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Summer camp registration is underway at the Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park
Summer camps are a blast at the Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park. Campers in grades kindergarten through 6th grade will get wet and muddy while exploring their Park Campus with wooded trails, secluded coves, and marsh habitats along Back Creek. Come play in the woods and water, discover our maritime heritage, and become environmental stewards. […]

Anne Arundel County Police investigating first homicide of 2021
The Anne Arundel County Police Department is investigating the first homicide of the year that left a 34-year old Windsor Mill man dead. On Friday, January 8, 2021, at approximately 12:15 a.m., the Anne Arundel County Police responded to the intersection of Pioneer Drive and Arwell Court in Severn for a report of a shooting. […]

Float to Paradise – An alternative to rest and relaxation
With travel plans on hold for the time being and virtual trips not fulfilling, people are itching to get away from the hectic world and stresses of everyday life. What if there was a way to transcend without having to pack your bags? Paradise Float Spa is a local, female-owned and operated business that offers […]

AMFM launches another COVID-19 initiative to aid musicians
Local nonprofit Annapolis Musicians Fund for Musicians, Inc. (AMFM) has launched a new initiative to assist musicians whose livelihoods have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization, which was recently named nonprofit of the year by the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, was created in 2006 to provide emergency financial relief to professional […]

Winter is coming, stock up on chicken at the next Baysox truckload sale
The Bowie Baysox have a truckload of great Mountaire Farms Chicken on the way and it’s on sale! Stock up for the winter with this amazing community sale! Get some chicken for your freezer or make a purchase to donate to the Capital Area Food Bank or the Anne Arundel County Food Bank or the […]

13 to be honored at virtual MLK Jr. Awards on January 15th
The 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Awards Program will air virtually on Friday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. The program will conclude with a viewing of the award-winning short film, “The Dream Revisited: Civil Rights In Perspective,” followed by a virtual discussion of local leaders and activists, “Is Dr. King’s dream being nurtured […]

Lt. Governor Rutherford named Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership
Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford has been selected as an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership. The lieutenant governor joins a bipartisan group of 23 other elected officials from across the country. Fellows were chosen “from hundreds of nominees based on their reputations for intellect, commitment to civility, and potential for significant future impact […]

Fire damages three units in HACA’s Robinwood neighborhood
The Annapolis Fire Department, assisted by the Anne Arundel County and Naval Academy departments are on the scene of an apartment fire in the Robinwood community. At about 2:15pm, crews were dispatched to the 1300 Block of Tyler Avenue for the fire. On arrival, heavy fire was visible from the rear of the apartment building. […]

Hogan appoints Judge Ripken to Court of Special Appeals, new judge to handle Ramos case
Governor Larry Hogan today announced the appointment of Laura Sue Ripken to the Court of Special Appeals. The governor made the appointment after interviewing nominees submitted by the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission. “The appointment of qualified individuals to serve across our state’s justice system is paramount to upholding our responsibilities to the people of […]

Wawa or Sheetz? Anne Arundel can decide in 2021 when Sheetz comes to Crofton
The debate between Wawa and Sheetz will be comeing to Anne Arundel County in the near future. Late last year (2020), the Altoona-based company applied for permits for a new location in Crofton. While there are still some hoops and hurdles with permitting, the location is proposed to be on Southbound Route 3 at MD […]

Domino’s to move into Georgetown Plaza near Bay Ridge
Domino’s Pizza is moving into the space formerly occupied by Jerry’s Subs and Pizza in the Georgetown Plaza shopping center in Annapolis. Domino’s will join Main & Market Cafe and Catering, The Gateway Florist, and The Captial Barber Shop in the strip center popular with residents of the Annapolis neck peninsula. Rosso Commercial just announced […]

Hogan extends special enrollment for health care plans through March 15
Governor Larry Hogan has announced a new special enrollment period in which all uninsured Maryland residents have the opportunity to enroll in health coverage now due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the recent rise in the positivity rate throughout the state. The enrollment period begins immediately and will run until March 15. “I am […]

Governor Hogan says Dept. of Labor is ready to accept and pay new unemployment benefits
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland Department of Labor has begun accepting claims and issuing payments for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Unemployment Emergency Compensation (PEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) unemployment insurance programs extended by the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act. “Just one week after the federal COVID-19 relief […]

Historic Annapolis’ Annapolis by Candelight moved to February (and virtual)
A crisp autumn evening is the perfect time to walk through a historic neighborhood in Annapolis. For the past 29 years, the experience has been made even better when the doors to some of Annapolis’s most beautiful homes were opened and you were welcomed inside. Although the COVID-19 health crisis threatened to end this fall […]

When will you get a COVID vaccine in Anne Arundel County? (POLL)
Anne Arundel County Department of Health today provided additional information about the county’s COVID-19 vaccination plans, including priority groups for vaccination administration and where residents can get more details and updates about county vaccinations. “The COVID-19 vaccine along with other prevention measures will help stop the spread of the virus in our communities,” said County […]

Crosby promotes two on their social media team
Crosby Marketing Communications has announced the promotions of Lydia Whiteford and Kirsten Bannan to Social Media Manager. As Social Media Managers, Whiteford and Bannan handle community management and engagement for Military OneSource, the Department of Defense’s flagship digital services platform that supports service members and their families across the globe. They are part of a […]

As pandemic drags on, Annapolis will cease free garage parking on January 11th
Beginning January 11, the City of Annapolis will resume charging for parking at Gott’s Court Garage and Noah Hillman Garage. Fees were suspended in both garages when the city began operating Recovery Zone events downtown in late spring of 2020. With the 2021 Maryland General Assembly legislative session set to begin January 13th, the City […]

State Police operation on B-W Parkway nets several drug and fugutive arrests
A focused traffic and criminal enforcement initiative by a team of troopers on Rt. 295 in northern Anne Arundel County resulted in multiple arrests of individuals wanted on warrants and in possession of suspected heroin and fentanyl. The initiative occurred during the last three days of December and the first two days of the new […]