3+ hour ago   (309+ words) An explosion in the Cape St. Claire neighborhood last Wednesday that killed one person and left another in critical condition was sparked when the homeowner damaged a propane line while working on the home, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department…...

6+ day, 47+ min ago   (519+ words) A beloved coffee shop and a West Street vintage store are closing in Annapolis at the end of the summer. Bitty and Beau’s Coffee, which operates 18 cafes across 11 states, confirmed in a Tuesday morning email its plans to shutter its…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (608+ words) The city of Annapolis will consider annexing about 5.4 acres of land south of Bay Ridge Road that the property owners plan to develop into 39 townhomes. Representatives of the property owner, GSX Solutions LLC, presented a petition for annexation Monday night…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (931+ words) Iris “P Nut” Cormier III always had a story ready when Annapolis ghost tours came through his bar. But the ghosts weren’t the point — the people were. Cormier knew all the tour guides and gave them nicknames. He loved making…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (1086+ words) Annapolis has good bones. You can see it in the spoke-and-wheel streets of the historic city’s beautiful center. And it has bones ready to break. Almost 60,000 cars and trucks enter Annapolis on Forest Drive every day, one of the ugliest,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (689+ words) Two Annapolis restaurants with more than 60 years of combined history are in flux. O’Learys Seafood in Eastport is closing after Aug. 2, the restaurant said on its Facebook page. And the building that houses Tsu, formerly Tsunami, on West Street is…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (840+ words) The atmosphere was buzzing inside one of the two newest offerings from Atlas Restaurant Group late Thursday morning. Staff members moved around, wiped down surfaces and prepared to greet customers and begin service at Armada, a cantina featuring tacos, Tex-Mex…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (799+ words) Diners at Osteria 177 can take their pick of chef Arturo Ottaviano’s specialties, including seafood-rich cioppino alla Genovese, or smoky grilled calamari as fresh and tender as you might find in Italy. The wine list includes refreshing Falanghina from the Campania…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (975+ words) Fifty years ago, I stood on the Ocean City Convention Center stage, ready to collect my high school diploma and get out of town. The Stephen Decatur High School Class of 1976 was resplendent in red, white or blue robes, topped…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1060+ words) Live with the memory of gun violence, and you learn to shield yourself from reminders of the day. For eight years, I’ve avoided getting too close to 888 Bestgate, the building where five friends were murdered on June 28, 2018. It’s the dark…...