State Sens. Sarah Elfreth and Clarence Lam, along with Dels. Mark Chang, Terri Hill and Mike Rogers, all started steps ahead of the rest of the field after congressman John Sarbanes’ surprise retirement announcement in October.

Now that a plan for a new sculpture has been dumped, what should go in Westgate Circle — a boundary point between downtown Annapolis and parts of the city unofficially known as the rest of Annapolis? Here, then, are five ideas, all on the theme of Unity.

You could take in a Navy basketball, check out a new art gallery show, or listen to an opera about the Vietnam War in Annapolis through Jan. 31.

Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, must have hoped no one would fact check his Ocean City disinformation event about wind turbines.

Despite a worrisome display of hubris at his first staff meeting, I hope David Smith's return of The Baltimore Sun and the Annapolis Capital to local ownership will be good for them and for Maryland journalism as a whole.

How do you survive the next few weeks as the Baltimore NFL team — let’s spell that out, just in case — makes a run for Super Bowl LVIII? Nattering nabobs will be everywhere, going on and on (and on) about Lamar this and Odell that. What can you say to hold up your end of the conversation? I’m here to help, my fellow fair-weather football fans.

The entertainment calendar in Annapolis starts to pick up in the seven days through Jan. 24, with three new art exhibits, fresh theater productions, a first album release by an Annapolis singer-songwriter and a nostalgia tour from Three Dog Night.

Annapolis got hit with major flooding as leaders prepared to take up a plan to protect the city center from storm surge and sunny-day flooding.

The decision about where to put oysters paid for by the owners of the Ever Forward may be the opening act in the next great oyster drama on the Chesapeake Bay. As signs that massive oyster reef reconstruction is working abound, where do efforts to rebuild a keystone species go next?

You could catch blues or Irish-Americana on intimate stages in Annapolis, catch a long-running Rolling Stones tribute or see the first new theatrical production of 2024 in the week through Jan. 16, 2024.

“Saving Our Service Academies” and “The Academy” should be required reading for Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as she starts her delayed but historic tenure in Annapolis Thursday as the first woman named superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Jessica Pachler called me two days after Christmas. There was another pop pop-pop pop outside her home that afternoon, a sound instantly recognizable as gunfire to anyone living in parts of Annapolis.

Ice skating, viewing a classic John Ford movie or celebrating Twelfth Night are among the activities in Annapolis for the week starting Jan. 4.

Here’s the open secret about the plastic bag ban that took effect New Year’s Day in Anne Arundel County. It’s not a ban.

I like to look back at the end of the year and see what books I read over the previous 12 months.

New Year’s Eve is the big party this week, but the Annapolis public celebration hasn’t bounced back to pre-pandemic-era levels yet. You can still watch the fireworks and find a private party, but also catch some unique music or take a hike in the week through Jan. 3.

Annapolis is trying to build a new sculpture that symbolizes unity. Turns out, everybody’s an art critic.

Baltimore Banner columnists Leslie Streeter and Rick Hutzell watched eight “A Christmas Carol” contenders and offered their thoughts on the annual holiday film debate.

In winter, which arrived with the solstice at 10:37 p.m. Thursday, it can be harder to spot the signs of climate change because, well, it’s cold. But they are there if you know where to look.

You could catch a Bluegrass Nutcracker, attend a Christmas Eve service or check out the Budweiser Clydesdales through Dec. 27.