Anne Arundel County

Democratic voters — early voting is over and election day is Tuesday — have to decide not just who is better for the job, David Trone or Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. They have to decide if his spending so much of his own money to win an election is, well, right.

Since 1995, an oyster reef has existed at Fort Carroll, an uninhabited island in the Patapsco River near the Key Bridge.

Montgomery County is the beast that beats them among Maryland’s local governments. Its budget proposal is a whopping $7.1 billion, more than the combined spending plans for Anne Arundel, Howard and Frederick — plus seven of the state’s 16 smaller counties. Why should you care? What happens there affects the rest of us.

Here’s a look at great things to do in Annapolis for the week starting May 9.

Anne Arundel Connecting Together, a nonpartisan alliance of 18 faith congregations and community groups, wants to see county action on a moderately priced dwelling unit bill after an earlier proposal was narrowly defeated last year.

Winning an election is all about numbers. Where will Maryland’s U.S. Senate candidates find their votes?

Maybe the best I can do on this or any Mother’s Day is to write a little note to her. I know she won’t read it, but it feels good to write it as if she would.

“She has all that you would want in someone to represent you in Congress,” Cardin said during a stop in Annapolis Monday.

Anne Arundel County Police said the 2-year-old girl was treated and released from a hospital after suffering a wound in the upper body.

A man taking photos of students at an Annapolis school Tuesday afternoon was approached by staff members. He told them he was me.

Annapolis is considering prohibiting new drive-through window facilities within the city limits.

Want to learn salsa, swing dancing or the two-step? The Baltimore area has plenty of places to sharpen your dancing skills.

Students in Anne Arundel and Howard County students counties have elected Hafsa Hamdaoui and James Obasiolu as their respective student school board members. Each will serve one year.

Ranked choice voting could flip the narrative in Maryland elections. Voters would rank candidates as their first, second and third choices. The number could be greater, but let’s keep the example simple.

The parking rate hikes at BWI, the first since 2009, range from a $3 increase for long-term parking over 24 hours to an $8 increase for the hourly garage.

Under a deal up for approval next month, two power plants in Anne Arundel County would continue to burn coal at least three years longer than planned — potentially costing Marylanders $250 million or more every year.

The body of a fifth worker killed when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March has been recovered from the Patapsco River.

Maryland saw a higher per capita rate of unaccompanied minor children than any other state in the nation between 2015 and 2023. Many of those children are winding up with people other than their parents.

Eight opera singers, three judges and $30,000 in prize money on the line should make for an unpredictable Sunday afternoon in Annapolis.

Anne Arundel voters will decide May 14 which candidates advance in the race for a seat on the school board, the body that sets policies around school reading materials.