Category: News & Features
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County Executive Candidate Steuart Pittman Offers New Hope on Important Issues. Meet Him Sat. Dec. 9
On Saturday, December 9 from 2 to 4 PM you will get a chance to meet the new candidate for County Executive, Stuart Pittman. I got a little head start by meeting with him for several hours and throwing him a bunch of tough questions. Can he win? Some time ago a relatively unknown person…
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Story-time with Annapolis Second Graders
STAIR, Start The Adventure In Reading, seeks to curb this disadvantage by providing one-on-one after-school tutoring for second-graders who are reading below their average grade level. Originally STAIR operated at just one site with a few students. It has since grown to 10 sites and 72 students! They come in twice a week, read regularly…
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At Meeting, Police Are Clear: They Have No Clear Plan of Action to Deal with Rising Violence in Annapolis
The Annapolis Police held a meeting at the Eastport Community Center last night to discuss the recent murder of a teenager across the street from the Eastport Terrace public housing neighborhood. Several Annapolis Police officers were in attendance as well as the mayor-elect Gavin Buckley and several current and newly-elected alderpersons. Annapolis Police Chief Scott Baker…
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Annapolis Becoming A Small Town Murder Capital? We Need Action Not Vigils
Another murder, another candlelight vigil, another march, another meeting. Tonight, Annapolis police Chief Scott Baker and others will be meeting with members of the community at the Rosalie Community Center, 1014 President Street, Annapolis, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting is to “hear” from the community. I think that the community has already spoken loud…
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If Protestors are Hanging Snakes and Toads on Nuclear Missile Silos, What Will They Do Next?
“Katherine,” said Ray, my husband, trying to keep a neutral tone, “a lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations from Minot just called to speak to you!” “What?? Why?” “I have no idea, he said he needed to ask you some questions. You are to return his call ASAP.” My heart…
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Officials Brief Angry Residents After Decision to Pull School Bus Service
November 14, 2017; Woodside Gardens Community Center. A group of concerned students, parents, grandparents, and other community stakeholders met with Sheila Finlayson, Ward 4 alderperson, Alex Szachnowicz (Chief Operational Officer for Anne Arundel County Public Schools), Les Douglas (Supervisor of Transportation for AACPS) and Jolene Davis (Assistant Superintendent AACPS) and Sergeant Tucker of the Annapolis…
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GOP Health Care Proposals: Greater Flexibility means Unequal Care
Health care is complicated. Who knew? Everyone but Donald Trump it seems. Since his election last year, Republicans have used their control of the White House, the Senate, and the House to try and push forward changes which would undermine benefits that everyone, no matter what state you live in, shares under Obamacare. These benefits…
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A Shared History
The NAACP and Veterans Day share an interesting history. Throughout history, some of the NAACP’s most prominent members were members of the U.S. armed services.These men and women had to fight on two fronts. Often, they donned uniforms and fought America’s adversaries abroad, just to return home to be faced with homegrown racism. Nationally, NAACP’s…
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Buckley Wins on Caring and Charisma at Wednesday’s Mayoral Forum
At a standing-room-only Annapolis Mayoral Forum in Eastport last Wednesday, Mike Pantelides and Gavin Buckley addressed many questions and issues, but the most important thread that ran through all of them was this: If you are Mayor what are you actually going to get done? Both candidates are excellent speakers who really know their stuff.…
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Mayor Pantelides’ Hypocrisy: Giving Developers a Pass on School Overcrowding
One of the accomplishments Mayor Pantelides cites in recent campaign literature is that he “Passed an Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance that stops development from overcrowding our schools.” The fact is that he opposed the ordinance initially and only joined as a sponsor when the capacity limit was raised above 100% (i.e., overcrowded). This is described…