Columns

Journalist Allison Gilbert and Banner columnist Leslie Gray Streeter will be discussing Gilbert’s and Julia Scheeres’ book about Elsie Robinson, once a highly paid and highly read syndicated columnist, next week.

Dawn Gile broke through in a conservative Anne Arundel County district that Republicans had largely won since the 1970s.

After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.

Wes Moore will become the state’s first Black governor in Annapolis, a city with a history as a major slave port.

Have a lot of cookbooks you never use? A home cook, a chef and a food blogger give some advice on how to make cookbook hoarding more useful.

Visit Annapolis is trying to determine if the service is sustainable and has set a July 4 target date for finishing a study.

Here are my predictions for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County in 2023. They are unscientific, unsupported by anything other than wild guesses and, in all but one case, remarkably unlikely to come true. That way, you can’t really come after me if I’m wrong.

One tradition says a man must be the first person to cross a home’s threshold.

I know there are avid readers like me out there, so here’s a year-end wander through my personal book list, the top reads at the Anne Arundel County Public Library and some notes on what Annapolis (Annapolish?) authors published this year.

Kwanzaa’s tenets and values are important for African American people. Here’s how to incorporate them into your life without it being overwhelming.

There’s no agreement on how to address a workforce housing crisis, or even if there is a one.

Inspired by the holiday song, here's my grown-up Christmas list — world peace, an end to racism and maybe a new car? Like on ”The Price Is Right”?

Annapolis is a town that puts a lot of effort into its holiday lights.

The solstice arrives at 4:48 p.m. on Wednesday, the longest night of the year. It’s when Annapolis shines the brightest, with tiny lights glowing from every surface, streetlamp post, tree, bicycle, restaurant and even sailboat.

Hanukkah has special meaning for many in the local Jewish community in this time of increased antisemitism.

A jury delivers justice in the case of a midshipman’s mother killed by a stray bullet, but answers to the problem of gun violence in Annapolis remain out of reach.

The area loses more than a building when something as quintessentially Baltimore as the bowling lanes go away.

The fall election didn’t turn out the way Dirk and Jessica Haire had hoped, as she lost a bid for Anne Arundel County Executive and he watched Republican statewide candidates get defeated on his watch after primary voters made a sharp turn right. Both think Republicans can win again if they stress traditional GOP values and avoid extremism.

"The Pitchy Podcast," dedicated to NBC's "The Voice" and run by two local friends and singers, has caught the attention of some of the current season's stars.

Two days before the 123rd football classic in Philly, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which bars service academy athletes from turning pro until two years after graduation.