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🍦State of the County

Giving Tuesday update, Sports Symposium, AACPS calendar...

Naptown Scoop
December 04, 2023

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Annapolis. It’s Army-Navy week. Say it with me. . . GO NAVY BEAT ARMY.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

Sports Symposium
AACPS 2024–2025 calendar
Taste & Sip

Let’s get to it.

— Ryan Sneddon, Rebecca Kraybill, & Lauren Burke Meyer

P.S. Happy birthday to one of the geniuses behind Black Market Bakers, Tom O’Leary! 🎂

Giving Tuesday update

I just want to say thank you to everyone who supported Scoop’s featured causes on Giving Tuesday. Sozo Charities raised $3,500 for a school bomb shelter in Ukraine. They’re now 30% of the way to the goal. Giving Tuesday was also good for Annapolis Hope. We are now at $75,100 – which also happens to be 30% of the goal. Thank you so much for supporting both of these causes.

THE DIGEST

Did you decorate your house this weekend?

If so, why not enter NSFEHJHC (Naptown Scoop’s First-Ever Holly Jolliest Home Contest)? There’s no cost and the winner receives over $500 of local gift cards for a hotel stay, dinner & drinks, and a shopping spree. If you already made the effort to decorate, there’s literally no reason not to enter. Click here to join the fun.

State of the County Address

Test test, is this thing on? 🎙️ County Executive Steuart Pittman is giving the 2023 State of the County Address tomorrow (12/5) at 11 AM. The theme is Building a Foundation for our Future and Steuart will cover topics like housing, education, workforce, green infrastructure, gun violence, and more. Click here to tune in at 11 AM. A transcript and Scoop summary will follow shortly.

Vote for the best tree 🎄

Tinsel or no tinsel? White lights or rainbow lights? Surely you have an opinion on Christmas tree decorations, so you might as well share it. Voting for the Lights of Kindness annual tree decoration contest closes at 4 PM today. The Rotary Club of South Anne Arundel County hosts this contest every year to spread holiday cheer and raise funds for charity. $1 for charity = 1 vote! Vote now.

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LOCAL BUSINESS

How to advertise with Naptown Scoop in 2024

Because I believe it detracts from your reading experience, we do not solicit advertising in our daily Scoop newsletters. However, we are making a rare exception to announce the only discount we run on advertising, the pre-Christmas Commitment. Any business or nonprofit that commits to advertising with Scoop in 2024 before the end of 2023 will receive 5% off their entire contract.

If you are interested in reaching the biggest and most engaged daily audience in Annapolis, click here to request our 2024 advertising information.

– Ryan Sneddon, Publisher | Naptown Scoop

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.

It’s not too late to get in the spirit 🎄

What do 68 of the best musicians in the region, 11 holiday tunes, a Spanish conductor and a trumpeter have in common? The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra’s annual Holiday Pops concert. José-Luis Novo (you may recognize him as the face on the tree in Downtown Annapolis) will conduct the performance. Guest artist trumpeter Dr. Gilbert E. Pryor, Jr. will perform. The music ranges from Tchaikovsky to Frozen, and from Duke Ellington to Mel Torme. Students from Annapolis Symphony Academy will start the evening at 7 pm. Naptown Sings and Plays vocalists will perform onstage during intermission. Get in the spirit on December 15th at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall. Buy your tickets here.

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Coming up this week

Wildberry Vintage Christmas Market. This is the second and final Vintage Christmas Market so don’t miss it. Enjoy a beer garden, roaming Santa, lots of local vendors, and more. Saturday (12/9) 2–6 PM at 1047 Saint Stephens Church Road, Crownsville, MD.

Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade. Some parades drive but this one floats. It’s one of America’s favorite holiday lights parades. Saturday (12/9) 6–8 PM. We’ll have a full guide to how you can enjoy it in tomorrow’s Scoop.

Annapolis Santa Run. Santa and his squad (including firefighters) visit neighborhoods this Sunday (12/10) to collect toys for charity. The first stop is at 3 PM and you can see all locations here.

Taste & Sip 🥂

Taste, sip, be merry. The Severna Park and Arnold Chamber of Commerce’s popular Taste and Sip is tomorrow from 5–8 PM at Chartwell Golf & County Club. Graze on samples from local restaurants, bakeries, and liquor stories while you mingle in a festive atmosphere. Get tickets.

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

County Council meeting

On the agenda for Monday’s County Council meeting:

Parking spaces at workforce housing
Master plan for Odenton Town Center
See full agenda

The meeting is today at 7 PM at the Arundel Center - 44 Calvert Street Annapolis, MD 21401. View all public meetings and agendas here. Watch online or submit testimony here.

Board of Education meeting

The Board of Education has a very important item on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting: the 2024-2025 calendar. It was presented in November and open to public comment thereafter. Now the board is set to discuss and adopt it this week. The meeting is at noon Wednesday (12/6) at the Parham Building – 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. Click here to sign up to speak or provide written comments.

Sports Symposium is tomorrow

Annapolis Recreation & Parks invites local sports organizations, individuals, and parents involved in youth sports around Annapolis to the 2nd Annual Sports Symposium at the Pip Moyer Recreation Center tomorrow from 6:30–8:30 PM. There will be presentations on how both the City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County permit fields and facilities. A Q&A session will follow. RSVP to [email protected].

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WEATHER

Monday

52 🌡️ 40 | 🌥️ | 7% | 💨 W 9 mph (8 knots)

Tuesday

49 🌡️ 39 | 🌤️ | 4% | 💨 WSW 8 mph (7 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 50ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Monday

Tuesday

SPORTS

Past results

Women's Basketball (3-5)
12/3 vs. William & Mary | L 81–53

Men's Basketball (2-4)
12/3 vs. Coppin State | W 75–52

Men’s Hockey (4-12)
12/2 vs. Army | L 6–2

Men's Squash (8-3)
12/1 vs. Wesleyan | W 6–3
12/3 vs. MIT | L 5–4

Wrestling (4-0)
12/1-2 @ Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational | 16 of 35 teams

Upcoming games & matches

Men's Basketball (1-4)
12/5 @ George Washington | 7 PM

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THANKS!

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🍦State of the County

Giving Tuesday update, Sports Symposium, AACPS calendar...

TOGETHER WITH

Giving Tuesday update

SPONSORED BY MURTHY FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY

THE DIGEST

Did you decorate your house this weekend?

State of the County Address

Vote for the best tree 🎄

@NAPTOWNSCOOP

LOCAL BUSINESS

How to advertise with Naptown Scoop in 2024

SPONSORED BY THE ANNAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

It’s not too late to get in the spirit 🎄

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Coming up this week

Taste & Sip 🥂

CIVIL NEWS

County Council meeting

Board of Education meeting

Sports Symposium is tomorrow

WEATHER

Monday

Tuesday

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Monday

Tuesday

SPORTS

Past results

Upcoming games & matches

THANKS!