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Anne Arundel County Public Library
Founded in 1921, the Anne Arundel County Public Library, AACPL, is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. Located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, along the Chesapeake Bay, Anne Arundel County’s diverse population of over 435,000 residents is served by 15 library branches countywide. More than 1 million items constitute the library’s collection and staff respond to nearly 300,000 inquiries from the public each year. In addition to its information services and popular materials, the library also provides storytime programming for children, literacy materials for adult new readers, special business and health collections and services for patrons with disabilities.
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Tagged anne arundel county, books, library
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Chesapeake Quarterly
Chesapeake Quarterly online is the web adaptation of Maryland Sea Grant’s quarterly magazine, which explores scientific, environmental, and cultural issues relevant to the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Education, Media, Nature, Water
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, magazine
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Inside Annapolis Magazine
InsideAnnapolis.com is the web site companion for Inside Annapolis Magazine. The web site features a wealth of information and resources on Annapolis, including sections on Boating, Historic Sites, Maps, Lodging, Real Estate, Rentals, Restaurants, Schools, Services, Shops, Tours, and Transportation.
Pennysaver Wired
Pennysaver Wired is home of the the Pennysaver, The East Coast’s largest independent weekly shopping publication, is delivered to over 1.3 million homes and businesses throughout Maryland each week. More than 3 million readers use the Pennysaver’s targeted neighborhood editions throughout Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Howard and Prince George’s counties, Southern Maryland and Northern Virginia.
HometownAnnapolis
Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. publishes The Capital, the daily newspaper for Annapolis, Anne Arundel County and Kent Island, Maryland. It also publishes the Maryland Gazette twice a week for residents of Glen Burnie, Maryland and surrounding areas of northern Anne Arundel County.
The company also publishes three free-distribution papers: The Bowie Blade-News, the Crofton News-Crier and the West County Gazette.
HometownAnnapolis.com is the company’s primary Web site. Other sites include HometownGlenBurnie.com, HometownBowie.com,AnnapolisCars.com, AnnapolisJobs.com, HomesinAnnapolis.com,CapitalStyle.com and WaterFrontLiving.com.
Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. is part of the Publishing Group of Landmark Media Enterprises.
Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Chesapeake Bay Magazine is a monthly publication dedicated to boating, leisure, and lifestyle in the Mid-Atlantic region. The web site features Bay News, Calendar, Chesapeake Marinas, Boat Reviews, Bay Weather, Restaurant Reviews, Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses, Cruising the Chesapeake, Marina Hopping, Marina Directory, Marine Services, Boat Brokers, Nautical Gear & Gifts, Chesapeake Tide Tables, and Chesapeake Bay Museums.
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Tagged boating, boats, Chesapeake Bay, cruising, magazine, marinas, restaurants
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Maryland Public Television: MPT
The familiar name “MPT” actually signifies two entities with a shared mission of public service. The Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission is a state agency that holds MPT’s broadcast licenses. The MPT Foundation encourages and receives donations on behalf of MPT.
Established in 1966, the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, an 11-member body appointed by the governor, oversees the critical infrastructure towers, transmitters, satellite dishes, the building and equipment necessary for delivery of programming on MPT.
The MPT Foundation, formerly known as the Maryland Public Broadcasting Foundation, is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation established in 1981 to encourage increased funding for MPT and to receive donations and grants on MPT’s behalf. The Foundation also safeguards MPT’s endowment funds in an effort to insulate MPT from economic hard times.
The MPT Foundation is governed by an independent board of directors composed of community leaders who are elected to staggered three-year terms. Directors serve strictly on a voluntary basis.
Funds housed at the MPT Foundation enable MPT to respond to program opportunities that sometimes present themselves off the rhythm of state and federal budget planning cycles. With the support of corporations, foundations, and, above all, individuals, we are truly public broadcasting.
Central Maryland Home Sales
The Baltimore Sun web site recently added a useful utility to search for and display home sales in central Maryland on an interactive Google map. You can search and sort by price range, ZIP code, type of home, and time frame. Homes sold are shown on the map as dots color-coded by sale price. You can click on the dots for more information about each house. And, of course, you have all the power of Google maps, such as panning, zooming, and satellite, and hybrid map views.
Anne Arundel County crime map
Arundel Crime Map
The Baltimore Sun has just released an interactive crime map of Anne Arundel county. The map combines automatic weekly feeds from the Arundel Police communications office with the power of Google Maps. The resulting visualizations allow citizens quick and easy access to hard crime data. A search form allows you to specify type of crime, time period, and location. Crime incidents show up as markers on the map which expand to give more detailed information when clicked.
Peter Hermann’s blog also has a writeup of the new system: “The information is out there; assembling it can be quite a task. I’m of the position that the crime data should come from the police. This is public information and there is excuse in this day an age not to post it all on the Internet, almost as it comes in.”
CrimeReports.com also has a similar system which provides the last 60 days of “Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)” data generated by calls for service. The disclaimer states that the map does “not provide specific information related to how a crime was committed or who was involved. The information provided will only allow users to get a general sense of the types of calls for service that have been generated through the CAD system, the volume of calls for service received, and the classification of those calls. To ensure that victim, witness, or suspect information is not compromised, calls are mapped depicting only the general block number of the incident, as opposed to the specific address (for example, 1200 Main Street instead of 1234 Main Street).”
Talk of Annapolis
Talk of Annapolis is a blog that covers “News, Political and sometimes Misc. commentary about issues, events, and news concerning Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.”