3+ day, 31+ min 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+ week, 23+ hour 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+ week, 6+ day 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…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1105+ words) Mayors of Annapolis tend to fade quickly from public view. Everyone is tired after four or eight years. Sometimes they go gracefully, sometimes still striving for attention. Then there's Gavin Buckley. Six months after leaving the mayor's office, the brassy…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago  (1078+ words) Amy Clements and I talked as we swam 400 yards across Spa Creek, heads above the blue-green water. We were at the back of the inaugural Spa Creek Conservancy swim in Annapolis, 12 people wading into the cool water on a warm…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (159+ words) A 77-year-old man who was severely injured during an explosion in a shed near Annapolis this week was mixing chemicals, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Marshal's Office. The explosion was reported around 2 p. m. Tuesday at a home in the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) For the second year in a row, the Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival will happen in October instead of June. The festivities, scheduled to take place on Oct. 3, come on the heels of an "anomaly" year for the celebration, according…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1029+ words) I had a hot dog in Annapolis the other day. By law, I had to eat it sitting down. Annapolis is a city of rules, layered thickly over hundreds of years in Maryland's small-town state capital. None might be quite…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (371+ words) An Annapolis man faces charges of animal cruelty, reckless endangerment and multiple firearms charges after allegedly shooting a dog in the head, according to online court records and police charging documents. Keith Roland Gross, 35, allegedly shot a leashed dog named…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (614+ words) Move over New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, it's Maryland's turn for a tax on luxury second homes. Or to talk about it, at least. Three Democratic candidates for Anne Arundel County executive said…...