Anne Arundel County

COLUMN | There, like a $20 bill left on the sidewalk, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton dropped a fragment of truth. “It hangs by a thread at this point,” he said in Annapolis, “whether we’re going to come out of this better after it’s over than we were before we went in.” He was more right than he knew.

COLUMN | By the time James Appel, a top Maryland Republican finance expert, set off for the Bahamas in November 2023, he and his wife had upgraded to a 65-foot luxury yacht. That’s what got the Annapolis man in trouble.

The lieutenant who led the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team to international renown has been reassigned to mall security after being disciplined for giving his team discretion not to handcuff people with mental illness or addiction.

Pop Mart, the popular “blind box” store, is coming to the Annapolis Mall later this year. Other additions, like Aéropostale and Abercrombie & Fitch, are also coming soon.

COLUMN | Wendell Rakosky is a professional Sinatra tribute artist. What’s it like? I guess you could say he did it Frank’s way.

Federal immigration agents were involved in a crash Wednesday morning in Annapolis, according to the city’s police department.

COLUMN | If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to disqualify mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, Maryland voters will mostly be OK. The unlikely hero? The U.S. Postal Service.

The Old Treasury Building in Annapolis was once the site of attempted break-ins to steal Maryland’s money. Now, it’s home to a self-guided museum tour.

Maryland leaders are embracing accessory dwelling units as the cost of living rises and young people flee the state.

Maryland Del. Gary Simmons got good news from the state’s top court Monday, which ordered a full hearing on whether his Democratic primary opponent lives in the district.

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.