Paying it forward: Annapolis designer featured in home decor industry book
Victoria Larson didn't become a brand until after she took time off from interior design to raise her twin daughters. The Annapolis designer talks about this and other aspects of her career in...
View ArticlePossible whale bones found in passenger's luggage at BWI
Customs and Border Protection officials say possible whale bones were found in the luggage of a passenger who flew into BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport from Iceland. The agency said in a news release...
View ArticleGraduation rate up for African-American and low-income students, down for...
The high school graduation rate for African-American and low-income students in county schools rose in 2015, while the rate for Hispanic students decreased from the previous year, the school system...
View ArticleBitter cold today; wind chill advisory tonight
The National Weather Service issued a wind chill advisory for 6 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday. Saturday's high will only hit 24 degrees and blustery winds, gusting up to 50 mph that prompted a...
View ArticleTalk to Iris: Why marriage matters
"Who needs marriage?" screamed a headline in 2-inch red letters on the cover of Time magazine a few years back. The question is often being asked by Millennials. One of my students in a college...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79
Annapolis Alderman Fred Paone, who was involved with an appeal before the Supreme Court, remembered Scalia as "very polite, very much a gentleman" and "very, very bright, even if I didn't always agree...
View ArticleWorkers urge change in BWI's food, retail provider
Say Airmall USA has failed to address racial disparities
View ArticleStores play matchmaker for pets and potential owners on Valentine's weekend
Dogs and cats looking for their human soulmates are available for adoption at Pet Valu and PetSmart stores this weekend. The companies are holding chainwide adoption events for homeless and abandoned...
View ArticleA voice for equality: Remembering the legacy of Aris T. Allen, the county's...
At the Annapolis building that was once the all-black Wiley H. Bates High School, one-time student Carl Brooks remembers the secondhand books and the overemphasis on discipline — the symptoms of an...
View ArticleRob Hiaasen: Thank you, Stephen Colbert
Learning to love the bomb. Last summer, there was an avalanche of press about Stephen Colbert taking over as host of "The Late Show." In a profile for GQ, he talked about the plane crash on Sept. 11,...
View ArticleGetting past the stigma: In Maryland, real estate agents don't have to...
When a Severna Park woman fatally shot herself a decade ago, real estate agent Bev Langley had to sell the house where she did it. Under Maryland law, Langley was not required to tell potential buyers...
View ArticleAAMC health column: The heart truth about chocolate and wine
New health studies can be confusing, especially when it comes to certain foods and drinks that affect your health. On Valentine's Day, a box of chocolates or a glass of wine during dinner may be part...
View ArticleChange in store for Maryland state song?
Committee hears possible new lyrics for 'Maryland, My Maryland'
View ArticleBoiler room wasn't checked the day before Annapolis Middle School oil spill
Usual schedules changed because of snowstorm
View ArticleMy Time: Severn River Association thanks volunteer tree planting team
Looking back at work sponsored by the Severn River Association in 2015, one of the highlights was the work of so many volunteers who helped with a major tree planting program in April at the Quaker...
View ArticleGrasso resolution asks assembly for liquor board oversight
State audit criticized board, county handling of finances
View ArticleHistoric Annapolis property owner: Don't fine us for others' vandalism
Owners on the hook when graffiti taggers hit their buildings
View ArticleHusband and wife dead in Valentine's Day crash, 1 other injured
A three vehicle head-on crash in Edgewater left a husband and wife dead and another with serious injuries Sunday afternoon. Around 4:26 p.m. police officers responded to the crash at Solomons Island...
View ArticleFood fight ends in steak knife stabbing
An "altercation over food" escalated to a knife fight on Sunday, police said. Officers responded at 8:41 p.m. to the 8000 block of Winding Wood Road in Glen Burnie, police said. Christian Michaels,...
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