COLLEGE PARK — Severna Park softball coach Meredith McAlister lost a state championship game as a player, won one as an assistant coach, and now has a state title as a head coach. With players like Maryland commit Campbell Kline, first baseman Jesse Smith, pitcher Marissa Heuer and a strong supporting...
USNA Class of 2018 Graduation at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday, May 25, 2018.More
ABERDEEN — It would have been hard to come up with a script for how Howard won its first baseball state championship in school history. Down by three runs heading to the bottom of the seventh, and several times down to their last strike, the Lions scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning...
Three singles players and three doubles teams from the county have advanced to the second day of the state tennis tournament. Broadneck’s Finn Garner advanced to the boys singles semifinals with a pair of straight-set victories on Friday. Garner, who lost just one game in the two victories, will...
Seeding is complete for the state tennis tournament, which will take place on Friday and Saturday at the Wilde Lake Tennis Club in Columbia. Leading the list of county players or doubles teams is the Broadneck boys doubles team of Max Misner and Luke Garner. The pair, which won county and region...
OWINGS MILLS — As if last year wasn’t dramatic enough, this year it took an overtime goal to give the Severna Park boys lacrosse team its third straight state championship. Michael Harmeyer scored 1 minute, 22 seconds into overtime to give the Falcons an 8-7 victory over Winston Churchill on Wednesday...
COLLEGE PARK — Severna Park softball coach Meredith McAlister lost a state championship game as a player, won one as an assistant coach, and now has a state title as a head coach. With players like Maryland commit Campbell Kline, first baseman Jesse Smith, pitcher Marissa Heuer and a strong supporting...
Every time Brett Malamphy takes a faceoff it is a triumph. Not because Malamphy wins the majority of draws he handles for Salisbury men’s lacrosse, which will attempt to defend its Division III national championship on Sunday. Rather, Malamphy’s integral role with the perennial powerhouse Sea Gulls...
Organizers with the Chesapeake Racer Cruiser Association have done a superb job of promoting participation in the sport of sailing. CRCA president Jay Tyson has worked tirelessly to encourage owners of those types of boats to compete in a wide range of regattas on the Chesapeake Bay. Since the...
The Orioles lose, 8-3, to the Tampa Bay Rays as Kevin Gausman fails to get through the third inning.
Sorting through a basket of handmade cards during Bodkin Elementary School's 11th annual Environmental and Local Culture Fair on Saturday, fifth-grade student Alex Lyons retrieved a card she made by hand. The card was decorated with colorful thumbprints and read "thumb body loves you." Alex said...
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The Ann Arrundell County Historical Society’s annual Strawberry Festival is set for June 2 at the Benson-Hammond House in Linthicum. The family-friendly event will include demonstrations of traditional crafts and skills, entertainment for kids and adults, and craft vendors, in addition to strawberry...
If you are not headed “Downyoshin” for sand and surf and Thrasher’s fries this summer, there are plenty of weekend festivals right here in Anne Arundel County to help you loll away the season. From the Annapolis Greek Festival right off the bat after Memorial Day to the big guy on the block, the...
The summer movie season continues this week with movies such as "Solo, A Star Wars Story" and "Deadpool 2." Are they any good? Here's our guide to the summer movie season of 2018.
Aside from all the other things to look forward to in summer around the Anne Arundel County — boating, crabs, tomatoes, corn, and getaways — there are numerous community-based concerts, most of them free. So, grab a chair or a blanket and take advantage of all there is to offer in Annapolis and...
The pale yellow townhouse accented with black shutters in Annapolis’ Historic District is not a giant, rambling manor, but it is just the right size for its owner Helen Frix-Ross. “I love this house,” she said. “I don’t need a bigger one.” She and her partner Gary Lindberg, ethics branch chief...
Want to make your head explode? Try to figure out all the different kinds of senior housing and elder care services that are available and which one has the best fit with your needs and your pocketbook — or, in the case of adult children, those you are caring for. Enter Cindy Jahr Evans and CarePatrol,...
From inhaling buckets of Thrasher’s fries and Fisher’s popcorn to drinking at the naughtily named bars, letting loose nutritionally and otherwise is part of going to Ocean City every summer. But even Maryland’s favorite resort town has to draw the line somewhere. And it’s apparently this side of...
As we basked in rare sunshine, we asked you to send us your favorite rain songs. And you did — in what generously can be described as a minor outpouring. So, before replaying our 10 Best Rain Songs, here are your contributions from this past week: Your List 1. “Rainy Day, Dream Away” — Jimi Hendrix...
With a month left before the party primaries, State’s Attorney Wes Adams’ unfortunate decision to hire a registered lobbyist and influential GOP operative has become a political sinkhole, dragging in not just this year’s state’s attorney’s race but that for the sheriff as well. Adams, in essence,...
Treasuring the moment From time to time, it’s good to lose track of time. While watching the Naval Academy Class of 2021 struggling to climb the Herndon Monument and mark the end of its plebe year, I got a kick out of the startled reaction of the guests when a cannon was fired to mark the passing...
As the Kirwan Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, a statewide government-appointed advisory panel, deliberates on the future of education in Maryland and works on ways to provide equity in public school funding, I wanted to share with your readers that Anne Arundel County, under...
Judge Crooks As an attorney who worked with Circuit Court Judge Mark Crooks when we were both federal prosecutors, I disagree with David Plymyer’s assertion (The Capital, May 3) that Judge Crooks should be disqualified from remaining on the bench based on the fact that he attended an event and...
Anne Arundel County would get a new regional park and school complex under a $28 million plan announced Thursday to buy a 100-year-old landfill at the county’s northern edge. In a news conference at the Belle Grove Landfill, County Executive Steve Schuh said his administration is in negotiations...
A Prince George’s County judge ruled Tuesday in favor of Anne Arundel Medical Center’s bid to establish a new cardiac surgery center, ruling against appeals of a state panel’s decision by two other hospitals. In an email to staff Tuesday, AAMC President and CEO Tori Bayless said the judge’s decision...
As she made her way through high school, Daleisha Myers wasn’t interested in becoming a teacher. She enjoyed working with children, but her grandmother was a teacher and so was her aunt. So were several of her cousins. So she thought maybe she’d try something else and forge her own path. “I was...
Jennifer Pilcher has joined Crosby Marketing Communications in Annapolis as a director and senior strategist. Using more than 15 years of marketing and media expertise and her personal experience as a Navy spouse, she will help clients develop authentic content and outreach programs designed to...
Greg Klingler has been named director of wealth management at the Government Employees’ Benefit Association, a non-profit offering insurance and investment options and financial planning services to federal employees and retirees. Klingler joined the association in 2010 and has 16 years of experience...
Joy Goodie, a licensed clinical professional counselor, has joined Owensville Primary Care in West River. Goodie previously was a research coordinator and psychiatric therapist at Johns Hopkins University, and previously worked as a senior therapist with Catholic Charities, Villa Maria School. ...