🍦Sleigh your holiday shopping locally

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Good morning, Annapolis. This is Naptown Scoop — the answer to your friends’ question: “How do you always know what’s going on?”

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

• The Great Annapolis Gingerbread Houses 👩‍🍳 

• Vote for Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade 🛥️ 

• 4 AACPS principals named finalists for leadership award 🌟

Let’s get to it.

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

Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 🎁

Maybe you’ve made your holiday gift list? And, checked it twice? 🤷🏼‍♀️ No matter where you are in your planning process, get ready to sleigh your holiday shopping with our Naptown Scoop Shop Local Holiday Gift Guide 2024! From budget-friendly finds to mega-splurge surprises, we have ideas for everyone on your list — fashionistas, foodies, sports enthusiasts, and more. Discover the best gifts from local businesses and start checking that list off today!

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🌟 Four AACPS principals named finalists for prestigious award 🌟

Four top-notch principals are at the head of the class as finalists for the 2024–2025 George Arlotto Leadership Award, AACPS’s Principal of the Year honor! Congrats to this year’s finalists!

• Linda Chandler, Old Mill Middle School South

• Lenora Fox, Mayo Elementary School

• Amy Guerke, Ruth Parker Eason School

• Katherine Hicks, Wiley H. Bates Middle School

The winner will be announced in December and represent AACPS in the 2025 Washington Post Principal of the Year program. The Excellence in Education Awards Dinner will honor all four AACPS finalists on April 25, 2025.

Let’s get EYC Lights Parade the recognition it deserves 🚤

If you’ve ever watched the Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade, you know that it’s a festive, impressive fete of illumination (on the water, no less!). We think that’s why it earned its No. 4 spot on USA Today’s list of Best Holiday Parades across the country last year — which is pretty impressive for a small community like Eastport to outrank some of these big city parades!

We think we can get the Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade to the No. 1 spot though. It’ll take a lot of votes, but there’s nothing Annapolis can’t do. Be sure to vote in the Readers’ Choice 2024 poll and pass it along to your friends.

P.S. Fete isn’t a typo for feat. It’s a French-origin word meaning celebration or festival. As to how it’s pronounced, some say fate, some say fet.

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Theater Talk Tuesday 🎭

This is a perfect week to take the family out for live entertainment with these two shows on the calendar:

👼 St. Mary’s School presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
This contemporary holiday classic about a family of delinquent children taking over the church’s Christmas pageant comes to the St. Mary’s stage Thursday through Sunday.

🎪 Circus Pop at CTA
Ringling Bros. alumnus Logan Jimenez brings his fire eating, daring escapes, and bubble artistry to Children’s Theatre of Annapolis for one-night only this Friday.

The Great Annapolis Gingerbread Houses 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

Bake up some holiday magic and enter The Great Annapolis Gingerbread Houses contest! Deliver gingerbread houses to the Annapolis Visitors Center (26 West Street) between 2:30–4:30 PM on Saturday, November 23. The Annapolis Visitors Center will display houses starting November 24, with public voting through December 1. Compete for sweet prizes like $200 for first overall; $100 (Visit Annapolis’ Favorite); and $50 (Kids 12 and under). Winners will be crowned at the Annapolis Chocolate Binge Festival—talk about a tasty finale! Read the rules and register now. 🏠✨

Light up the night with Annapolis Town Center ✨

We’re welcoming in the holiday season with ATC this Thursday, November 21, with fun for the entire family (and/or friend group) at their Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. Look for glitter tattoos and ballon animals, live music and fire trucks, and of course, sips and bites from some of the best vendors in town. The event runs 6–8 PM with Santa arriving to light up the tree at 7:45PM. Tickets are free ( . . . whether you’re naughty or nice) but required for a headcount. Get yours.

🎄 Jingle & Mingle Holiday Party 🎄

Think of it as the office holiday party, but everyone’s offices are coming together to celebrate. The Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce invites you (and your coworkers) to the annual Jingle & Mingle Holiday Party on December 4 at 6 PM at The Atreeum at Soaring Timbers. There will be food, drinks, socializing (way more festive than networking!), and a silent auction plus a wreath auction. Get tickets.

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CIVIL NEWS

⚖️ Board of Education meeting

On the agenda for tomorrow’s Board of Education meeting:

• Administrative Personnel Appointments

• Monarch Academy—Contract School Renewal

• Chesapeake Science Point—Charter School Renewal

• See full agenda

Use this hub to submit testimony or watch online. The meeting is at 10 AM at 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. You can attend in-person or watch online.

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EXTRA SPRINKLES

A Message From 84 Lumber

84 Lumber is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree for the third consecutive year. This year, the tree will travel 4,200 miles from Tongass National Forest in Alaska to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Along the way, it will make a series of stops, including a final visit to Joint Base Andrews, where the company will give Christmas trees to veterans and their families.*

*indicates sponsored advertising content.

WEATHER

Tuesday

58 🌡️ 53 | 🌥️ | 18% | 💨 E 5 mph (4 knots)

Wednesday

61 🌡️ 42 | 🌧️ | 40% | 💨 ENE 6 mph (5 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 57ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Tuesday

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
The Point | Kavoossi | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Marshall Crenshaw w/ James Mastro | 7:30 PM | Tickets

Wednesday

49 West | Dave Chappell | 5–7 PM
49 West | Dwayne Haggins | 8–10:30 PM
Brian Boru | Bobby Reed | 6–9 PM
Galway Bay | Irish Trad Music Session | 8 PM
Killarney House | Jason Bishop | 6–10 PM
Middleton Tavern | Michael Waskey | 6–9 PM
Pirates Cove | Pete Best | 6–9 PM
The Point | Charles Kavoossi | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | John Splithoff | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Reynolds Tavern | TBA | 7 PM
Stan & Joe’s Saloon | Keith and Coster | 9 PM

NAVY SPORTS

Hall of Fame Induction: Bill Belichick 🏈

Legendary NFL coach and 1969 Annapolis High starting center Bill Belichick needs no introduction. But The Capital’s and Anchors Aweigh host Bill Wagner gave him a stellar one in this story about Belichick’s induction into the Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame. Here are three fun facts about the Annapolis native.

• For 32 years, Belichick couldn’t attend the fall induction banquet due to coaching commitments.

• His father, Steve Belichick, was Navy football’s longest-tenured assistant coach from 1956-1989.

• Belichick loves Annapolis so much that he recently bought a home in Eastport! ($)

Upcoming games

Men's Basketball (1-3)
11/19 vs. Quinnipiac | | 5:30 PM

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