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Time to burn the socks, Chesapeake Oyster Week, Navy football open practice...
Naptown Scoop
March 21, 2025
TOGETHER WITH
Good morning, Annapolis. The results are in from our lottery survey last week. Seems like if most of you were handed a giant bank account, you’d travel the world but still call Annapolis home. But a surprising number of you did say you’d adopt
In today’s Naptown Scoop:
Time to burn the socks 🧦
Chesapeake Oyster Week 🥡
Navy football open practice 🏈
Let’s get to it.
— Lauren Burke Meyer, Dylan Roche, Duffy Perkins, & Ryan Sneddon
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THE DIGEST
The Biggest Stories We Covered this Week
🐶 A lovable rescue named Moose won our third annual Mutt Madness contest, scoring himself a custom portrait for his doghouse and a $50 gift card to Sea Dog Pet Boutique. Moose declined to comment on this story, preferring instead to chew on his favorite bone.
🌊 A decision on the anonymous City Dock lawsuit was delayed two weeks and Historic Annapolis filed another challenge to the project involving the proposed Maritime Welcome Center.
🥖 Great Harvest Bread Company is back open in West Annapolis with a limited menu.
Most clicked stories of the week 🏆
Monday: Maryland Day 🔴 🟡
Tuesday: 💃 Cerqua Rivera Dance at Maryland Hall
Wednesday: Capital Gazette 2025 high school boys lacrosse preview 🥍
Thursday: Maryland Day is almost here ❤️💛🖤
Capital Gazette 2025 high school baseball preview ⚾️
The Capital continues rolling out high school sports previews for Anne Arundel County. Baseball is now up to bat. Redistricting shuffled the lineup for public schools, but competition remains fierce. Freshmen are landing varsity spots with expectations of significant playing time, too.
Severna Park is the team to beat, but plenty of squads are stepping up to the plate. After a Class 4A state semifinal run last year, many coaches expect Crofton to be one of those teams. Spalding, with its stacked roster of five Division 1 quality pitchers, looks to extend its MIAA A Conference championship streak to an exceptional four seasons. ($)
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LOCAL BUSINESS
Annapolis Town Center apartments sell for $160 million 🏢
Ever wondered how much the apartments at Annapolis Town Center are worth? Me either. But now we know. $160 million. Specifically, Mariner Bay (the tall ones) = $87 million and Crosswinds (the short, newer ones) = $73 million. PGIM (an arm of Prudential Financial) sold the properties to the Fairfax-based Peterson Companies, perhaps best known for developing National Harbor. Most of their holdings, however, do not have Ferris wheels. They own retail centers, apartment complexes, office buildings, industrial properties, and self-storage facilities all over Maryland and Virginia. ($)
Inn at Horn Point celebrates 24 years 🎂
Maybe it’s because all of us call Annapolis home, but there’s something that just feels . . . well, homey about Annapolis. It’s not the sort of place where you’d recommend an out-of-town visitor or a tourist to stay at any ol’ chain hotel, right? Which is why it feels so appropriate that we should have a thriving and longstanding bed and breakfast like the Inn at Horn Point, which just celebrates its 24th year in business this weekend. Owners Carol and Cory Bonney are proud to call their “boutique getaway” one of the few remaining family-owned, family-operated, full-service bed and breakfasts in Annapolis. And let me just say, I haven’t tried the beds here but the breakfast is fantastic.
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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’
It’s time to burn your socks!
Some people are like, “Yay! It’s finally sandals season! I need a pedicure!” But if you’re from around Annapolis, you know we keep things weird and celebrate the vernal equinox with a good old burning of our socks. If you’re wondering where this ridiculous celebration comes from, Ms. Molly Winans traced the history of sock burning to 1977 in a story for SpinSheet Magazine (the best writing about dirty laundry ever published).
The biggest public sock burning happens at the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Eastport, and it is sold out. If you don’t have tickets but you want to celebrate like the weirdo Annapolitan that you are, there are some great tips here for burning your own socks. The city’s poet laureate, Jeff Holland, wrote a great poem you can recite to mark the occasion if words fail you. Remember to tag us in your photos, and let boat shoe season begin!
Chesapeake Oyster Week starts tomorrow 🦪
Don’t forget that this weekend marks the beginning of a pretty special shell-ebration. Chesapeake Oyster Week runs March 21–31, when Bay-friendly restaurants offer all kinds of oyster specials. In addition to slurping seafood to your heart’s content, you’ll help the process of recycling oyster shells into the local waterways so more oysters can grow in the bay and keep cleaning it. You might say this is a week that lets you savor flavor and save the bay at the same time!
Want to watch Navy football practice? 🏈
You’re in luck because this Saturday’s practice is at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and it’s open to the public. Admission is free but parking is $10. After practice, select players will sign autographs!
Maryland Day weekend
We’re looking at a phenomenal forecast for this weekend, with spring weather showing up just in time for Maryland Day celebrations. Whether you want to hike or shop, dine or get educated, there are low-to-no-cost events all over the county for Marylanders young and old.
