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🍦Wanna hear the plan for new City Dock?

🍦Wanna hear the plan for new City Dock?

Name our new fireboat, Thanksgiving treats, the circus is coming...

Naptown Scoop
October 31, 2023

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Annapolis. Happy Halloween. After tonight, it will be almost a year before we have to hear a Top 10 worst word in the English language again. . . spooky 🎃

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

Name our new Fireboat
Thanksgiving dessert
Circus at the mall

Let’s get to it.

—Ryan Sneddon & Rebecca Kraybill

Want to fish with Naptown Scoop this weekend?

Fish For a Cure 2021

We absolutely love Fish For a Cure. It’s a great cause (local cancer care) and a fun fundraiser, but it’s also the first place I ever wore a Naptown Scoop Helly Hansen jacket. Dumb reason to have a soft spot but I do. . .

Registration is closed for the fishing tournament but we have a boat with room for 4 anglers thanks to our friends at the Chesapeake Boating Club. If you donate $300 to our team Don’t Give Up the Scoop, you can fish with us this Saturday.

You’ll also get a cooler full of your favorite boat beer, a custom sweatshirt from our friends at Local Coast, and all of the boat snacks.

Don’t Give Up the Scoop is in second to last place so click here to donate and join us.

P.S. We only have 4 spots on the boat so only the first four $300 donors can join but if you just want to support, we appreciate every donation.

A MESSAGE FROM 84 LUMBER

Designing your dream kitchen and bath doesn’t have to be spooky!

84 Lumber Annapolis’s Kitchen & Bath Design Studio is your single source for a full spectrum of kitchen and bath design services. Our experienced in-house designers will work with you to tour the showroom and browse our extensive collections of hardware, fixtures, and finishes, using the inspiration to design and build your dream kitchen or bath.

84 Lumber works with industry-leading vendors to provide a wide selection of quality products from cabinets and countertops to windows and doors at various price points, allowing us to work within any budget. Let us help you bring your vision to life!

Stop into our showroom at 1690 Balt-Annapolis Boulevard or visit www.84lumber.com and www.84designstudios.com for more information.

From our family to yours, we wish you a very Happy Halloween!

THE DIGEST

Name our new Fireboat

Anne Arundel County is getting two new Fireboats in 2024 and they want our help to name one. The only two requirements are your name must be appropriate (no fruity language) and you must live in Anne Arundel County or be involved in an AACPS classroom. One submission per person.

If you need some inspiration, other public naming contests have yielded names like Boaty McBoatface (a $230 million research ship) and Snowbi-Wan Kenobi (a Nebraska snowplow). Click here to name our new Fireboat.

Scoop + Peake @ Bay Bridge Run 🌉

One of us organizes recess for adults for a living (Peake Social)
One of us writes emails you delete for a living (👋 Scoop)

Now, we’re teaming up to run 6.2 miles at the Bay Bridge Run. Wanna join us? We’ve formed a dream team benefitting the Walk the Walk Foundation. This local nonprofit helps kids in need by collecting backpacks, diapers, and holiday gifts.

Join the Scoop 🤝 Peake team here. We race on November 12.

Leadership Anne Arundel Food Drive

This is so much more than just a food drive. For the fourth year, Leadership Anne Arundel (LAA) is hosting its Alumni Food Collection Event on November 18. You can bring food but you can also donate blood with AAMC (so it stays local) and sweaters for #justonesweater. With so much good happening, there’s guaranteed to be some great karma in the air.

10 AM–2 PM on November 18 at Chambers Park – 14 Dorsey Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Last year’s stats:

3,675 pounds of food 🍎
1,152 sweaters 🧶
26 pints of blood 🩸
And $1,100 in cash for the Anne Arundel County Food Bank 💸

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LOCAL BUSINESS

How to impress your family this Thanksgiving

Stop by Sweet Hearts Patisserie’s tasting event this Saturday (11/4) 8 AM–6 PM and place a Thanksgiving order. There’s maple walnut pumpkin pie, bourbon pecan tart, pumpkin cheesecake, and more.
Show up to Thanksgiving dinner with a killer dessert that you “made because you saw it on TikTok.”
Reap the benefits of culinary plagiarism.

