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He’s not an accountant, but said his past work as a former water quality expert, riverkeeper, county councilman and communications director prepared him to be a budget director.

Two years ago, I quit a job that wasn’t right for me. It changed my life.

I’ve watched the rancor flag unfurl over Annapolis since I wrote about plans by an environmental group based in Annapolis to build an office building. On Sunday night, the Chesapeake Conservancy capitulated.

We came of age with lots of information about puberty, but with less guidance when it comes to menopause.

An open letter to Mayor Gavin Buckley on how to start resolving a troubled relationship between the city and its housing authority

Prince Harry's “Spare” raises questions about fame, royalty and the media.

Mia and James Moore are about to join a rarified list of children in Maryland history, moving into the governor’s official home in Annapolis, Government House. Those who have lived it before them say there will be wonderful experiences they’ll never forget — and moments that were, frankly, harder because they were lived in the public eye.

The city has been one of the last districts in the state to employ stringent COVID-19 protocols, including regular testing.

A memorable photograph captures Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 visit to Baltimore a short time after he was announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. It was a time of national turmoil and transformation, and King was confronting profound challenges from outside and inside the civil rights movement.

A 12-old-boy brought a gun to school the other day. Anne Arundel police don’t like that reforms passed last year prevented them from hauling this kid away in handcuffs.

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.