Anne Arundel County

From shopping center sidewalks in Hunt Valley to the amphitheater lawn at The Chrysalis in Columbia and the gates of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Marylanders flooded public spaces Saturday with homemade signs, inflatable crowns and chants of “No Kings.”

The Annapolis Film Festival will screen more than 70 films starting Thursday. The festival is one of seven great things to do in the coming week.

Genetic clones of the Maryland Liberty Tree will be planted in each county across the state in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

COLUMN | Westgate Circle in Annapolis is more than an embarrassingly empty canvas for public art, a small round of grass that screams, “Fill this space!” It’s a symbol of what’s wrong with publicly funded art in Maryland’s small-town state capital.

COLUMN | Most local governments don’t want you to know that they’re working with ICE. It’s not the horrific campaign to drag pregnant women and friendly neighbors to the border and give them a sharp kick. It’s the routine business of removing criminal aliens.

The Portuguese immigrant shot and wounded by ICE agents in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve has experienced medical neglect while in federal custody, one of his attorneys said.

COLUMN | Meteorologists’ apologies were almost as wild Tuesday as their forecasts were on Monday. Spring arrives at 10:46 a.m. Friday, if you define the vernal equinox as the first day. As this week showed, it is a difficult season for the forecaster.

Anne Arundel County has agreed to sell a 13-acre property in Glen Burnie to a group of developers it is tasking with carrying out a long-anticipated transformation of the site.

A weeklong celebration of history starts Thursday, culminating with Maryland Day and the 392nd anniversary of the English settlement in today’s St. Mary’s County. Dozens of events across Annapolis and Anne Arundel County highlight different parts of that history.

A 44-year-old Anne Arundel County man confessed to carrying out three nonfatal shootings along highways in Prince George’s County, court documents show.

A 19-year-old man has admitted that he killed Edgewater koi pond store owner Edward Steven Koza, whose body was discovered inside his scorched pickup truck in May.

Charles M. “Skip” Auld, the longtime CEO of Anne Arundel County Public Library, is retiring next year, and a national search is underway to find his successor.

An Anne Arundel County judge declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the case of a man accused of kidnapping and murder in the killing of David Winchester Jr., whose body was found in Annapolis after his mother reported him missing from Baltimore.

COLUMN | For 30 years, the Eastport Oyster Boys have been at the center of Chesapeake Bay folk. With a benefit concert Sunday in Annapolis, they celebrate a shift to a slower pace and spending more time on their own boats.

The No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in Maryland waters where they congregate? Other, larger blue crabs.

Del. Gary Simmons alleges his opponent in the District 12B Democratic primary, John Dove Jr., doesn’t live in the district. The first round in court ended in Dove’s favor, but an appeal is expected.

Bolton, who served as ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush and as national security adviser to President Donald Trump, will speak before the International Club of Annapolis next month.

Maryland utility customers feel crunched by their bills. Assistance programs are out there, but with a list of requirements, some households find themselves ineligible and out of options.

When the redevelopment of Annapolis City Dock is completed in 2028, the historic waterfront will be protected from flooding by a physically elevated park and a movable flood barrier system.