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Rick Hutzell

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Rick Hutzell has worked as a journalist in Annapolis since 1987, and knows the city and its people about as well as anyone can. A native Marylander, Rick lives in Annapolis with his wife, Chara. They have two grown children and enjoy life in a city on the Chesapeake Bay.

Latest content by Rick Hutzell

Jabari Jefferson's community tapestry, an a18-foot tall "library" composed of donated materials, forms the centerpiece of Sacred Spaces at The Banneker Douglass Tubman Museum in Annapolis. It opens Feb. 8, 2025.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Community tapestry forms centerpiece of Black culture exhibit
The new exhibit at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum features the work of Jabari Jefferson, a D.C.-based artist who collaborated with Annapolis residents for the 18-foot-tall tapestry that forms the centerpiece.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning from a weekend trip on January 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Over the weekend, Trump traveled to North Carolina and California to survey storm and fire damage, to Nevada for a rally and to Florida to address a Congressional Republican conference.
Donald Trump and his closed society come for the minds of the Naval Academy
This is a contest to define America‘s character, how we balance between an open and closed society.
On Jan. 29, 2025, Transportation Security Agency officials released this image of what a gun in a backpack looks like when detected in an x-ray machine at a security checkpoint.
6 people were caught with guns at BWI. Here’s what happened next.
Seeing the significance of 47 guns accidentally brought to BWI can be hard. It’s not at the airport. You would have seen it if you had been with me Monday in an almost empty Annapolis courtroom.
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra performs the latest in its Masterworks series Friday and Saturday at Maryland Hall in Annapolis.
7 things to do in Annapolis: A tale of two orchestras at Maryland Hall
The Annapolis Symphony and the Naptown Philharmonic Orchestra take the stage Friday through Sunday in a rare convergence of schedules. It's one of seven great things to do in the coming week.
Maryland's state lawmakers go back to work on Wednesday, January 8, 2024 for the 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly. This is the first of 90 days of lawmaking and budget balancing.
Melons, mushrooms and negligent drivers — Maryland lawmakers have other ideas
Among 1,200 bits of legislation introduced in the General Assembly this session, cantaloupe reform is one of a certain kind of bill. They aim to fix problems you probably didn’t know existed.
Snow and ice surround Weems Creek in Annapolis, which flows into the Severn River. It’s been picked as the top priority for cleanup by the Severn River Association.
Forgotten Weems Creek in Annapolis gets another chance at redemption
Weems Creek, poor little Weems, outscored all the rest on the Severn River Association’s survey of the worst tributaries. That presented an opportunity for a group hoping to make a difference on the Chesapeake Bay.
"75," a new film from Warren Miller Entertainment, features ski and snowboard highlights from around the world. It's showing Jan. 23, 2025 at Maryland Hall in Annapolis.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Ski film debuts in a sailing town Thursday
Give it to the folks at Maryland Hall — nobody was probably expecting a ski film in a town known for sailing. You can catch Warren Miller's “75” Thursday night at Maryland Hall. It’s one of the great things to do in Annapolis over the coming week.
Gov. Wes Moore stressed at an event last week in Annapolis that he is not the leader of the resistance to President Donald Trump.
Vive la résistance — even if Wes Moore won’t admit it
Wes Moore is good at making pithy statements, and this one traveled far in the political news media, which is looking for someone to speak for the 48.36% of the nation's voters who didn’t want Donald Trump returned to the White House. Protest too much, Mr. Governor?
Battery storage systems, like this one installed in Calvert County by BGE in 2023, could help level out supply and demand of electricity in Maryland.
Batteries and where to put them could be next in Maryland’s energy wars
The most important thing to understand about electricity in Maryland may be that everyone wants more of it. Or maybe the most important thing is that few people want to live near it. Not power plants. Not power lines. Not solar or wind farms. We’re about to see if that's how people feel about batteries.
Marine Corps Maj. Megan McClung, center, was killed by an IED in April 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq, becoming the first U.S. servicewoman killed in combat. She was a public affairs officer who served with Lynn Kinney, left, and Amy Forsythe served at Camp Fallujah.
New ships named for Megan McClung, first female Naval Academy grad killed in combat
The Navy named a new class of amphibious landing ships for Maj. Megan McClung, the first female Naval Academy graduate killed in combat.
Mezzo-soprano Alice Chung, right, is joined by jazz trio Amanda Densmoor, Patrick Kilbride and Rolfe Dauz during a rehearsal of the Annapolis Opera production of "Trouble in Tahiti."
7 things to do in Annapolis: Two companies stage winter productions at Maryland Hall
Maryland Hall is the home stage for several performing arts companies in Annapolis, but it’s rare when their performances overlap.
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh (99) is announced before running through the tunnel ahead of the AFC wild card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
Timeout: Why is everything about football all the time?
Between the college championship Monday and the NFL playoffs heading juke step to their crescendos, it’s hard to be anywhere in public right now and not have football on a TV, a phone or your lips. We have reached the moment when football seems infinite.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announces on Jan. 10, 2024 the name of two new Navy surveillance ships for famed deep-sea explorers, Don Walsh and Victor Vescovo. A few hours later in the same spot at the Naval Academy, he named an amphibious docking ship for Travis Manion, a Marine officer killed in Iraq.
Navy secretary names ship for Travis Manion, Naval Academy grad killed in Iraq
The secretary of the Navy recounted Travis Manion’s explanation to his family about why he would return to Iraq for a second combat tour in December 2006 — a decision that resulted in his death while leading a patrol five months later.
ArtFarm students work on mixed-media pieces for the Jan. 28-Feb. 3 performances of "Pictures at an Exhibition" by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.
7 things to do in Annapolis: Symphony, art students collaborate on sound and sight
In a new collaboration, student artists will display works through January inspired by the upcoming Annapolis Symphony Orchestra performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, left, takes a selfie with Baltimore Banner columnist Rick Hutzell in the Longworth House Office Building on Friday.
‘Will you do a selfie?’ My improbable run through the first day of a new Congress
What if, instead of a fruitless search for meaning on the first day of the 119th Congress, I made a simple request?

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