Bridget Byrne

Bridget Byrne is an education reporter focusing on Anne Arundel County's public and private schools. She covers the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, higher education and library culture, among other things. Raised in Montgomery County, she is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a dual degree in journalism and politics.

Anne Arundel Library Workers United ratify first contract

July 24, 2025 at 6:19 p.m.

Anne Arundel County Public Library workers unanimously voted to ratify their first union contract, which covers more than 400 people.

Anne Arundel County Publics Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Anne Arundel School Superintendent outlines south county redistricting options

July 24, 2025 at 6:16 p.m.

Anne Arundel County School Superintendent Mark Bedell outlined redistricting recommendations to the board of education that include two options.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell speaks with the Capital Gazette about his life. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Anne Arundel Superintendent Mark Bedell talks cellphones, AI and career advice

July 21, 2025 at 5:58 p.m.

Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell has overseen the opening of two new schools, billion-dollar budgets and a redistricting that left some unhappy.

Mayoral candidate Rhonda Pindell Charles. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Democratic Annapolis mayoral candidates’ legislative history highlights differences

July 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The only candidates running in the Democratic primary for mayor are both lawyers and aldermen.

Stay-at-home dad Craig Cussimanio, 54, is running for the Ward 6 Annapolis City Council seat. (Courtesy)

Stay-at-home dad makes bid for Gay’s Annapolis council seat: ‘I got the time’

July 18, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

As the filing deadline closes in, a stay-at-home dad is the first to file in the Ward 6 City Council race, looking to replace DaJuan Gay.

Robert "Bob" O'Shea during his campaign for the House of Delegates in 2018. (Staff file)

Robert ‘Bob’ O’Shea is the first Republican to enter Annapolis mayoral race

July 16, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

Robert "Bob" O'Shea, a military contractor and perennial candidate, filed to run for mayor of Annapolis as a Republican.

In Annapolis Ward 6, as Alderman Gay steps back, Craig Cussimanio steps up

July 11, 2025 at 5:23 a.m.

Annapolis Ward 6 Alderman DaJuan Gay says he does not want to run for re-election, and Craig Cussimanio, a stay-at-home father, announced his candidacy for the role.

After a housing forum, Annapolis mayoral candidate Jared Littmann poses with (from left to right) Bishop Craig Coates, chair of HACA,, Anne Arundel NAACP president Steven Waddy and Melissa Maddox-Evens, executive director of HACA. (Courtesy)

Littmann talks housing in Annapolis mayoral forum, Pindell Charles does not attend

July 9, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

The Anne Arundel chapter of the NAACP and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis held a mayoral forum focused on housing.

The new Student Member of the Anne Arundel County Public School’s Board of Education is Brayden Morgan. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Anne Arundel’s new student member of the board of education is service oriented

July 8, 2025 at 10:48 a.m.

As the 52nd student member of the board, Brayden Morgan represents 84,452 students.

Superintendent Mark Bedell visits students at Tyler Heights Elementary School, where students spend half the day learning in English and the other half learning in Spanish as part of the district’s first Dual Language Immersion program. (AACPS/Courtesy)

Dual Language Immersion program to expand to Maryland City Elementary

July 7, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools will open its second Dual Language Immersion program targeting Spanish at Maryland City Elementary School.

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