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Anne Arundel County and Annapolis government telephone outage

City of Annapolis · Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Summary

Telephone service failures Sept. 14, 2026, affected incoming and outgoing landline calls to Anne Arundel County Government and disrupted Annapolis offices and police and fire non-emergency lines. Emergency 911 calls remained operational, and officials provided email or alternate contact routes. Annapolis said Verizon repaired its lines and city phone service was fully operational by 4:40 p.m.; an event-specific all-clear for every county office was not verified.

Key facts

Added to watchlist
Sep 15, 2026
Incident start
Sep 14, 2026
Left watchlist
Oct 22, 2026
Primary subject
City of Annapolis
Primary location
Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Watchlist history

  1. Episode 1: Added to watchlist

    Historical boundary inferred from available evidence.

  2. Episode 1: Left watchlist

    resolved

  3. Episode 2: Added to watchlist
  4. Episode 2: Left watchlist

    resolved

Historical watchlist boundaries are inferred.

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