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07/22/2024

Are you a Maryland Democrat? Starting to feel like it's about time to panic? I've got your back with these five tips for getting through the news.

Here, my fellow swimmers in these unsettled seas, are five ways we can ride out the undertow of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out.

07/18/2024

Ever wonder why so many tribute bands play in Annapolis? Me too. Here's the answer.

I don’t get the appeal of tribute bands. But plenty of people do. There are eight through Labor Day at Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis’ most popular performance venue. Up first are two with similar but unrelated names: The Allman Others on Sunday and The Doobie Others on Tuesday.

07/17/2024

The pilot was identified Tuesday night as Robert Eugene Merlini, 56, of Annapolis.

Maryland law enforcement officials and the NTSB are investigating a small plane crash that is believed to have left a person dead in Royal Oak on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

07/16/2024

I worried about the impact of blaming others rather than asking ourselves how we became so bitterly divided. Many did just that, but some readers wrote to tell me they felt as I did, and that my column reflected their own conversations.

Saturday night, I wrote a column reacting to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally. In it, I confessed to the shameful feelings that I have sometimes thought the United States would be better off if this loud, divisive man were dead. You responded.

07/14/2024

I wondered Saturday night with the ugliest of speculation — for the briefest of instants — which way the bullet was traveling. Was the king of chaos dead? And then, a tiny, shameful whisper came from the darkest chamber of my heart.

I wondered with the ugliest of speculation — for the briefest of instants — which way the bullet was traveling. Was it flying by his head or headed inward, toward his brain? Was the king of chaos dead? And then, a tiny, shameful whisper came from the darkest chamber of my heart.

07/13/2024

Moore has been charming crowds and talking to TV hosts on Biden’s behalf for more than a year, but that assignment has taken on new importance following Biden’s halting debate performance against Republican nominee Donald Trump in late June.

Gov. Wes Moore has been charming crowds and talking to TV hosts on President Joe Biden’s behalf for more than a year, ever since he was among 50 named to a national advisory board for the campaign.

07/12/2024

When the Pentagon wanted a giant underwater robot, it turned to a little-known factory on the Chesapeake Bay with a history of doing new things. You may have seen pictures of the results online — a sleek, gray sub called Manta Ray.

This $50 million unmanned underwater vehicle was developed by Northrop Grumman over four years and constructed at its plant outside Annapolis. That’s a source of pride for the people who work there. But it also brings questions about military use of AI home to Maryland.

07/11/2024

Maryland Hall kicks off an intense lineup of entertainment on Wednesday with the ’90s swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and continuing to the Annapolis Songwriter Festival in September

A busy summer season at Maryland Hall could be a glimpse of the future once the performing arts center completes a $5.6 million campaign for renovations in 2025, allowing it to put on two shows at once.

07/10/2024

“We believe that when police officers do something wrong, they must be criticized. However, when they are doing the right thing, they must be commended."

In what they are calling a “historic” event, the Annapolis Police Department, as well as the ACLU of Maryland, is being recognized by the Caucus of African American Leaders.

07/09/2024

Even though Annapolis contains 1.2 square miles of water and 22 miles of shoreline, very few people use them for swimming. They might jump off a boat or a private dock for a plunge — or something else that starts with “p” — but heading out for a few casual strokes or even a long swim isn’t common.

Annapolis is developing a plan to make it easier to get into the water. But swimming? It’s not on anyone’s priority list.

07/07/2024

“Three and a half years later, the fight for democracy still continues,” Harry Dunn recently told a group of voters in Arizona. “It still goes on. Donald Trump is still that threat. His deranged, self-centered, obsessive quest for power is the reason violent insurrectionists assaulted my co-workers and I.”

Harry Dunn, Daniel Hodges and Aquilino Gonell are telling audiences about what they went through that day and trying to lay out the contrast between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It’s an unusual transition for law enforcement officers who once protected members of Congress and are used to keeping th...

07/06/2024

Two guys from Pasadena wanted some tequila...

Brothers Donta and William Henson launched the Black-owned Los Hermanos 1978 Tequila during COVID-19.

07/05/2024

With clamor growing for President Joe Biden to step aside as the nominee, we all should suddenly care very much about who attends the Democratic National Convention convention in August. These Democrats, most of them people you’ve never heard of, could — maybe — have a say in what happens next in this craziest of presidential election dramas.

With clamor growing for President Joe Biden to step aside as the nominee, we all should suddenly care very much about who attends the convention in August. Because these Democrats, most of them people you’ve never heard of, could — maybe — have a say in what happens next in this craziest of pr...