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CIVIL NEWS
⚖️ City Council Meeting
Monday’s (3/24) city council meeting at 7 PM will cover lots of hot topic items in the City Council Chambers (160 Duke of Gloucester St). Expect clarification of parking and impounding violation citations, FY 2025 changes to executive pay ranges, as well as AACPS early dismissal discussions.
Peruse the full agenda. The public is welcome to attend or give testimony.
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WEATHER
Friday
55 🌡️ 40 | 💨 | 1% | 💨 NW 21 mph (18 knots)
Saturday
62 🌡️ 37 | ⛅ | 20% | 💨 WSW 14 mph (12 knots)
Sunday
51 🌡️ 45 | ⛅ | 1% | 💨 NE 9 mph (8 knots)
💧🌡️ Water temperature = 48ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication
LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN
Friday
49 West |The Candy Rocks | 7:30–10:30 PM
Annapolis Smokehouse & Tavern | Starbelly | 8:30 PM
Blackwall Hitch | Dana B | 4–7 PM
Blackwall Hitch | All You Need | 9 PM
Brian Boru | Miggs | 7–10 PM
The Choptank | Hunter Rich | 8 PM
Dark Horse | Ricky Wise | 9 PM
Killarney House | Ray Weaver | 7:30–10:30 PM
The Lodge | Grayson Moon | 8–11 PM
Market House | Alex and Frankie | 8–11 PM
Market Space | Hurricane Kevin | 6–9 PM
Old Stein | Russell Jacobson | 7–10 PM
Pirates Cove | Levi Stephens | 7:30–10:30 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Southern Avenue w/ Nate Finn | 8:30 PM | Tickets
Rams Head Roadhouse | Boroy | 8 PM
Rams Head Tavern | Bob Quinlan | 5 PM
Reynolds Tavern | TBA | 7 PM
Romilo’s Restaurant and Bar | Wild Grey Hairz | 7 PM
Severna Park | Frank Florence | 8 PM
Saturday
49 West | Wordslave and Ryan Fowler | 8–10:30 PM
Blackwall Hitch | Higher Hands | 9 PM
Brian Boru | Michael K | 7–10 PM
The Choptank | Chad Grey | 8 PM
Dark Horse | Severn River Band | 9 PM
Great Frogs | Joe Esham | 12:30–3:30 PM
Killarney House | David Sparrow| 7:30–10:30 PM
Market Space | Marianne Styles | 2–6 PM
Middleton Tavern | 3 Of A Kind | 10 PM
Pirates Cove | Ray Weaver | 7:30–10:30 PM
Rams Head Roadhouse | Bodkin Creek | 9 PM
Rams Head Tavern | George Evans | 10 PM
Reynolds Tavern | TBA | 7 PM
Romilo’s Restaurant and Bar | Kick Back Classics| 7 PM
Sunday
49 West | Joe Holt & Sharon Sable | 7–9 PM
Brian Boru | Big Brothers Porch | 4–7 PM
Galway Bay | Ray Weaver | 4–8 PM
Great Frogs | Guava Jelly | 12:30–3:30 PM
Market Space | SVV | 2–6 PM
Pirates Cove | Kurt Gibbons | 3–6 PM
Rams Head On Stage | MR VCR, Skribe & Ivy League | 8 PM | Tickets
South Teams Sweep Senior All-Star Basketball Classic 🏀
The South edged the North, 107–104, in the boys’ game of the 34th annual Anne Arundel County Senior All-Star Basketball Classic at Severna Park High. Annapolis Area Christian School’s Julian Kelly led with 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 dunks, earning MVP honors alongside Glen Burnie’s Braedon Buchanan (16 points and 16 rebounds).
In the girls’ game, the South won again 70–62. South River’s Raegan Ogle (10 points, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 5 rebounds) earned MVP, while Glen Burnie’s Trinity Munford (12 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists) led the North as MVP. South River’s 3A state champions fueled an early 11–0 run, then launched a late-game surge to secure the win.
Proceeds benefited the late legendary Navy broadcaster Pete Medhurst’s family. ($)
Upcoming games
Women's Basketball (19-11)
3/22 @ Old Dominion University | 2 PM
Baseball (9-10)
3/21 vs. Bucknell | 4 PM
3/22 vs. Bucknell | 1 PM
3/22 vs. Bucknell | 3:30 PM
3/23 vs. Bucknell | 1 PM
Women's Lacrosse (6-3)
3/22 @ Bucknell | 3 PM
Men's Lacrosse (5-3)
3/22 @ Holy Cross | 12 PM
3/22 @ Loyola | 5:30 PM
Women's Rugby (4-5)
3/23 vs Navy 7's | 9 AM
Men's Rugby (13-1)
3/22 @ No. 13 Mary Washington | Noon
Women's Soccer (9-10-2)
3/22 vs. William & Mary | 7 PM
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