🍦Outdoor dining program extended again

Good morning, Annapolis. American Airlines scheduled a flight from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl with the flight number 1989. Taylor Swift’s fifth album is called 1989. The return flight? AA87. Travis Kelce’s number. This has been your marketing lesson for the day.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

• Huge crash on Bay Bridge

• Register of Wills indicted

• Ponche 🍹 

Let’s get to it.

— Lauren Burke Meyer, Dylan Roche, & Ryan Sneddon

THE DIGEST

Huge accident closes Bay Bridge for 6 hours

Fog as thick as peanut butter caused chaos on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Saturday morning. First, 23 vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction crash. Another 20 were in what authorities called “secondary crashes” which ultimately led closed the Westbound span for 6 hours. 13 people went to the hospital – none with life-threatening injuries but two with serious injuries.

Scholarship Alert for AA County Women

The American Association of University Women of Anne Arundel County gives $10,000+ annually in scholarship awards to women pursuing higher education. This includes trade schools & two/four-year colleges. The purpose of the Women to Women Awards is to improve career access through education and training. And they aren’t just for young women. Any woman can apply! Applications are due by March 22 at 5 PM. Interviews take place in April. Download the application and email completed forms to Suzanne Furr at [email protected].

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LOCAL BUSINESS

Ponche is hiring 🍹

What’s Ponche? It’s a tiki bar above the former 1771 G&T, formerly known as Harvest, formerly known as Riordan’s at 26 Market Space in Annapolis. They’re ISO bartenders to serve “drinks, dranks, and all the nectar of the tiki gods.” Ideally, applicants are a little enthusiastic about tiki, outgoing, slightly sarcastic, and know how to (somewhat) pour a drink. Interested? Stop in today (1/29) between 1–5 PM. While we love sharing job opportunities, we’re mostly excited because this means Ponche is opening soon!

Outdoor Dining Pilot Program extended again, permanent law coming soon

Eating outside has been a fixture of Annapolis since the covid pandemic. But Annapolis’ city code (aka the law) doesn’t actually allow it in all the current forms we’re seeing. Instead, emergency resolutions passed by City Council during 2020 have been extended again and again while we figure out how to permanently codify it. Ward 8 Alderman Ross Arnett told the Capital last week that he’s “very close” to introducing a bill to create formal and permanent regulations. Last week’s extension of the program expires after a year or once permanent legislation is passed, whichever comes first. ($)

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Musical Monday 🎶

You already know to count on Scoop for live music lineups at bars and restaurants — but what if you want something more formal? That’s the idea behind Musical Monday. And here’s what we have this week:

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra presents Raging Fire: Tchaikovsky & Sibelius

The third installment in ASO’s Masterworks Program brings together the work of contemporary Thai composer Narong Prangcharoen with that of Jean Sibelius and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Performances are February 2–3 at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall – 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 (though if you miss the local concert, you can still see it on February 4 at 3 PM at the Strathmore in Bethesda). Get info and tickets.

Live Arts Maryland presents Inventions/Reinventions

Pianist Dan Tepfer returns to Live Arts Maryland with this program based on his latest album, Inventions/Reinventions, which in turn draws from Bach’s Two-Part Inventions. This one-night engagement is slated for Wednesday, January 31 at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall – 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401. Get info and tickets.

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CIVIL NEWS

Anne Arundel County Register of Wills indicted for alleged check theft

Notes: Indicted is a fancy word for accused, not convicted, and the Register of Wills leads the government agency that oversees estate transfers after death.

Anne Arundel County Register of Wills Erica Griswold has been accused of personally cashing a check meant to pay someone’s inheritance tax. Allegedly, the office received a $6,645 cashier’s check payable to Griswold for an open tax bill in June. The indictment says she cashed the check and has not paid the money to her office. Eyebrows were raised in August when the check sender received an invoice for the bill they believed to have been paid.

A hearing is scheduled for February 21. Griswold’s attorney said she planned to plead not guilty and wouldn’t comment further. ($)

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WEATHER

Monday

46 🌡️ 34 | ⛅ | 6% | 💨 NNW 15 mph (13 knots)

Tuesday

43 🌡️ 36 | ⛅ | 6% | 💨 ENE 5 mph (4 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 40ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Monday

49 West | Carly Winter | 7–9:30 PM

Tuesday

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
The Point | Kavoossi | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Bobby Rush | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Reynolds Tavern | b.en | 7 PM

NAVY SPORTS

Ken Niumatalolo taps into Navy football connections 🏈

Ken Niumatalolo was officially hired as San Jose State University’s football coach on January 21. And he wasted no time tapping his Navy football connections to assemble his staff. First, he hired Marcus Thomas away from Navy to coach his running backs.

• Marcus played slotback at Navy for Ken from 2010–2013 and is the all-time kickoff return leader with 2,388 yards. He coached Navy’s slotbacks last season.

Ken also hired Mike Judge as his tight ends coach. They spent 11 years together in Annapolis (2008–2018) when Mike coached Navy’s fullbacks. ($)

Past results

Women's Basketball (6-13)
1/27 @ Loyola | L 70–67

Men's Basketball (8-11)
1/27 vs. Loyola | L 74–70

Men's Gymnastics
1/27 vs. William & Mary | W 396.5–370.9

Men’s Hockey (6-12)
1/26 vs. Temple University | W 5–2
1/27 vs. Lehigh University | W 4–1

Rifle (5-9)
1/27 vs. Akron | W 4697–4696
1/27 vs. West Virginia | L 4739–4697

Men's Swimming & Diving (8-3)
1/26 @ Columbia | W 176–118

Women's Tennis (3-1)
1/27 @ Richmond | L 4–3
1/28 vs. Morgan State | Postponed
1/28 vs. Villanova | W 5–2

Men's Tennis (4-0)
1/27 vs. George Mason | W 5–2
1/27 vs. Mount St. Mary's | W 6–1

Wrestling (6-5)
1/28 @ North Carolina | L 20–17

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