07/04/2024

There are three main July Fourth parades across Anne Arundel County — 10 a.m. in Severna Park, 1 p.m. in Galesville and 6 p.m. in Annapolis. Here’s a guide by the numbers, with a nod to a giant memorial flag, the weather forecast and Elvis for President.

07/02/2024

I asked Gov. Wes Moore, food historian Joyce White, Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein, nonprofit leader and teacher Tatiana Klein and artist Jeff Huntington what it means to them. Here’s what they said.

What the heck did Thomas Jefferson mean by writing that we had a right to the pursuit of happiness? I asked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, food historian Joyce White, Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein, nonprofit leader and teacher Tatiana Klein and artist Jeff Huntington what it means to them. Here...

07/01/2024

Friends from as far away as Pennsylvania traveled to Maryland to remember the 18-year-old.

Friends from as far away as Pennsylvania traveled to Maryland to remember 18-year-old Anthony Hinton III, a Glen Burnie High School graduate who was a defensive lineman at Shenandoah University in Wi******er, Virginia.

06/30/2024

No more va**ng inside, clearer details of fees from ticket resellers and more.

Hundreds of bills that were passed in session this year will become law on July 1, covering everything from banning va**ng indoors to benefits for uniformed service members.

06/29/2024

Climate change makes cleanup efforts harder as increased rainfall and floods overwhelm stormwater systems and supercharge runoff pollution.

The Chesapeake Bay Program has established a “Beyond 2025″ committee to develop recommendations for future cleanup efforts. The committee’s recommendations are expected to be made public in early July and the final report will be delivered near the end of the year.

06/28/2024

For Rob, Gerald, Wendi, John and Rebecca. For all those who stayed, for those who left and those who came after. For their families. Thank you for being in my life.

Lines carved by the wind on the sand are no different than what followed the violence that ended five lives on July 28, 2018 — energy moving from one form to another.

06/26/2024

After reading this, you have to wonder if the Annapolis Harbor is swimmable.

I joined more than 150 people Sunday as part of the inaugural Harbor Splash organized by the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.

06/26/2024

Right place, right time, indeed!

MLB.com went so far as to ask whether it was the greatest fan catch ever made.

06/25/2024

As you get older, things that were always there suddenly are not. Here are three of them in Maryland.

In a season of change, the new owners of Baltimore Sun Media stopped publishing the Maryland Gazette, which carried news of the Declaration of Independence on July 11, 1776. The Big Glen Burnie Carnival ended a summer run that started in 1908. And down in Ocean City, the city is phasing out a centur...

06/24/2024

Fair warning, slow down.

Anne Arundel County installs first-ever speed cameras to increase roadway safety and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.

06/23/2024

Rachel Morin is dead, and that is a tragedy. But another kind of calamity is emerging as political forces use her killing as a weapon.

Republicans, Democrats and my colleagues in journalism alike would be wise to heed the ghost of Willie Horton, whose story still haunts us 26 years after his name entered the American lexicon.

06/22/2024

The other Chesapeake Bay swim!

If the weather cooperates, on Tuesday she will enter the bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and swim more than 24 miles to the Harborplace Amphitheater in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, one of her longest swims ever — a never-before-done swim and the longest anyone has attempted in the harbor in deca...

06/22/2024

Just great journalism.

A campfire confession exposes decades of child s*x abuse claims at Baltimore megachurch — and inspires a group to seek justice for alleged victims.

06/21/2024

It is a season of replacements in Annapolis, with political dominoes deeply lined up for a chain-reaction fall. As many as six political vacancies could be filled by early next year.

We are in a season of replacements, of dominos lined up for the chain reaction fall. As many as six political vacancies in Annapolis either have been filled or will be by early next year. It’s a rare moment of political instability, and voters will have almost no say in the outcome.

06/20/2024

The solstice arrives at 4:50 p.m. today, the celestial event usually described as the start of summer. Meh. Summer is a state of mind and geography. Nothing sums that up better than a trip to the beach.

Summer is a state of mind. Nothing sums that up better than a trip to the beach. But where can you go if you can’t make the six-hour round-trip drive to the Atlantic Ocean?

06/19/2024

This should be a fun event.

Annapolis will mark Juneteenth with a celebration and concert at Elktonia-Carr’s Beach Heritage Park and the nearby Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday. A parade and festival are also set for Saturday.

06/18/2024

How could climate change be good for a historically degraded Creek?

Long a sad tale of neglect, the Jabez Branch may represent the future — told through an $8 million project that incorporates ideas about climate change, water quality and habitat into a mile and a half of restored waterway.

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