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  • Diversity of County Council a hot topic

    The portraits of previous county councils line the back wall of council chambers in the Arundel Center, stretching back some four decades.

    At the beginning of the 1970s, the County Council was comprised of all white men. But that changed over the next decade, with the election of councilwomen Maureen Lamb, Virginia Clagett and Sarah Carter. Carter also was the first African American to serve on the council.

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  • Council split on Jones' replacement

    A hundred rounds of votes, several hours of arguments, and still no new county councilman for District 1.

    The County Council last night deadlocked 3-3 over whom to appoint to fill Daryl Jones' seat on the dais. No one appeared to be ready to budge when the council voted to postpone the proceedings until Tuesday afternoon.

    The council is torn between Peter Smith, a lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserves from Severn, and Mike Wagner, a Glen Burnie businessman and former state delegate and senator.

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  • On site at $1.5 million project to repair Route 100 ramp

    Bob Rager hears the question all the time — when will repairs to the southbound Ritchie Highway ramp onto westbound Route 100 will be complete?

    The ramp was closed for more than months this fall. After several weeks of being open to traffic, the ramp was closed again this Monday as construction crews began working on a second round of repairs. 

    “We get so many citizen complaints, ‘Why’s it taking so long?’” said Rager, a State Highway Administration spokesman. “It’s a big job.”

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  • Abused goat adopted by local rescue

    Tuscany’s got a pretty nice spread now: All the hay she can eat, her own pen, a slide, plenty of places to jump and all the friends a goat could ever want.

    “She’s gotten very relaxed very quickly,” said Wendy Cozzone said as her new goat nuzzled her face.

    “You’re never going to see another chain,” Cozzone cooed at Tuscany. “Not you’re not. Oh, no you’re not. Not ever.”

    Tuscany had a rough few years.

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  • Pasadena boy beats the odds

    Mike and Kim Coburn never thought they’d see the day when their son Michael would be running up and down a basketball court, playing guard for the Pasadena Buccaneers Athletic Club.

    But these days, the 9-year-old Pasadena boy is doing just that. His team is undefeated.

    What makes Michael’s accomplishment remarkable is that he was born with a rare heart condition and, at one point, was given a 50 percent chance of survival. To compound his problems, he later was diagnosed with leukemia, a blow that left his family reeling.

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  • Uplifting win: Chesapeake recaptures the county cheer title

    After slipping last winter, the Chesapeake High School girls varsity cheerleading team is once again back on top.

    The Cougars came in first place Thursday night at the county cheerleading championships Thursday held at Meade High School.

    “It’s awesome, it’s a great feeling. It was definitely missed, so it’s great to have it back,” Coach Lisa Freburger said.

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  • Bumper Bash bill hits rough waters

    A bill that would regulate Bumper Bash and other huge raft-up parties ran aground Tuesday in the state Senate.

    After Senate Bill 127 was dissected during a 90-minute Senate committee hearing in Annapolis, Natural Resources Police officials said they will revise the legislation in an effort to get it passed this session.

    “It definitely needs work,” said Sen. Bryan Simonaire, R-Pasadena and a member of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.

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  • Same-sex marriage evokes range of attitudes

    Stephen Reilly grew up in Cape St. Claire. His father left the family when the Reilly was 2, and his stepfather killed himself when he was 13.

    A year later, Reilly’s mother, Barbara McKeefry, moved in with her lover, Chris Megargee.

    “The best dad I ever had is a woman,” Reilly said. “They have been together 25 years this year, and I don’t see why they should be treated any differently … I don’t think it is the state’s job to decide what is in the best interest of my family or anybody else’s.”

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  • Police release 911 tape from Route 50 tragedy

    As the car carrying three former Meade High School students headed the wrong way in the northbound lanes of I-97 early Saturday morning, a dozen people called Anne Arundel County 911 to alert officials to the impending tragedy.

    Minutes later the three were dead, having crashed head-on into an oncoming car as their car hurtled westbound in the eastbound lanes of Route 50 in Davidsonville. 

    They could have travelled more than nine miles in the wrong direction before the fatal accident.

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  • Rockin' night in Annapolis

    Stepping before the judges at the Battle of the Bands competition last year was brutal for Brady Huffman and his bandmates from the Strobe Otters.

    Huffman, a junior at Annapolis High, was not happy when they found out they had the extra pressure of being first to take the stage at this year’s competition.

    “They said (last year) we have a lot of potential. But basically, they said we sucked,” Huffman said. “We already knew that.”

    This year, members of the alternative rock band said they were going to do better.

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