Schoolchildren and state lawmakers alike waited their turn to peer into a secure glass container holding a piece of paper more than 200 years old.
Read More »Meet the Fort Meade trans women fighting the military’s ban
FORT MEADE — The warrior creed goes leave no soldier behind. This is the mission of Fort Meade Army Reserves lawyer Deirdre Hendrick and Navy Petty Officer First Class Alice Ashton in their effort to save as many careers as ...
Read More »Annapolis native Robert Riley new ambassador to Micronesia
ANNAPOLIS — When Robert Riley graduated from Key School in 1973 he had no idea he would end up as a career Foreign Service officer. Last month, he was named U.S. Ambassador to the Pacific island nation of Micronesia, islands ...
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Read More »Maryland site likely a hub of Native American settlement
ANNAPOLIS (AP) — Is this a case of prehistoric sprawl? County archaeologists over the past several years have uncovered centuries of Native American history at Pig Point along the Patuxent River, now they think a vast settlement surrounded the ceremonial ...
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Read More »Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation lessons
ANNAPOLIS (AP) — The same techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open Pacific and led Sir Ernest Shackleton to remote Antarctica, then oriented astronauts when the Apollo 12 was disabled by lightning, the techniques of celestial navigation. A glimmer of ...
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Read More »Md. woman pens murder mystery set on Eastern Shore
ANNAPOLIS — What’s worse than a marriage-ending affair? Ask Rosalie Hart. When her husband reveals his indiscretion, Hart, a Chevy Chase resident, decides to exile herself to the Eastern Shore. Hoping to start fresh in the home willed to her ...
Read More »Mom files lawsuit in Md. man’s shooting death
The mother of an unarmed man fatally shot in Maryland last year is suing the Air Force sergeant who killed her son in a racially charged case that set off rallies demanding justice.
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Read More »State House restoration to be complete in December
The results of nearly $8 million in renovations will be on view with the reopening of the Old Senate Chamber, the old Senate Committee Room and the stairwell room.
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Read More »Md. Renaissance Festival considers new site
After decades in the same Anne Arundel County location, Maryland Renaissance Festival organizers say they are looking at moving to a new venue.
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Read More »Md., Anne Arundel look to curb underage gambling
A lottery ticket in a Christmas stocking. A fantasy football league. Online poker. You don’t have to be over 21 and sitting at a poker table or slot machine to gamble. State gambling regulators, compulsive gambling experts and public health ...
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