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1 week ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
About 50 members of civil rights groups and several elected officials gathered outside the locked iron gates of the Naval Academy on Thursday to condemn its decision to remove 381 DEI-related books from the academy's library. Tucked into the corner of King George and Randall Streets, participants' demands to reinstate the banned literature crept over the academy's brick walls, into the yards and homes of high-ranking officers and key personnel on Captain's Row.
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1 week ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
Cuts to the federal government and the resulting fallout are among the biggest issues for Anne Arundel County residents, according to a survey from Anne Arundel Community College.
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1 week ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
U.S. Rep. Sarah Elfreth faced criticism at an Annapolis town hall Tuesday as tempers flared across the country at a handful of similar events, CNN reported. Elfreth, the freshman Democrat representing Maryland's District 3, which includes parts of Anne Arundel County, has hosted a series of town halls in recent weeks, the latest at the Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library.
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1 week ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
A new program from Anne Arundel County aims to offer grants to people hurt by the criminalization of cannabis. The grants, which can be for up to $100,000, are overseen by the Community Reinvestment and Repair Commission, a government entity set up following the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2023 which recommends how Anne Arundel should spend its portion of the annual 9% sales tax on cannabis.
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2 weeks ago | 
capitalgazette.com | James Matheson
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2 weeks ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
A Naval Academy graduate has made a seven-figure donation to his alma mater to help launch a new center focusing on American energy security and the impacts of climate change. Jim Matheson, a 1987 graduate, Harvard Business School professor and a partner at a venture capital firm, directed the gift - on behalf of him and his wife, Julie - to be used for the launch of The Center for Energy Security and Infrastructure Resilience.
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2 weeks ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
Commercial and residential construction in Anne Arundel County may become easier following the County Council's narrow approval Monday of a controversial plan to increase redevelopment of declining properties.
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2 weeks ago | 
baltimoresun.com | James Matheson
The Naval Academy announced its next commandant of midshipmen Monday in the wake of the removal of hundreds of books from its library to comply with anti-DEI executive orders. Capt. Gilbert E. Clark, Jr., will become the 91st commandant - what civilian universities call the dean of students - in June. He'll take over for Capt. Walter H. Allman III, who served one year in the role.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | James Matheson
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Contributing to a cure Shortly after Sam’s diagnosis, the family created the nonprofit, Burrows Hill Foundation to Fight Friedreich’s Ataxia.
In 2015, Rolf Hill and Katie Burrows noticed less coordination and a clumsy walking gait in their oldest daughter, Sam. Doctors diagnosed her later that year with a disease they had never heard of – Friedreich’s Ataxia. Sam was 12. The following year, the youngest Hill daughter, Becca, was also diagnosed with FA.
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2 weeks ago | 
capitalgazette.com | James Matheson
A West Annapolis family has turned two life-altering diagnoses into more than $1 million for research toward finding a cure for a rare diseaseIn 2015, Rolf Hill and Katie Burrows noticed less coordination and a clumsy walking gait in their oldest daughter, Sam. Doctors diagnosed her later that year with a disease they had never heard of – Friedreich’s Ataxia. Sam was 12. The following year, the youngest Hill daughter, Becca, was also diagnosed with FA.
