Capital Gazette Communications
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 four free-distribution papers. The Bowie Blade-News serves Bowie, Maryland. The Crofton News-Crier, West County Gazette and South County Gazette serve specific areas of Anne Arundel County.
Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. is part of the Publishing Group of Landmark Communications, Inc.
HometownAnnapolis.com
HometownAnnapolis.com is the primary Web site of Capital Gazette Communications. Other related sites are
HometownGlenBurnie.com,
HometownBowie.com,
AnnapolisCars.com and
AnnapolisJobs.com.
Launched in December 1994 the site was originally known as CapitalOnline.com as a supplement to The Capital. This was one of the first newspaper Web sites in the U.S. The site was revised and renamed in July 1998.
HometownAnnapolis.com has grown in local popularity and is also now a rich informational resource for the Greater Annapolis and surrounding communities.
Read the storied Capital Gazette history.
Capital Gazette Communications, Inc.
Address:
2000 Capital Drive
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-268-5000
See map & directions
Mail:
Above or:
PO Box 911
Annapolis, MD 21404
Phone:
- Main switchboard: 410-268-5000
- From Washington: 301-261-2200
- From Baltimore: 410-269-0894
- Advertising: 410-268-5000, Ext. 3151
- Classifieds: 410-268-7000
- Circulation: 410-268-4800
- Newsroom: 410-268-5000
Fax:
- General fax: 410-268-4643
- Editorial fax: 410-280-5953
- Advertising fax: 410-280-5974
The Capital, The Maryland Gazette and Bowie Blade News are accessible on our Archives page. You will need to purchase an account to access the full stories.
Please note that classified advertisements, legal notices, graphics and photographs are not included in these archives. If you're looking to purchse photos, you can do so through our online photo store dotphoto.com.
Archived stories are also accessible and printable at any Anne Arundel County Library computer for free. You must visit the library location to use this service. Once at the Library, click on ARCHIVES and scroll down to the paper of your choice, click on it and follow the directions.
The Annapolis location of the county public library has archives on microfilm back to 1976. Paper copies of each edition are available for about the previous eight months, depending on storage space. Call ahead to make sure they have a certain date’s edition at 410-222-1750. If they don’t have the paper copy, they can take your request as a reference request and find the article, mail or fax it to you, at their discretion.
The North County library branch has the Maryland Gazette on microfilm back to January 1987. They have paper copies for about the last six months.
A Web site that offers newspaper articles is NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Follow directions to purchase old articles from any number of newspapers available, including The Capital.
The Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, has The Maryland Gazette, The Evening Capital and The Capital back to 1727 on microfilm. There is staff on hand to help find whatever might be needed. Some older issues are missing due to damage or lost copies when filming took place. Call 410-260-6400 locally or 800-235-4045 long distance.
