DNR: Crabbers can prevent terrapin deaths
As Marylanders anticipate the start of crabbing season on April 1, environmental advocates are reminding crabbers to protect unintended victims: terrapins. Terrapins can get caught in crab traps, or...
View ArticleLawmakers approve higher greenhouse gas reduction goals
The House of Delegates on Thursday approved legislation that requires Maryland to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Act furthers...
View ArticleTeen of the Week: Annapolis High teen from Hanover has risen like a phoenix...
The bus ride is long, but the end result is worth it for 17-year old Te'Auna Sanders-Criner, known to everyone as simply 'T'. Her weekday commute to Annapolis High from the parking lot at Meade Middle...
View ArticleEnvironment officials invalidate permit of controversial power plant project
The future of a strongly contested power plant project is unclear after environment officials determined the company's permit is no longer valid, the Maryland Department of the Environment announced...
View ArticleCounty launches historic preservation tax credit program
Anne Arundel County announced Friday the launch of a newly established historic preservation tax credit program.The tax credit covers up to 25 percent of the cost of improvement projects on eligible...
View ArticleSpecial Section: 2016 Capital Gazette High School Outstanding Student Achievers
Sixty-six area high school juniors were recognized in March at the third annual Capital Gazette High School Outstanding Student Achievers ceremony at Anne Arundel Community College. Scroll down for a...
View ArticleA Jersey girl's review of Anne Arundel bagels
A Capital staffer and Jersey native takes a tour of county bagel options. Will she find one that tastes like home?
View ArticleWest River man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
A West River man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to possession of child pornography. Sergei William Noack, 23, faces a sentence of at least five years in prison followed by at least 25 years of...
View ArticleCapital Investigates: Just how public is public information in Anne Arundel?
Today marks the end of Sunshine week, a time that highlights the people's right to access official public information. The Capital investigated to see how easy this would be for the average citizen....
View ArticleWrestler of the Year: Parental push drove Arundel's Gainey
Wildcat embraced wrestling after gentle persuasion
View ArticleState Highway roadwork to close lanes this weekend
The State Highway Administration is planned to close lanes of four roadways in Anne Arundel County over the weekend, officials announced Friday. All work is weather dependent. Two lanes of southbound...
View ArticleFour seconds in Pasadena: Man awaits verdict in police-involved shooting
What happened in the four seconds between the time John Christopher Delich walked outside his Pasadena home armed with a .40 caliber gun and when three county police officers began firing bullets?
View ArticleTwo injured in Odenton crash
A man was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore Friday after a two-car collision near the ramp from Route 170 to Route 32 in Odenton, fire officials said. The call came at...
View ArticleEdwards, Van Hollen clash in first Senate debates
The leading Democratic candidates to replace Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski went on the attack Friday during the first debates of the high-profile contest, criticizing each other's records as they made...
View ArticleConstruction underway on county's first Harris Teeter
County's first location of NC chain scheduled to open in first quarter of 2017
View ArticleFire destroys vacant home in Millersville
A fire early Saturday morning destroyed a vacant two-story home in Millersville, an Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman said. Firefighters responded to a call at 3:50 a.m. from a neighbor...
View ArticleBeyond Cookies: Girls Scouts unfurl their capes at convention
'Fangirling' event gives scouts a chance to express themselves
View ArticleLocal leaders seek diversity on school board
Nominating commission to make recommendations to governor March 28
View ArticleEnsuring America doesn't forget its slaves
Joseph McGill travels the country sleeping in buildings that once housed America's slaves as part of the Slave Dwelling Project, and this weekend he visited the William Paca and James Brice houses in...
View ArticlePhysicians told changes in prescribing can avert opioid addiction
Physicians from across Maryland were told in a presentation in Hanover Saturday that adjusting their prescribing practices could help the state cope with its opioid addiction crisis. Dr. Yngvild...
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