Years after his precious chalice disappeared in the mail, a frustrated Father Jeffrey Dauses gave up hope. Its reappearance during the pandemic was an unexpected blessing.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department is investigating one Reopen Anne Arundel County Facebook post for three instances of a veiled threat against County Executive Steuart Pittman, said spokeswoman Sgt. Jacklyn Davis.

Maryland has recorded hundreds of coronavirus cases and related deaths at nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. See where the impacted facilities are and how many residents and staff have been affected with this interactive map.

Investigators are searching for a pair of suspects after determining the Sunday afternoon playground fire in Pasadena was intentionally set ablaze, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.

An assailant robbed a 7-Eleven store in Crofton early Wednesday morning armed with a handgun, and pepper-sprayed an employee on the way out, Anne Arundel County police said.

The city of Laurel is offering to help support local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic by inviting owners to submit promotional videos or photographs that will be shown for free on Laurel TV.

The city is expecting an estimated 3% increase in the real property assessable base, which Finance Director Jodee Dickinson stressed is not a tax rate increase, but part of a three-year step increase in property values as required by the state.

An emergency bill that would have protected Anne Arundel County renters from substantial rent increases during the global coronavirus pandemic failed in the county council Tuesday night, after the body’s four Democrats failed to convince one of their Republican colleagues to vote in support for the supermajority needed to pass emergency legislation.

Ah Coffee, an Eastport coffee shop, announced Monday on social media that it will not reopen once coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

Anne Arundel County fire investigators are looking into what prompted a Pasadena playground to burst into flames Sunday afternoon.

A Severn boy was arrested Sunday evening after he allegedly hurled a live firework onto his neighbor’s patio during an apparent dispute, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.

Nine care boxes were packed up and shipped to military members: five to the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt and four to the U.S.S. Nimitz, along with 38 care bags for residents at FutureCare in Arnold.

As students in county public schools enter the final month of the school year, mental health providers noted a decline in the use of some resources but said the landscape for children could change as schools possibly reopen in the fall.

Anne Arundel County residents have until Wednesday to register to vote, change their address, change their party affiliation or request to receive the ballot electronically ahead of Maryland’s June 2 primary election, which will take primarily by mail, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections.