Annapolis

Bel Air commissioners pass new budget, honor poster contest winners

2013-05-20 18:21:28

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners voted Monday to adopt a $15,075,295 budget for the 2014 fiscal year and also agreed to borrow over $750,000 for parking garage improvements and studies of the town's sewer system. Monday night's town meeting was...

Plebes' climb of Herndon Monument completes Naval Academy first-year rite of passage

2013-05-20 16:37:00

With a flick of his wrist, a U.S. Naval Academy baseball player from Orlando, Fla., tossed an upperclassman's hat atop the Herndon Monument on Monday, leading his 2016 classmates to launch into cheers of "Plebes no more!" amid roars from onlookers. "I...

High school sports polls for May 21, 2013

2013-05-20 15:44:00

Boys lacrosse ++++++++++++++++++++ || No. School || Record || Prev.� || || 1.Loyola || 13-8 || 4 || || 2. Boys' Latin || 19-1 || 1 || || 3. Calvert Hall || 11-6 || 3 || || 4. McDonogh || 14-4 || 2 || || 5. Hereford || 18-2 || 5 || || 6. St. Paul's...

Naval Academy graduation has to do without the Blue Angels

2013-05-20 15:52:53

He saw his first Blue Angels show in Detroit at age 6, and Thomas Frosch says the experience inspired him to want to become a pilot. He saw four more performances while attending the Naval Academy, including one the "Blues" put on before his graduation in...

Committee seeks names for Annapolis marker honoring March on Washington

2013-05-20 16:10:00

A committee building a new memorial in Annapolis has extended the deadline for names of those who took part in the August 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The committee had initially...

School facilities bill grew from grass roots

2013-05-20 08:26:00

Michael Dresser got it right in describing the trajectory of the Baltimore school facilities bill as going from "non-starter to law," but the story goes far beyond the elected and appointed officials who worked hard to make the deals and shepherd the...

Johnston & Murphy opens in Towson Town Center

2013-05-20 12:44:00

� Shoe and apparel retailer Johnston & Murphy has opened in Towson Town Center in Towson. The new 1,842-square-foot store, which opened Friday, is located on the mall’s second level in the Crate & Barrel wing, mall officials said. The Towson�...

Military Bowl moving to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2013-05-20 13:05:00

The Naval Academy will host its first-ever bowl game this year, as organizers announced Monday the move of the 2013 Military Bowl from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis in December. “This move...

No. 12 Broadneck girls run past No. 15 Catonsville in Class 4A-3A semifinal

2013-05-18 18:17:00

Broadneck's Ellen McNulty had seven goals and an assist and Aislinn Probst scored four goals and added two assists to lead the No. 12 Bruins (17-3) to a 15-5 win over No. 15 Catonsville (16-3) in the Class 4A-3A state semifinals at Franklin on Saturday...

5 questions … for Tracy Balazs, president and CEO of Federal Staffing Resources LLC

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Tracy Balazs, the president and CEO of an Annapolis-based staffing firm, was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year last month by the Baltimore district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She founded the company, Federal Staffing...

Peggy Stewart House for sale in Annapolis

2013-05-16 13:15:00

Tucked away in the state's capital, adjacent to the Naval Academy, sits the Peggy Stewart House, a historic house that played an important role in the American Revolution and was home at different times to a signer of the Constitution and a signer of...

Senior briefs

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Calendar These activities will be offered at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Information: 410-222-1818: Concert Charles Sullivan performs Broadway tunes, American Songbook standards, gospel and more at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May...

About 1,000 Annapolis Naval Academy plebes, Class of 2016, climb the Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy on May 20, 2013 in Annapolis. Each year the freshman class climbs the lard covered monument to retrieve the Plebe "dixie cup" hat and replace it with an upperclassmen's hat.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

This was Marquetta Sullivan's first Preakness. So, the 56-year-old Annapolis resident wanted to have some fun with her outfit, particularly after having gone to the Kentucky Derby this year. "At the Derby, I was all prim and proper," said the owner of MLS Cleaning Services, Inc.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Will Newberry, of Annapolis.

2013-05-18 00:00:00