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The Navy is no longer considering competing proposals to lease Greenbury Point, one to build a new golf course, the other to turn the space into a public park, a spokesperson for the service said Monday. → Read More
Tyson Bennett, an attorney who advised the Anne Arundel County Board of Education for more than three decades, died Tuesday from complications due to dementia. He was 74. → Read More
Students who are isolated from school due to testing positive for COVID-19 will no longer receive live virtual instruction while away from school, Superintendent George Arlotto told the Board of Education on Wednesday. → Read More
The Reflections Art Program show drew entries from 12 children in elementary schools around Anne Arundel County. The contest returned this year after a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19. → Read More
Visitors and personnel at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and in Fort George G. Meade garrison facilities no longer need to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including students in Anne Arundel County Public Schools located on the Meade complex. → Read More
Anne Arundel County Schools released 12 proposed amendments to the system’s annual spending plan on Thursday. → Read More
The multiday Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Maryland has been postponed due to COVID-19 and the rapid spread of the omicron variant, officials announced Monday. → Read More
On Saturday volunteers went door-to-door delivering gifts to 124 children who participate in homework clubs at the Stanton Center, Annapolis Gardens, the Bywater Boys & Girls Club, Robinwood, Eastport and Woodside Gardens. → Read More
The first children younger than 12 were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Anne Arundel County on Friday. → Read More
The issue is a shortage of bus drivers in the county which mirrors a national trend, schools spokesman Bob Mosier said. A total of 18 routes were completely canceled Wednesday. → Read More
The family of Alex Haley received the keys to the city of Annapolis Saturday, as his 100th birthday was celebrated at a waterside memorial for the author and his African ancestors. → Read More
Arnold resident Butch Wright may win $3.2 million in the White Marlin Open for an 85.5-pound white marlin he caught Friday, the last day of the annual tournament held in Ocean City. → Read More
The year, marred by the stress of a global pandemic and in-person restrictions, was still successful and students grew and learned much, Principal Lisa Rice said. For Rice, Friday marked the end of more than three decades in education. → Read More
Monarch Academy Annapolis will continue its eSchool in the fall, an 80% virtual program with a 20% in-person option that is open to all Anne Arundel County Public Schools students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. → Read More
For months Superintendent George Arlotto has said the goal for fall of 2021 is to have all students back in class five days a week, and action taken by the Maryland State Board of Education this week reinforced that line of planning. → Read More
Camps all around the county are expanding operations in 2021 after 2020 programs were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are requiring measures like temperature checks and face masks, and have plans to keep groups separated in cohorts to reduce potential COVID-19 spread. → Read More
Another 5,988 Anne Arundel County residents were vaccinated against COVID-19 Thursday. → Read More
Later school start times in Anne Arundel County gained a long-sought victory Wednesday night when the school board called for a plan to push the starting bell for high schools back to at least 8:30 a.m. → Read More
Anne Arundel County has made a commitment to vaccinate public school teachers by the end of February, and Thursday night the Board of Education voted to begin reopening schools no later than March 1 → Read More
A mixed breed dog from Crownsville won an American Kennel Club contest and was named the nation’s fastest pooch earlier this month. → Read More