Anne Arundel County

In September 1885, Winnie Harris wrote her last will and testament in the pages of a leather-bound, gilded Bible. About 140 years later, that Bible, now an official government record, was rediscovered in a cardboard box in the Maryland State Archives.

COLUMN | Months after a Navy Police officer shot a midshipman in a Naval Academy swatting attack, the Navy has spelled out when the small police force can stop mids, search them, handcuff and fingerprint them — and when they must let them go.

Anne Arundel County Police are rolling out new patches for the backs of officers’ vests to more clearly distinguish them from federal immigration agents.

To dine or not to dine, that’s always the question for late February when Annapolis Restaurant Week rolls around. The promotional event is one of seven great things to do in the coming seven days.

Without specifying a date, Anthony’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar in Pasadena said it will be reopening “soon.”

Anne Arundel County is getting $3.1 million in federal funds to renovate another building at the campus of the historic Crownsville Hospital. The money comes a year after the county opened a nonprofit center at the 500-acre site.

Anne Arundel County lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly passed legislation paving the way for tiny home developments.

Gavin Buckley’s retirement from politics didn’t last long. Just months after completing eight years as mayor of Annapolis, Buckley has filed to run for Anne Arundel County Council.

Anne Arundel County Councilman Pete Smith, a Democrat running for county executive, said a campaign volunteer was recently subjected to racist abuse while canvassing.

Anne Arundel Councilman Pete Smith’s bill to allow tiny home developments in the county is up for a final vote Tuesday night.

COLUMN | As Maryland approaches the greatest period of major bridge building in its history, a larger point isn’t being discussed. Totaling a combined $30 billion, the Bay Bridge, Key Bridge and American Legion projects could generate more than 100,000 jobs and reshape the state.

The YMCA of Central Maryland opened a food pantry for workers asking for pay raises. Meanwhile, its CEO is one of the region’s highest-paid nonprofit leaders.

COLUMN | If Mayor Jared Littmann picks acting Chief Amy Miguez, she would not only be the first woman to hold the job permanently but she would be the first chief to rise through the ranks since Bernard Kalnoske died of a heart attack in 1980. It is not a sure thing.

Before a crowd of more than a thousand of Marylanders who braved the cold in Annapolis, the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara shared a message of peace and mindfulness.

Looking for something to do for Valentine’s Day in Annapolis? Got you covered.

COLUMN | The fact that it’s so hard for other people to name a thing, a thing is such tiresome gaslighting, Leslie Gray Streeter argues.

Bicycle advocates deliver an unequivocal message to transportation officials at a Tuesday meeting about plans for a new Bay Bridge.

Facing multiple questions from the community about why he fired former Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson, Mayor Jared Littmann said he hates the optics of firing the city’s second Black police chief during Black History Month.

After more than an hour of pointed back and forth, the Annapolis City Council voted 6-2 on Monday night to approve legislation that will allow the mayor to hire a deputy chief of staff.

A group of Buddhist monks whose monthslong walk took them 2,300 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., are extending their peaceful journey to Maryland’s capital Thursday.