Hutzell: Voting in the dark for Circuit Court judge? Ron Jarashow would like a word.
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Hutzell: Voting in the dark for Circuit Court judge? Ron Jarashow would like a word.

Most voters likely know nothing about the candidates: sitting judges Ginina Jackson-Stevenson and Sidney Butcher and challenger Elizabeth Adams. How do you choose? Attorney Ron Jarashow has some advice.

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 6 days ago

Hutzell: Here’s what Luminis Health won’t say about its cyberattack

The Annapolis hospital group hasn’t detailed what happened or its response, so trying to figure out what happened involves looking at national patterns. If it was a ransomware attack, the disruption is a strong sign the company didn’t pay.

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 20 days ago
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Hutzell: Rare painting offers a window into Revolutionary War Annapolis

If historians are correct, the painting on display over the summer in Philadelphia is a lost work by James Peale. That makes it a rare window into the unfolding Revolution from one of the most famous names in early American art.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 23 days ago
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Hutzell: ICE deported a Naval Academy midshipman’s mother. We need families like theirs.

I don’t know what David Garcia will do now that ICE has deported his mother to Mexico. If this Naval Academy plebe were to say “to hell with defending America” and withdraw from Annapolis, I think some would understand. I hope he decides to stay.

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 1 month ago
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Hutzell: Carol’s Western Wear returns for one final Maryland cowboy roundup

Carol’s Western Wear was the place to outfit yourself for a square dance or riding the beltway range in your suburban pickup truck. Now Cindy Chance is saddling up for a final roundup, an auction of dozens of items left over from her father's famous run.

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 1 month ago

Hutzell: ‘The Hogan Court’ is Maryland’s last hope in redistricting fight

If the state loses its appeal of rulings knocking down the proposed referendum on a redistricting amendment to the state constitution, you can almost hear the explanation now — it was that “Hogan Court.”

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 1 month ago
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Hutzell: Hunting for Maryland’s worst summer power outages in 2026

Motivated by a blissfully almost-outage-free summer at my house in Annapolis, I wanted to know who had the worst summer in 2026. So I went hunting for an answer.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago

Hutzell: Oversight Project is the real story in the Maryland redistricting lawsuit

The outcome of the lawsuit isn’t just whether the General Assembly correctly changed the rules for drawing congressional boundaries and sent them to voters for approval. The Annapolis courthouse is a testing ground for an assault on blue state elections.

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago

Hutzell: Maryland food trucks launch onto the Chesapeake Bay this summer

This had to happen eventually. Food trucks are now going where few have dared before — out on the Chesapeake Bay.

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago

Hutzell: Banner Book Club explores Revolutionary mystery in ‘Chesapeake Bound’

Annapolis author Tom Guay is working this summer to finish what he kicked off with 'Chesapeake Bound.' While we wait, I'll talk with him about character, research and Easter eggs hidden his historical fiction at the next Banner Book Club.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago
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Hutzell: Eastern Shore secession? Go on now, go, walk out the door.

We've heard the song of a Maryland breakup before. This time, it comes at a dangerous moment, one filled with a dread that MAGA faithful and the rest of us can no longer share the same national space.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago

Hutzell: Andy Harris and the Maryland redistricting vote loom over Annapolis

Is Andy Harris the indispensable man? To hear his Republican fan club in the State House tell it, he's the only one who can do the job in Washington as Eastern Shore voters and the president need it done.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago
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Hutzell: Plastic pollution is choking the Chesapeake Bay. Now there’s hope.

Amazon. Coca-Cola. IKEA. Unilever. Maryland's new plan to fight plastic pollution goes after the source — not just recruiting volunteer cleanup crews.

Will it work?

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 2 months ago
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Hutzell: Stephen Miller’s trans persecution is here. Parents face hard questions.

What if the lawsuit against Anne Arundel schools isn't over pronouns? What if it isn't about trans kids in bathrooms or on sports teams.

Parents should ask whether this is really about seizing control of schools from their communities.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 3 months ago
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Hutzell: This data could keep more Maryland teenagers from killing each other

Jen Pauliukonis is collecting data on gun violence in Maryland like no one before. If anyone can find a solution to inexplicable gun crimes like this one, it's her and the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention she leads.

Here's how she's doing it.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 3 months ago

Are you using Maryland's new park reservation system?

Maryland is using a reservation system for many of its parks this summer. It charges a fee for the service.

Have you had experience with it, good or bad?

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u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 3 months ago
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Hutzell: I went to the Smithsonian to catch up on woke history. Outrage was free.

Almost everyone from Maryland has made this trip. The Smithsonian Institution’s 11 museums on the National Mall are places for middle school field trips and idle Saturday afternoons. Are we all seeing the same exhibits?

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 3 months ago

Hutzell: The speed limit is about to drop on a dangerous Annapolis road. Get your tickets now.

Come Monday, the county will lower the speed limit on Forest Drive from 40 to 35 mph, the first big step in a $10 million plan to make this dysfunctional back door to Maryland’s state capital safer.

I'm not sure it'll be enough.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 3 months ago
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Hutzell: Constitutional challenge could defang an emboldened government watchdog

If a judge agrees with the constitutional argument raised by the former Anne Arundel park superintendent and her attorney it could affect the auditor’s ability to pursue fraud, waste and abuse.

thebanner.com
u/Fantastic_Ad_4720 — 3 months ago