Category: News & Features
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Images from Wise Severna Park Town Hall at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church
On Monday May 15, WISE, Woman Indivisible Strong and Effective held a Town Hall in Severna Park. Senators Reilly, and Delegates Malone, McConkey and Saab attended the packed Town Hall of three hundred Severna Park residents.
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Gov Hogan Needs to Retract Incendiary Statements on Alleged Montgomery Co Rape
Not only does Governor Hogan owe a retraction of his statements about the alleged Rockville High School rape, he owes it to all of us to govern better. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney announced that rape charges would be dropped against Henry Sanchez Milan and Jose Montano, the two undocumented teens accused of the purported…
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Candidate Forum: Scott MacMullan to Run for AA County Council District-6
Scott MacMullan, a native of Annapolis and a successful small business owner, is running for County Council in District 6, a district that will be open as current councilman Chris Trumbauer will be term-limited out. The campaign’s kickoff event is being held on Wednesday, May 17th from 6pm – 7:30pm at the Pip Moyer Recreation…
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Racism Has a Seat at the Anne Arundel County Council
Michael Peroutka is an Anne Arundel County Councilman. That is a disgrace. I have lived in Anne Arundel County for almost three years. For much of that time, I was unaware of county politics. The election of Donald Trump, however, spurred me to take part in our local resistance movement and learn about county politics.…
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Demonstration Against Racism in the Court System
In more than 366 years not one African American, Latino, or Asian has ever served on the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. A peaceful multi-racial demonstration took place on Thursday, May 11, 2017 in front of the Court House in Annapolis Maryland. Comments? Please go to our Facebook page. Help support our crowd-sourced journalism team…
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“Hear us Hogan” Shouts: Don’t Veto the Sick Leave Bill
“Hear us Hogan” lead by Beth MacKenzie, is a progressive Group in Maryland trying to meet with Governor Larry Hogan to discuss important issues regarding the sick leave bill. Comments? See our Facebook post.
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Why Each Maryland District Town Hall Matters to All of Us
One of the most important outcomes of our new political climate has been the rise of the town hall meeting, enabling people to meet with their representatives and hold them accountable. This Monday night you will have just such an opportunity at the Severna Park District 33 Town Hall. Why should you be there if…
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Noose Found at Crofton Middle School: Suspects In Surveillance Photos
Anne Arundel County Police report that at approximately 11:00 a.m. today, officers responded to Crofton Middle School located at 2301 Davidsonville Road in Crofton for recovered property. When officers arrived, they met with a school administrator. The administrator stated that just before 11:00 a.m. a teacher observed a noose hanging from a light fixture on…
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The Inconvenient Truth of America’s Drug Policy: in Black and White
It was former Vice President Al Gore who coined the phrase, “an inconvenient truth”, but he was not the first person to “speak truth to power”. All my life, I have seen and heard people in the black community speaking truth to power. It is always an “inconvenient” truth. For decades America’s response to the…
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Action Annapolis Tracks City Candidates So You Won’t Have To
Action Annapolis held it’s organizational meeting Tues. night, May 9. to discuss strategies on actively following local elections, including score cards on incumbents’ voting records and a questionnaire to go out to all candidates. The questionnaire will reflect numerous issues of concern to the group, and the candidates’ responses will be posted on the group’s…