Memorial at City Dock in Annapolis to get upgrade

BY: The Capital of Annapolis
POSTED: January 6, 2012
Tags: African American Heritage Preservation Program, Annapolis, board of public works, city dock, ego alley, Historic Annapolis Foundation, Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, memorial, restoration

ANNAPOLIS — More than $36,000 will be spent to upgrade the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial at City Dock in Annapolis.
The project was one of three African American Heritage Preservation Program grants approved last week by the state Board of Public Works.
Work on the monument will include cleaning and polishing the bronze statue of Haley and [...]

DOD: Sexual assaults increase at 3 major academies

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 27, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, Department of Defense, DoD, military academies, pentagon, school, sexual assault, sexual harassment, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy

ANNAPOLIS — The number of reported sexual assaults at the nation’s three major military academies rose in the latest academic year from one year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pentagon.
The Defense Department’s “Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies” for academic year 2010-2011 found there were [...]

Naval Academy collects 15,000 pounds of food

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 22, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, Anne Arundel County Food Bank, food drive, maryland, U.S. Naval Academy

ANNAPOLIS — Students at the U.S. Naval Academy have collected more than 15,000 pounds of food during a holiday food drive.
The food drive, which began in mid-October and continued through December, benefits the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. Students set up collection boxes, solicited donations and loaded the trucks to deliver the food.

O’Malley to discuss trade mission to India

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 12, 2011
Tags: Business, deals, india, martin O'Malley, maryland, Rushern baker, trade mission, trip

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley will share details of his recent trade mission to India.
O’Malley, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and other delegation members will brief the media on details of the trip Monday morning in Annapolis.
The governor’s six-day trip with more than 100 business leaders, educators and state officials included stops in Hyderabad, [...]

Former federal worker crafts second career

BY: The Capital of Annapolis
POSTED: November 15, 2011
Tags: bloom'n bottles, craft & hobby association, darla schaefer, decorating, flowers, Glen Burnie, plastic bottle, retirement, sales, timonium home and garden show, woodworking

At first, retirement wasn’t easy for Darla Schaefer.
Her job as a federal environment program manager kept her so busy with traveling that she didn’t have time for crafts outside of the holidays. After she left her job in 1999, she went from one art class to another, trying to find something that intrigued her.
But that [...]

Youth bands a big success at Annapolis venue

BY: The Capital of Annapolis
POSTED: October 7, 2011
Tags: 311, bands, bar, Business, danny mays, mike hearne, music, rock, rock of all ages, SK&A, The Whiskey, venus corps

ANNAPOLIS — There’s stripped-down rock, then there’s stripping-down to rock.
The members of Venus Corps, a quartet of Southern High School students, have got the second item covered, or make that uncovered.
They prefer to take to the stage wearing as little as possible, save boxers and socks — and guitars.
“It’s the easiest way to not [...]

Annapolis debate: White or yellow for State House dome?

BY: The Capital of Annapolis
POSTED: October 4, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, Charles Cotton Milbourne, color, debate, dome, Government, maryland, maryland historical trust, paint, State Archives, state house

ANNAPOLIS — The State House dome, which is getting a new paint job, is a near-sacred place for people who appreciate its historical significance. And because people care so deeply, there is a vigorous debate going on over what color it should be.
One group wants to keep the dome white, as it has been for [...]

Opinions differ on color for Maryland State House dome

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 3, 2011
Tags: declaration of independence, historical significance, maryland, maryland state house, naval academy, state archivist dr. edward papenfuse, state house, state house dome

ANNAPOLIS— The State House dome, which is getting a new paint job, is a near-sacred place for people who appreciate its historical significance. And because people care so deeply, there is a vigorous debate going on over what color it should be.

One group wants to keep the dome white, as it has been for about [...]

Pennsylvania native new chief of naval operations

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 23, 2011
Tags: Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Annapolis, chief, naval academy, naval operations, navy

ANNAPOLIS — A Pennsylvania native and U.S. Naval Academy graduate is the Navy’s new chief of naval operations.
Adm. Jonathan Greenert, a native of Butler, Pa. and a 1975 academy graduate, was installed Friday as the 30th chief of naval operations. Greenert is now the principal naval adviser to President Barack Obama and the Secretary of [...]

In Anne Arundel County, an urban vineyard is taking hold

BY: The Capital of Annapolis
POSTED: September 21, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, Business, don segal, farm, Frederick Cellars, grapes, harness creek, maryland, merlot, vineyards, winery

On fields overlooking a Quiet Waters vista, a mop-headed dog named Finn McCool weaves in and out of rows of vines, his tail sweeping by bunches of tiny pearl-sized grapes.
Finn lives on the 28-acre Harness Creek Vineyards with vintners Nate and Andrea O’Shea and accompanies them as they tend to the rows of chardonnay, cabernet [...]