Anne Arundel County

    2-year-old shot, wounded in Severn over the weekend, police say
    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.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Accept no substitutions or fakes. I’m the real Rick Hutzell.
    A man taking photos of students at an Annapolis school Tuesday afternoon was approached by staff members. He told them he was me.
    That's not me in the distance of this security footage screen grab. The man in the blue short sleeve shirt, shorts and knee-high white socks was confronted while taking photos at a local school at identified himself as Rick Hutzell of The Baltimore Banner.
    Annapolis City Council proposes ban on new drive-through facilities
    Annapolis is considering prohibiting new drive-through window facilities within the city limits.
    A two-lane ordering system at Canton’s new drive-thru Shake Shack.
    Here are 5 great places to dance in the Baltimore area
    Want to learn salsa, swing dancing or the two-step? The Baltimore area has plenty of places to sharpen your dancing skills.
    Leah Brennan learns how to line dance.
    Rolling up their sleeves. Students in Anne Arundel, Howard counties pick school board members
    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.
    James Obasiolu, left, and Hafsa Hamdaoui, right, have been elected to serve on the school boards for Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
    Early voting has started. In Maryland’s 3rd District race, that’s plain undemocratic
    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.
    Candidates have been campaigning for months in the 3rd District. Is there a better way to pick a winner?
    Parking at BWI Marshall Airport is about to get a lot more expensive
    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.
    Exterior view of the daily garage at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    You could pay higher utility bills under deal to save coal
    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.
    A few miles from the CSX facility in Curtis Bay, two coal-burning power plants may run for years longer than planned.
    Remains recovered of fifth worker killed in Key Bridge collapse
    The body of a fifth worker killed when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March has been recovered from the Patapsco River.
    A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat approaches the Dali cargo ship, which toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, on April 25, 2024.
    Unaccompanied migrant children come to Maryland at a higher rate than any other state
    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.
    7 things to do: Big voices come to Annapolis to compete for $30K in prizes
    Eight opera singers, three judges and $30,000 in prize money on the line should make for an unpredictable Sunday afternoon in Annapolis.
    Meroë Khalia Adeeb competes in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition in 2017. The 36th annual sing-off takes place on Sunday at Maryland Hall.
    What Anne Arundel County school board candidates think about book bans
    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.
    Parents in some Maryland school districts have organized campaigns to restrict the kinds of books allowed in school libraries.
    Proposed Anne Arundel budget raises fees, increases police and schools funding
    Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman on Wednesday proposed a $2.31 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 that increases spending, boosts the starting pay of police officers and provides funds to staff three new schools.
    Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman talks about his support for Fair Share Maryland's tax reform plan during a press conference held at the Maryland State Education Association's office in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
    Anne Arundel County middle school students found with gun, BB gun on campus
    Officers responded to Marley Middle School in Glen Burnie on Tuesday after school officials found an unloaded 9 mm handgun in a student’s backpack, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
    Christian Siriano to serve as grand marshal of Annapolis Pride Parade
    Christian Siriano, an Annapolis native, will serve as grand marshal and keynote speaker June 1 for the annual Annapolis Pride Parade & Festival, which is a major coup as the event enters its fourth year.
    Christian Siriano 15th Anniversary Show
    Looking for warm and cozy coffee shops in Anne Arundel? Try these cafes
    I explored cozy coffeehouses in Anne Arundel County to find hidden gems, enjoying unique drinks and bites at each location.
    I had a tasty sweet potato bread slice and a Honey Bee Latte at Bean Rush Cafe on Generals Highway in Crownsville.
    Light rail track maintenance to close some stations for 3 weeks
    Light rail service will not operate at five stations in Anne Arundel County for most of May as the Maryland Transit Administration is set to begin track repairs next week.
    Six train cars idle on a lattice of train tracks.
    Anne Arundel County Police investigate church vandalism as hate crime
    Anne Arundel County police say surveillance video captured two teens breaking a piece of concrete from a flower bed and damaging a memorial plaque in the garden of Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    7 things to do: Annapolis show opens the Chesapeake boating season
    The week ending Thursday, May 2 is a great one to wander around some boats in Annapolis, take in a ballet classic or dig deeply into books with their authors.
    The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show runs Friday through Sunday with boats in the water and on shore, along with 100 exhibitors, lectures, music and food.
    Study finds Maryland journalism is struggling. Not news, but maybe progress.
    I listened with interest last week to a panel discussion of the University of Maryland’s groundbreaking study on the state of journalism in Maryland. No surprise, what it found ain’t great. But there is reason to hope.
    Duc Luu, center, director of journalism sustainability initiatives at the Knight Foundation, discusses the local news crisis in Maryland with (from left) Dale R. Anglin, director of Press Forward; Rafael Lorente, dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, Kimi Yoshino, editor in chief of The Baltimore Banner; and Steve Waldman, founder of Rebuild Local News.
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