Annapolis News

May 27, 2012 -- With the opening of the long-awaited Discover London Town! exhibit at Historic London Town and Museum, visitors might think they have stumbled into the Smithsonian.

One person was shot and another was stabbed during a reported home invasion this morning in Dundalk.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday defended the Obama administration's plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is on "the right track." For the first time, gay students at the nation's major military academies have been able to openly participate in major school events, now that "don't ask, don't tell" ... (more)

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, a descendant of Virginia slaves who endured racial taunts and merciless hazing to become the first black midshipman to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949, died May 22 at the Springhouse assisted living center in Silver Spring, Md.

The Baltimore Sun reports police say the attack happened Thursday morning around 2:30 a.m., and that the victim took herself to a hospital following the attack.

Story Time at the Chesapeake Children's Museum this month featured a book, "Inch by Inch," about an intrepid inchworm.

Gay midshipmen, from left, Caitlin Bryant, Kay Moore, Nick Bonsall and Andrew Atwill gather at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.

Blanca Velasquez, a fifth-grader at Tyler Heights Elementary School in Annapolis, has been named Anne Arundel County Public Schools Outstanding School Safety Patroller of the Year.

There are four open houses available for perusal in Broadneck this weekend betweenA the Arnold side A andA the Annapolis side A of the peninsula.

A shipping container full of 24,000 books is being sent to a former Edgewater resident who now runs an English-language school near Bangkok.

Lifetime Mint Hill residents Alton and Kathy Grayson are proud grandparents of a newly accepted Naval cadet.A Reid Grayson, son of Brent and Rebecca Grayson, will attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland this fall on a soccer scholarship.

A woman walking alone in Annapolis early Thursday morning was attacked from behind by a group of six other women she did not know, according to police.

The state's lawmakers should forgo a second special session set for July and leave the debate over expanding gambling until 2013, when the Maryland General Assembly is formally set to convene once again.

Andrew Conn, who joined the Clover High School Air Force Junior ROTC in his freshman year, received an invitation to attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on a full scholarship valued at more than $250,000. "This is the first time in our 17-year history that a cadet from our school has been accepted into the Naval Academy," said ... (more)

Two people were injured Friday morning in Davidsonville after a two vehicle collision around 7:49 a.m., Anne Arundel County officials said.

Anne Arundel County will be getting $33.3 million from the state this year for construction projects at more than 20 schools, including $8.63 million for Annapolis schools.

For the past three years, Maryland has experienced an unprecedented crime wave of political corruption.

A historic downtown market is getting ready to open its doors this fall. In a city news release, Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen announced that vendor applications for the Market House are now available through the Department of Public Works.

ECHS senior Dylan Sewell, who received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, is pictured with his sister Anselee Sewell and parents Cindy and Stacy Sewell.

Maryland Sen. John C. Astle called the recent general assembly the worst he's ever been involved in, blaming the marriage equality bill for sidetracking other discussions.