🍦It's a beauti-fall day 🍁

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Good morning, Annapolis. This is Naptown Scoop, your morning read that pairs perfectly with a warm PSL. Happy fall, y’all! 🍁 

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

• Fall festivals and events 🎃 

• Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants 🌳 

• Musical events this week 🎙️ 

Let’s get to it.

— Lauren Burke Meyer, Dylan Roche, Chelsea Harrison, & Ryan Sneddon

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THE DIGEST

Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants 🌳

Got an idea for a project to beautify our local environment? If your idea supports environmental conservation or protects natural resources, there could be a grant for that! In fact, there’s $327K available through the Keep Maryland Beautiful Grant Program, and applications are open now through November 15.

This program is a collaboration between the Chesapeake Bay Trust with the Maryland Depts. of Natural Resources, Transportation, and Agriculture. It’s perfect for nonprofit orgs, volunteer groups, communities, and land trusts. Check the program’s website for details and apply via Chesapeake Bay Trust.

🚨 It’s just a drill 🚨

Don’t forget that you might get a notification from the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management tomorrow via call, text, or email. This is a test of the Alert Annapolis Community Notification System, which will allow the city to send out important updates in the event of urgent situations like

🌡 Severe weather
⛈ Natural disasters
🦠 Public health alerts

The alert will go out around 2 PM tomorrow. Beforehand, make sure your info is updated.

Community Interpreter Certificate Program 🗣️

Know a multilingual marvel? If yes, AACPS is launching a Community Interpreter Certificate Program to help bilingual students develop skills to increase communication in schools, offices, and more. Students will learn about interpreting techniques, the ethics of acting as an interpreter in work settings, and the differences between professional interpretation and other language-based careers. For $753, participants get materials, exam fees, and 50 hours of instruction. Depending on proficiency, students can earn one of three levels of interpreter certificates.

Requirements:

• Anne Arundel County resident

• Bilingual in English + one target language at the advanced low proficiency level

• High school juniors or seniors must meet extra Maryland Seal Of Biliteracy requirements

Interested? Register for the Community Interpreter Certificate Program (and other noncredit courses)!

Emergency Preparedness Survey 📊

The City of Annapolis wants to know how you feel when it comes to community-wide emergencies — what are the biggest threats, how prepared are you, and what steps are you taking? This helps city government determine what the needs are, and your information will be kept confidential. Take the survey.

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Coming up this week

This week is full of drinks, books, puzzles, and laughs! Let’s dig in.

Tuesday

🍻 The Charting Careers fundraiser is at Forward Brewing from 5–7 PM to support young scholars in the Annapolis-area. Donate anytime to fund field trips, transportation, and more.

Wednesday

🧩 AACPL Puzzle Swap: Swap ‘til you drop – puzzle style. Bring puzzles to swap from 6–7 PM at the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library. Make sure any puzzles you bring have all their pieces.

Thursday

🥃 Blazers . Bourbon . Cigars: Don your favorite blazer. Then enjoy bourbon, whiskey, other fine liquor tastings, premium cigars, and delightful food during Historic Annapolis’ epic (mostly) guys fundraiser. 6–9 PM. Grab tickets.

Friday

🤣 Park Books Comedy Show: Laugh the night away with comedy powerhouse Justin Schlegel! Doors open at 7 PM. Show starts at 8 PM. As always, BYO whatever. Get tickets.

Saturday

📚 Anne Arundel County Literacy Council Book Fair: We can never have too many books. So, head to the Annapolis Mall’s Community Room/Crate & Barrel Court for the 4th annual Book Fair fundraiser. Open 10 AM to 4 PM.

🍻 🥨 Oktoberfest at Garten: Now until October 6, Garten is celebrating Oktoberfest with specials, fun activities, contests, and more! Book a table.

