Anne Arundel County

    The family businessman who spent his life sailing around Gibson Island
    Bill Passano Jr., the former president of the medical printing and publishing companies Waverly Press and Williams & Wilkins, died May 6 of a respiratory infection. He was 97.
    Bill Passano.
    Annapolis reaches tentative $15 million settlement in housing discrimination lawsuits
    The city of Annapolis agreed to a $15 million settlement in two housing discrimination lawsuits.
    Annapolis City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
    Black Maryland veteran missing since WWII is laid to rest in Crownsville
    Private First Class James R. Heigh was brought back home more than eight decades after he was killed in action.
    David Matthews is presented the flag that was draped on the casket of his grandfather, PFC James R. Heigh, who was killed in WWII.
    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.
    Annapolis man who owns cheerleading academy is charged with rape, abuse of 9-year-old girl
    An Annapolis man who owns a Stevensville cheerleading academy has been charged with rape and child sex abuse after Maryland State Police say he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl at the gym he owned.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Annapolis mayor gets flak from City Council for changes to discretionary spending
    This year, Mayor Jared Littmann has appropriated nearly 100% of the $1.8 million assigned for one-time use, leaving just $24 unappropriated.
    Annapolis Mayor Jared Littmann, pictured with his wife Marlene Niefeld, is drawing some criticism from the City Council for all but eliminating its discretionary spending.
    Class rank is back in Anne Arundel County high schools after 7 years
    The district had eliminated class rank in 2019 along with several other Baltimore-area school systems
    Board of Education student member Brayden Morgan and Superintendent Mark T. Bedell both supported the revival of class rank.
    What to do this Memorial Day weekend, from Artscape to Deathfest
    Whether you want to rock out at Maryland Deathfest, drink wine at sunset in Patterson Park or check out the Artscape and SOWEBO festivals, we've got you covered.
    An Artscape information booth in downtown Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
    Anne Arundel County sends 10,000 voters incorrect election booklet
    About 10,000 registered voters in Anne Arundel County were sent the wrong informational practice ballot for the upcoming primaries, the county board of elections said Tuesday.
    A mother discusses her ballot with her daughter as she votes in Howard County's General Election as seen at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, MD on November 5th, 2024.
    Annapolis man charged after allegedly shooting leashed dog in the head
    An Annapolis man was charged with animal cruelty, reckless endangerment and other related charges after police say he shot a leashed dog in the head.
    An Annapolis man was charged with animal cruelty, reckless endangerment and other related charges after police said he shot a leashed dog in the head.
    President Trump will not speak at US Naval Academy graduation, breaking recent tradition
    The class of 2026 will hear from Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, instead of Trump.
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 06: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (R) looks on during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran.
    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.
    Severna Park fox in viral posts may have been snagged in illegal trap
    The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Anne Arundel County Animal Services have both attempted to capture the fox and remove the trap since last week.
    A female fox is seen with a large trap stuck on her mouth in Severna Park on the evening of Wednesday, May 13. The trap is likely larger than legal size and likely set illegally.
    Sack is back: The 1990s game for stoners is the latest craze for a different crowd
    Maryland’s private school boys are obsessed with hacky sack.
    Boys’ Latin student Greyson Turner shows off his hacky sack skills during a free period.
    Hutzell: Pam Beidle had $400K to fund a political legacy. She’s spreading it around.
    COLUMN | State Sen. Pam Beidle wanted to give the $400,000 left in her campaign fund to the slate she created. Turns out the rules don’t allow that. What can she do with this small fortune now?
    Sen. Pam Beidle, left, and Sen. Stephen Hershey Jr. discuss a bill in the Senate chamber at the Maryland State House in Annapolis last month.
    Anne Arundel Community College taps interim president who faced no-confidence vote
    Anne Arundel Community College has named Tanya Millner interim president just two months after faculty voted no confidence in her leadership.
    Tanya Millner is the new interim president of Anne Arundel Community College.
    What to do this weekend, including Preakness-related events and Wine in the Woods
    Whether you want to go on an art walk in downtown Baltimore, drink wine in the woods in Columbia or attend a Preakness-adjacent event, we've got you covered.
    Art with a Heart commissioned a sculpture of George "Spider" Anderson, the first Black jockey to win a Preakness hiding the horse Buddhist in 1889.
    This Preakness Stakes is Laurel Park’s big curtain call
    It’s a big moment for Laurel Park, which has had its own storied history in the racing industry, dating back to opening day in October 1911.
    With the 2026 Preakness Stakes, horse racing at Laurel Park will come to a close.
    What you need to know about every Preakness horse
    It shapes up as a wide-open Preakness over the unfamiliar dirt at Laurel Park, which will host this year as a $400 million rebuild of Pimlico Race Course moves forward.
    MAY 16, 2025 —  The third undercard race goes underway on Preakness Friday, May 16, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course.
    Immigrant shot by ICE cannot be deported during his appeal, court rules
    A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport a Portuguese immigrant who was shot and critically wounded by ICE agents in Maryland on Christmas Eve.
    Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Portuguese immigrant who was shot by federal immigration agents in Glen Burnie on Dec. 24, in an undated photo released in court documents.
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