Recently added articles from Capital (Annapolis):
Sources say: It's an attack of the monster crabcake
Jul 03, 2009 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Sources Say is a behind-the-scenes look at localnewsmakers and events. If you have information to share, call 410-280-5912 or e-mail capstaff@capitalgazette.com. A crabcake that would make a nice snack for Godzilla was recentlyserved up in Baltimore by Arnold's own ...
Around Crownsville/Gambrills: Radio-control planes an 'addiction'
Jul 03, 2009; ... The air was filled with the buzz of small engines and the smellof roasting hot dogs at the Chesapeake Bay Radio Control Club's openhouse on Saturday. Practiced veterans helped visitors fly the brightly-paintedremote control planes over the long, grassy field next to IndianCreek ...
Neighbors digest
Jul 03, 2009 ... Free webinars for military personnel ARNOLD - Anne Arundel Community College is offering the followingfree webinars July 14 and 15. The college is located at 101 CollegeParkway in Arnold. "Post 9-11 GI Bill: Understanding Your Benefits at AACC" will beheld from 6 to 7 p.m ....
Judge to determine if mother was insane
Jul 03, 2009; ... A Queen Anne's County judge will decide later this month whethera Kent Island woman was legally insane last year when she poisonedher 3-year-old daughter, then tried to kill herself. Victoria Adele Sparrow, 43, of Stevensville, waived her right toa jury trial Tuesday and agreed to ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
Jul 03, 2009 ... Man wounded in city shooting ANNAPOLIS - Officers are searching for a 15-year-old boysuspected of shooting a man in the thigh yesterday afternoon onMonument Street, city police said. When police and paramedics arrived at 20 Monument St. at 1:34p.m. for the report of a ...
Former SP insurance agent guilty of fraud
Jul 03, 2009; ... A former Severna Park resident and insurance agent has beensentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for perpetrating a$535 million insurance fraud scheme. A federal judge on June 22 also ordered William Raymond Miller,37, most recently of Howard County, to pay back $22 ...
2009 Kunta Kinte festival canceled
Jul 03, 2009; ... Twenty-two years after a small group of African Americans startedthe Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival in Annapolis, the annual event hasbeen canceled. Money problems led organizers to call off the 22nd annual KuntaKinte Heritage Festival scheduled for Sept. 19, even though ...
Up close with ospreys
Jul 03, 2009; ... A few decades ago, there was a single osprey nest in the Jug Baysection of the Patuxent River, which snakes along Anne ArundelCounty's southwestern border. Now there are more than three dozen - a few in trees, most on man-made platforms over the water and marshes. Some osprey ...
Letters to the Editor
Jul 03, 2009 ... Bediako column I must take issue with Shawn Bediako's guest column (The Capital,June 18) regarding Naval Academy diversity. In any human effortinvolving group activity there have to be leaders and followers.Obviously the leaders are, hopefully, the most capable. There is noroom ...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jul 03, 2009 ... Local bees Entomologist Dr. Ben Hollister will discuss local bee speciesfrom 1 to 3 p.m. July 11 at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, 1361Wrighton Road in Lothian. Participants will have an opportunity to go into the field asassistants to observe how bee researchers conduct their ...
Chemistry put U.S. over top
Jul 03, 2009; ... Annapolis grad helps team to world crown Last Saturday, the U.S. women's national lacrosse team competedin the World Cup in Prague and brought back the gold. The teamadvanced easily through the tournament, winning all seven games anddefeating Australia, 8-7, in the ...
NAVY FOOTBALL PLEBES
Jul 03, 2009 ... Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo released the names ofthe 2009 Navy football recruits on Wednesday evening as 62 prospectsrepresenting 24 states went through induction ceremonies and beganplebe summer. The state of Texas produced the most prospects with10, while Pennsylvania is ...
Teen of the week: Teen juggles academics, track - and a tuba
Jul 03, 2009; ... It is not too hard to pick Madeline Zell out of the uniformly-dressed crowd of teens that comprise the Severna Park High SchoolMarching Band. Madeline is one of two tuba players, and she tootsaway on her 15-pound, white fiberglass Sousaphone tuba as if it washanded to her in her ...
Around Annapolis: Teens make donation to Eastport library
Jul 03, 2009; ... When a group of local girls heard that budget cuts were eatinginto the public library's book purchases, they cooked up a plan tohelp. They held a bake sale recently at the Bay Ridge Pool anddelivered the proceeds to the Eastport Annapolis Neck Branch Libraryon Hillsmere ...
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Jul 03, 2009 ... Assistance Network The South County Assistance Network needs volunteers from 9 a.m.to noon Thursdays and Saturdays at St. James' Church in Lothian tostock shelves, bag food and donate food and other items for thepantry. For information, call Dottie Fender at ...
Editorial: Declaration's bold message still rings out
Jul 03, 2009 ... Whatever might have been going on in the faraway AmericanColonies, 1776 was a banner year in English letters. Adam Smith's"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,"the cornerstone of modern economics, was published. So was the firstof the eventual six volumes of ...
Double murder suspect held without bail
Jul 03, 2009; ... As the man accused of killing his former girlfriend and her newboyfriend in Annapolis faced a judge in a bail hearing yesterday,the apparent crime of passion began reverberating across the livesof families and friends. Elbert Gardner Jr., 56, was arrested Wednesday and charged ...
Obituaries
Jul 03, 2009 ... John Baglama Sgt. Major John Baglama (ret.), 85, a resident ofGlen Burnie for over 30 years, died of natural causes June 28 atHarbor Hospital. He was born June 12, 1924, in Ohio. He was arecruiter with the U.S. Army and retired after serving for 29 years.During his service, he received ...
Hundreds protest taxes at City Dock
Jul 03, 2009; ... About 200 people gathered at City Dock in Annapolis yesterday toprotest federal and state tax policies and complain that electedleaders are turning a deaf ear to their concerns. "We're mad as hell at our government," said Severn resident JoeMallary. "Everything we've complained ...
Our Legacy: What Michael Jacksons lasting impact might be
Jul 03, 2009; ... Nothing could have been more shocking than to hear last week ofthe sudden death of Michael Joseph Jackson. As in the title of oneof his songs, this icon of pop culture was gone too soon. For manyof us, Jackson has been a part of our lives for more than 40 years.During their rise to ...