Musical Monday 🎶

Two great music events are happening this week. The first involves Lucy and Ricky’s daughter, and the second involves beer and bratwurst. Interested? Here’s what we’ve got:

🎭 Live Arts Maryland brings renowned thespian Lucie Arnaz to the stage for I Got the Job, a concert reflecting on her many years in theater, on Friday 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall.

🍺 Annapolis Symphony Orchestra celebrates Oktoberfest with Brats, Beer, Blues, and Bourbon — a perfect start-of-fall event with music and mingling — on Thursday 5:30 PM at the Grandview Sky Lounge of Annapolis Town Center.

Fall festivals & events in Annapolis 🍁 🎃

The wait is over. Happy fall y’all! To celebrate this fabulous and cozy time of year, we’re sharing highly-anticipated events in Annapolis this fall. Save these dates!

• First Sunday Arts on Inner West Street: October 6 and November 3 from 11 AM–5 PM.

  • Road closures/parking restrictions on West St and Calvert Street from 7 AM–6 PM.

• Maryland Avenue Fall Festival: October 20 from 10 AM–5 PM.

  • Road closures/parking restrictions on Maryland Ave and State Circle to Cumberland Court. Prince George St will remain open.

• Day of the Dead: October 26 from 3–8 PM at Maryland Hall.

• Crab Cake Haunt: October 27 from 10 AM–8 PM at Annapolis St.

  • Road closures/parking restrictions on Annapolis St and Giddings Ave from 7 AM–9 PM.

Nothing in this section is sponsored. They're just the things you need to know. I'll always let you know when something's sponsored.

CIVIL NEWS

⚖️ City Council meeting

On the agenda for today’s City Council meeting:

• Expanding Daycare Act

• Special Residential Parking Districts

• See full agenda

The meeting is at 7 PM in City Council Chambers. The public is welcome to attend. Click here to submit testimony or watch online. 160 Duke of Gloucester St, Annapolis, MD

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NAPTOWN SCOOP WEATHER IS POWERED BY. . .

Monday

71 🌡️ 65 | ☁️ | 18% | 💨 SE 9 mph (8 knots)

Tuesday

71 🌡️ 67 | 🌧️ | 45% | 💨 ESE 9 mph (8 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 75ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Monday

Rams Head On Stage | In the Vane of Pink Floyd | 7 PM | Tickets
Rams Head Tavern | Victoria & Steve | All Day

Tuesday

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
The Point | Kavoossi | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Suzanne Vega | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Rams Head Tavern | Victoria & Steve | All Day

SPORTS

Past results

Women's Cross Country
9/20 @ Roy Griak Invitational | 8th of 17

Men's Cross Country
9/20 @ Roy Griak Invitational | 2nd of 17

Football (3-0)
9/21 vs. Memphis | W 56-44

Men's Golf
9/22 @ The Goat | 5th / 15 Teams

Rifle (2-1)
9/21 vs. TCU | L 4716-4704
9/21 vs. VMI (Men) | W 4704-4536
9/21 vs. VMI (Women) | W 4704-4498

Women's Rugby (1-2)
9/21 vs. Quinnipiac | L 38-3

Men's Rugby (4-0)
9/21 vs. Penn State | W 35-10

Sprint Football (1-0)
9/21 @ Mansfield | W 31-26

Women's Soccer (7-5)
9/20 @ Lehigh | W 3-0

Men's Soccer (2-4-2)
9/21 @ Lafayette | W 2-1

Women's Volleyball (0-11)
9/21 vs. American | L 3-0
9/22 @ Loyola Maryland | L 3-2

Men's Water Polo (10-3)
9/20 @ Air Force | W 19-18 (OT)
9/21 vs. Concordia | W 18-7
9/21 vs. #14 Harvard | L 19-14
9/22 vs. Biola | W 15-10
9/22 vs. Cal Lutheran | W 24-16

Upcoming Navy games & matches

Men's Soccer (2-4-2)
9/23 vs. UC San Diego | 7 PM

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