Just kidding, Sweet Hearts, we’d never! All baking accolades go to you ❤️

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Brand new section: Scoop’s musical stage spotlight 🔦

Susan Gabriel. Singer, writer, flautist, artist. . . what can’t Susan Gabriel do?! The legendary St. John’s graduate is bringing her songs and satire to The Live Arts Studio at Westfield Annapolis this Saturday (11/4) at 7:30 PM. Get tickets.

Fun fact: Flautist may seem like a typo but it’s actually the correct word for a flute player.

Two words: Polish. Tango. Did you know that was a thing? Bandonegro is a world-class orchestra that specializes in traditional tango – and it’s supposed to be awesome. On November 7, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland is bringing the orchestra to St. John’s College. It’s free, so show up early to secure your spot. Learn more.

Theatre Talk Tuesday 🎭

Music: When You Wish Upon a Star plays a jazzed-up tribute to your favorite Disney tunes. Saturday and Sunday (11/5-6) at Maryland Hall. Tickets.

Theater: The Colonial Players of Annapolis present Wit, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a brilliant English professor. Through 11/11. Tickets.

More Theater: Local playwright Bill Douglas premieres his musical Mids and Johnnies at St. Mary’s School Annapolis. November 16 through 19. Tickets.

Art: Annika Marthinuss works in acrylic, oil, and textiles. Her solo show at Maryland Hall, Interoception opens with a reception at 5:30 PM this Thursday (11/2) at Openshaw Gallery.

Symphony: Annapolis Symphony Orchestra presents Masterworks II: A Taste of Spain with works by Ravel, Revueltas, and Rodrigo. This Friday (11/3) and Saturday (11/4) at Maryland Hall. Tickets.

The circus is coming 🎪

The Portugal family has been entertaining audiences for 5 generations. Juggling, trapeze, aerial tricks. . . you name it. The next place their big top lands: Westfield Annapolis. Catch the show Cirque November 10 through 19. 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

City Dock Park preview

Artists rendering of the new City Dock park

City Dock floods a lot. (Shoutout to the Scoop reader whose Halloween costume was “flooded City Dock” this weekend). Since 2019, 100 residents and stakeholders have been dreaming about how to reimagine City Dock to protect Annapolis from rising sea levels and flooding. Now, that group is ready to introduce a plan for the new City Dock Park.

This Wednesday (11/1) at 5:30 PM, you can hear directly from Mayor Buckley and others about the project. RSVP here since seating is limited. Annapolis Waterfront Hotel, 80 Compromise Street Annapolis, MD 21401.

Board of Education meeting

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

Update on Blueprint for Maryland’s Future
New AP and theater courses
New Village Academy public charter school
See full agenda

The meeting is at noon Wednesday (11/1) in the Board Room at the Parham Building. The public is welcome to attend. Click here to watch online or submit testimony. 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Anne Arundel’s all in on electric

In 2020, Anne Arundel County pledged to convert all 1,600 of its vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) over the next 17 years. By 2032, all non-emergency light and medium-duty vehicles purchased must be all-electric models, and by 2037, all light and medium-duty emergency vehicles purchased must be all-electric models.

Opportunity: The 2024 budget includes $7.5 million for new EV infrastructure. Yesterday, the county released a request for proposals for a company to install EV charging stations at its facilities. This is a quick bid process (winner selected second week of January) so if you have experience in this field, hop to it. Bids are due December 11.

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EXTRA SPRINKLES

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WEATHER

Tuesday

51 🌡️ 41 | ⛅ | 3% | 💨 NNE 9 mph (8 knots)

Wednesday

51 🌡️ 36 | ⛅ | 5% | 💨 NW 15 mph (6 knots)

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Tuesday

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
Copper Creek Pub & Ale House | Jazz Jam | 8–10 PM

Wednesday

NAVY SPORTS

Upcoming games & matches

Men's Golf
10/31 @ Veterans Intercollegiate | 9 AM

Men's Soccer (6-7-4)
11/1 vs. Lafayette | 7 PM

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