ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (7News) — With school back in session, there is plenty of elbow room on the beach at Sandy Point State Park even on a beautiful Thursday. This weekend it will be a different ...

When Sandy Point State Park opened in 1952, it was the only state park that African Americans were allowed to visit. Although the park was integrated, the public facilities were still segregated.

Thousands of visitors made reservations for Sandy Point State Park over the weekend, and Greenbrier State Park “sold out” on Memorial Day, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

The Maryland Park Service will soon require day passes to visit several state recreation areas, which could have residents scrambling for other ways to cool off in the summer. A new Day-Use ...

A missing 12-year-old girl’s body was recovered late Wednesday night off of Sandy Point Beach, officials said. Maryland Natural Resources police tweeted around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday that they were looking ...

After seven days and no sign of a missing boater, a 25-year-old Eastern Shore man is presumed dead. He was one of three people on board a sailboat that capsized near Sandy Point last weekend. The ...

WEBVTT AND DROWNED. MARYLAND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE REACT WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER A DAY EARLIER THE BODY OF 12-YEAR-OLD KANIYA KENLY WAS FOUND 40 YARDS OFF SHORE AT SANDY POINT STATE PARK. KENLY ...