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The Maryland Hall Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Jackie Coleman as its new executive director. The regional arts...
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Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Nov 12, 2021
- 4 min
In Glen Burnie, a single neighbor began feeding her neighbors--and the outreach keeps growing
Julie Fernandez gets up in the wee hours of the morning to sort and screen the food donations that have been dropped off at her Glen...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Oct 22, 2021
- 4 min
Dance Fever! Washington and Antoinette period dance, Minuet, hits Severna Park starting Sunday
The late 18th Century is coming back to Anne Arundel County for just a little while, with a Minuet lesson Sunday and a formal ball in...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Anne Arundel’s English Conversation Club expands horizons of language learners
It started as a simple inquiry from a non-native English speaker to the Anne Arundel County Public Library. An immigrant resident was...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Bernie House brings website online to bolster mission of helping victims of domestic violence
The Bernie House, which offers a hands-up to housing for those families who have been hurt by domestic violence, has a new web presence,...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Times are tough. In a fight with someone? Anne Arundel nonprofit may have the help you need
The times we are living in are challenging for many, and conflict can happen quite easily, but one Anne Arundel County organization is...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Sep 17, 2021
- 3 min
Good Bye, Johnny Reb
The last Confederate statue on public land in Maryland is to be removed to a private park. The Talbot County council voted to remove the...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Feb 6, 2021
- 4 min
Annapolis' 1st poet laureate: Future holders could be spoken-word artists
"Allow yourself to be moved, hurt, and made triumphant..."
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
National Hugging Day: Anne Arundel residents talk about why hugs matter
Today, January 21 is “National Hugging Day”, if you didn’t know. The day was brainstormed in 1986 and copyrighted in 1989 by a man named...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Reflection on the local “Art of Recovery” exhibit: “Amazing,” “Exhilarating”
“Their recovery story is worth a lot and they are worth a lot,” Blair said.
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
“Hope’s Legacy” streams January 5, with Dyan Cannon and Anne Arundel's Ken Arnold
“I didn’t do any acting work. But then everything started to come back. I expect there’s going to be a lot of projects."--Arnold
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
It’s beginning to look a lot like an “adaptive” Christmas: Residents speak on the 2020 holiday
“I’m hoping for at least some sense of normalcy to come back,”
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Anne Arundel police want to open dialogue with creation of minority youth council
“It’s basically just a platform to open up a dialogue between the police department and youth...to have that open and honest conversation,”
Contributer Arundel Journal
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Grajeda is living his dream job at Fort Meade
"Being Hispanic, ties to my leadership style. I want to know Soldiers. I want to take care of their problems as they arise. “--Grajeda
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Gone to the dogs: 8-year-old Pasadena girl is all-in for down-and-out pets
“I don’t need toys much,” Emma said, “so I thought helping the dogs would be better.”--Emma Smith
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Aug 27, 2020
- 5 min
New Fort Meade commander talks touchstones, marriage and managing the pandemic
"How do we continue our mission in the long term under COVID conditions versus approaching COVID as an operation?"--Col. Nyland
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
AAC immigrant commission chair expects to hit the ground running
The head of Anne Arundel County’s new Immigrant Affairs Commission knows personally some of the challenges of being an American...
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
Annapolis teen wins Comcast, Horatio Alger scholarships
"I want is to show them that people like us, people who go through challenges in life, people who don't have resources, are able to succeed"
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
Meet your Emergency Management Director--Preeti Emrick
“This (pandemic) is a continuation for many, many months and a resurgence so it's really tested our planning capabilities..."--Emrick
Matthew Liptak, Editor
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
Annapolis B&B builds back with intense cleaning regimen and grant
We're doing better than the whole month of June. So we’re climbing out of a hole. It feels nice."--Cory Bonney