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    Hutzell: How to pick the next Anne Arundel exec in 3 easy steps
    COLUMN | Democratic voters face the first competitive primary for county executive in 40 years. It’s divided party loyalists. With not much separating the three main candidates’ goals, how do you choose?
    Anne Arundel County executive candidates, from left, Republican Dave Crawford and Democrats James Kitchin, Kyle A. Nembhard, Pete Smith and Allison Pickard attend a candidate forum on May 21, 2026 in Annapolis.
    Jon Meoli: How Rico Garcia assembled the pitch mix that’s saving the Orioles’ bullpen
    COLUMN | If it looks as if hitters are just guessing against Rico Garcia, it’s because they are.
    Rico Garcia pitches during a clean ninth inning Tuesday to record his fourth save of the season.
    Streeter: I want a swimmable Inner Harbor. I still don’t want to swim in it.
    COLUMN | I am excited about the idea of Baltimore’s harbor being swimmable. But you’re going to have to do it without your girl.
    Tikia Ballard, a Woodlawn native and longtime science teacher, wore a google, waterproof camera and cape to prepare to jump off the pier at Fells Point's Bond Street Wharf as part of Waterfront Partnership's Harbor Splash on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
    Hutzell: Who said it best? Maryland county exec candidates in their own words.
    COLUMN | Can you guess which candidates for county executive in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties said these words? Probably not. They’re often interchangeable. So, who says them best?
    Kyle Goon: Tarps Off isn’t disrupting baseball fandom. It’s a new spin on an old rite of passage.
    COLUMN | College- and high school-aged boys and men are taking off their shirts and creating a ruckus at MLB stadiums across the country. To them, it’s something new and exciting. To older fans, it feels more familiar than maybe we’d like to admit.
    Shirtless “Tarps Off” fans wave their shirts over their heads near center field during the eighth inning of a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards in May.
    Streeter: What justice can — and can’t — do for the families of the Key Bridge victims
    COLUMN | The civil trial against the owner and operator of the Dali, which caused the fatal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was settled days before the trial. Does justice help with healing?
    The remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen before dawn on the one year anniversary of the collapse of the bridge after being hit by the container ship Dali.
    Hutzell: Can David bring down a Maryland Goliath? It’s happened before.
    COLUMN | Maybe social media sensation Bobby LaPin can beat state Sen. Bill Ferguson in the Democratic primary for their South Baltimore district. Maybe not. But in Maryland’s usually predictable political landscape, an upset like this has happened before.
    Bobby LaPin watches as Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, his opponent in the upcoming election, speaks at a Locust Point Civic Association forum in Baltimore earlier this month.
    Jon Meoli: Trevor Rogers’ path back to dominance is clear. For 6 innings, he showed why.
    Rogers spent four months as one of the game’s best pitchers last year by doing it the way he did until the seventh — and avoiding big innings like the one that chased him Friday.
    Trevor Rogers pitched six shutout innings Friday night before allowing two two-run home runs in the seventh.
    Hutzell: A corrupt park superintendent gets fired. Score one for Anne Arundel’s new auditor.
    COLUMN | Anne Arundel County’s newly revitalized auditor’s office uncovered misconduct in the Recreation and Parks Department, leading to the firing of a park superintendent and raising questions about government oversight.
    The statue of two young soccer players stands at the entrance to the Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks offices near Annapolis.
    Jon Meoli: A change in philosophy jump-started the O’s pitching development just in time
    The Orioles once sought specific pitch types and shapes, but are now taking a more holistic view.
    Baltimore Orioles pitcher Trey Gibson throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
    Jon Meoli: What really matters a third of the way into this Orioles season
    COLUMN | It’s nothing to brag about to say the Orioles are improving at the plate, on the mound, in the field and on the bases, considering how rough things have looked at time. But they’re talented enough to do all those things well.
    Orioles manager Craig Albernaz watches the second inning of a game against the New York Yankees on May 13.
    Kyle Goon: Colton Cowser seized his walk-off moments. The Orioles need him to seize his role.
    COLUMN | The 26-year-old started the season as one of the Orioles’ most disappointing performers. Can a pair of walk-off homers be a launching pad?
    Baltimore Orioles right fielder Colton Cowser rounds the bases after hitting a game-winning home run in the 13th inning of Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
    Hutzell: Pulled from the Inner Harbor after 11 years, a mystery man reveals his secrets
    COLUMN |How Franklin Roosevelt Daniels got to the bottom of the Inner Harbor in a stolen van remains a mystery. Why he was there, and why no one came forward to claim a loved one missing for a decade, might be easier to understand.
    Baltimore City Fire and the Baltimore City Police Underwater Recovery Team work to pull a Silver Cab from the Inner Harbor on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
    Streeter: The government says take a summer road trip. Marylanders’ wallets say stay home.
    COLUMN | Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family want you to take a road trip this summer. With gas prices as they are, that might have to be on foot.
    Hutzell: Harry Dunn isn’t finished fighting the insurrection
    COLUMN | Harry Dunn says he didn’t sue to block Donald Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund to help his campaign for Congress. In a district hurt hard by the president’s audacity of greed, it sure should.
    ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND - MAY 14: Democratic U.S. House candidate Harry Dunn speaks to supporters during a primary night party on May 14, 2024 in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dunn, a Maryland native who was a U.S. Capitol Police officer protecting the Capitol building from insurrectionists on January 6, 2021, has lost in the Democratic primary to state Sen. Sarah Elfreth for the seat being vacated by Rep. John Sarbanes (R-MD) in the state's 3rd District.
    Kyle Goon: The Orioles must restore their self-belief this homestand — if they have any left
    COLUMN | Frustration is circulating in and around the clubhouse as the Orioles stumble through May. The longest homestand of the season against the Tigers, Rays and Blue Jays is the team’s last chance to restore its self-confidence.
    Baltimore Orioles' Taylor Ward (3) scores in front of Tampa Bay Rays catcher Hunter Feduccia on an RBI single by Pete Alonso during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
    Hutzell: In Annapolis, you can’t eat a hot dog standing up
    COLUMN | Annapolis is a city of rules, layered thickly over hundreds of years in Maryland’s small-town state capital. None may be quite so silly as this.
    You can order a hot dog at Forward Brewing in Annapolis, but rules adopted by the city make it illegal to eat it standing up.
    Jon Meoli: The Orioles still believe in their hitting philosophy. More than just the season depends on it.
    COLUMN | The club’s faith in what it does is so deeply held by those running the organization that any meaningful change would be an admission of failure that, at a time of such scrutiny, would only lend credence to the criticisms of the Orioles’ front office.
    Orioles right fielder Tyler O'Neill gets ready to hit against the Astros last month.
    Streeter: I know exactly what to do with Baltimore’s Confederate monuments. Burn them.
    COLUMN | When Baltimore’s Confederate monuments return to the city, there’s no clear plan for them. Anyone got a wood chipper?
    BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 16:  The pedestal that was formerly the base for a statue of Roger B. Taney, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and majority author of the Dred Scott decision, stands empty after city workers removed the statue August 16, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. The City of Baltimore removed four statues celebrating confederate heroes from city parks overnight, following the weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
    Hutzell: Can presidents and generals be funny? They try at the Naval Academy.
    COLUMN | If President Donald Trump hadn’t chosen to skip on speaking at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony on Friday, he probably would have tried to land a witty remark. They all do. From FDR to Biden, they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. They always get a laugh.
    U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, accepts a gifted jacket from the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2025 during their graduation ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. on Friday, May 23, 2025.
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