in "critical corridors," including Route 3.
    Is it traffic or ‘NIMBY and racist’? The fight over redevelopment in Anne Arundel
    History, race and traffic collide in Anne Arundel County redevelopment bill debate.
    Deanna Patterson helps daughter Ellis with arts and crafts. Catonsville Cooperative Preschool is unique in that parents have a present and hands-on educational experience with their children during the school day.
    Anne Arundel County to end free pre-K for 3-year-olds
    The school system has offered pre-K 3 for the last three school years.
    How many wings can you eat? That's the challenge of the Maryland Wing Festival on April 5, 2025 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Chicken wings and college croquet kick off festival season
    Two spring food festivals, the Annapolis Cup croquet match and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra season finale are some of the great things to do in the coming week.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Anne Arundel County police officer indicted for 4-mile chase that left motorcyclist dead
    An Anne Arundel County Police officer allegedly chased a man four miles into Howard County in August and then fled the scene when the man died in an accident.
    The U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library.
    Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth’s office
    Academy officials were told to review the library late last week.
    An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
    Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
    Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
    Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to an apartment fire on Hearn Road in Annapolis that left at least one person dead on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
    Man killed in Annapolis apartment blaze was smoking on oxygen, fire officials say
    A man who was smoking while using oxygen died after igniting a fire in his Annapolis apartment Tuesday afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.
    Joe Toolan, chair of Annapolis Pride and a member of the Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs, stands outside the Glen Burnie branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library on Monday.
    Nearly 100 show up for trans pride event in Glen Burnie, outnumbering protesters
    Despite a planned protest and counterprotesters, attendees of the Trans Pride Party carried on unfazed.
    The Anne Arundel County Courthouse is located on Church Circle in Annapolis. It is home to the Circuit Court, the Clerk of the Court, the State Attorney's Office and other agencies.
    Anne Arundel Orphans’ Court judge was ‘aggressor’ in spat with colleague, charges say
    The ethical charges filed by the Commission on Judicial Disabilities in February were made public last week.
    Morgan Sloan (left) and Zack Yeatman ride a boat in a flooded area near the City Dock in Annapolis on Aug. 9, 2024. A judge ruled that plans to overhaul City Dock and make it more flood resistant may go forward.
    Annapolis City Dock restoration project can go forward, Anne Arundel judge rules
    In an opinion docketed Sunday, Circuit Judge Michael Malone ruled in favor of the Historic Preservation Commission of Annapolis.
    The move to end affirmative action at the Naval Academy comes despite a federal judge ruling last year that the practice was constitutional.
    U.S. Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions
    Despite a federal ruling in its favor, the academy will no longer consider race in admissions.
    Norman Fogle navigates the live camera operated by the Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay Ship Watchers group to see different views of the Patapsco River from his home in Beltsville.
    They watched the Key Bridge fall. Now they can’t take their eyes off the Dali.
    Mike Singer’s livestream riveted the world last year. He and thousands of others are dedicated ship watchers — specifically keeping tabs on the Dali.
    Community members review data detailing the budget shortfall facing Harford County Public Schools as a part of a presentation by Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson at Aberdeen High School in November.
    How a plan to make Maryland schools better is putting budgets in crisis
    Three years in, the Blueprint has become synonymous with budget cuts, leaving school leaders reconsidering how they spend every dime.
    Loved ones of Mario Mireles Ruiz, his father Nicolas Mireles, and their friend Christian Marlon Segovia Jr. walk towards City Dock for a vigil in 2024.
    Mistrial in Annapolis mass shooting offers a rare second chance for justice
    When Charles Robert Smith returns to an Annapolis courtroom in September, prosecutor Anne Colt Leitess should be absent, not Judge Michael Wachs. There should be consequences when a prosecutor stumbles.
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