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Green Drinks: Continuing the Conversation on Wednesday
Join your neighbors, Annapolis Green, and Green Drinks as they Continue the Conversation after the Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit! There is so much to talk about with regard to the legislation environmentalists will pursue during this legislative session. It all happens on Wednesday, January 29th! At the Summit you’ll learn about the legislation and hear from senators […]
Summit School to host 3rd Annual Designer Purse Bingo
The Summit School will host its 3rd Annual Designer Purse Bingo, presented by CovingtonAlsina**, on Friday, February 7th, 2020 at the Annapolis Elks Lodge #622, 2 Pythian Dr., Edgewater, MD. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Summit School. Doors open at 5:30pm, bingo games start at 7pm sharp. Tickets are $30 in advance or […]
Annapolis location of Brio Tuscan Grill to permanently close tomorrow
Tomorrow, January 24, 2020, will the final day for Brio Tuscan Grille in Annapolis. Brio is just the latest of a spate of area restaurants that are closing in the area. Employees were notified yesterday of the closure and we confirmed the closure with local management earlier today. We were told that several of the […]
Miss America 2019 and Londontowne Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Annapolis Green
Annapolis Green, dedicated to keeping our local environment clean and healthy, will be the focus of the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra’s January 25 concert at St. John’s College starting at 7:30pm. Joining the orchestra will be Nia Franklin, Miss America 2019 and a trained soprano, who will perform with the orchestra. The program will begin with […]
Man steals car in Annapolis, returns it later the same day
The Annapolis Police Department is looking for a suspect who stole a vehicle from an Annapolis condo complex in the morning and apparently returned it that same evening. According to police, on January 22, 2019 at 6:00am, a man was speaking with another man he had just met through the window of his rental car […]
January 23, 2020 | Daily News Brief | (ANNAPOLIS PAINTING SCAM, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, MARYLAND IS #2, LIDL UPDATE)
Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle. Today…Twin brothers operating as Nixon Painting have been arrested for stealing from homes where they were hired to work over a period of years. There will be TWO Lidl […]
Grocery Wars: Lidl planning for TWO locations in Annapolis
When word came out that Shoppers Market was closing and the building was sold to Lidl, many asked what is happening with the proposed location on Bay Ridge Road across from the Giant? Now we have an answer. We intend to put new Lidl stores in both locations and expect to have more to share […]
Two powerful films to screen this month at Maryland Hall
Two powerful films are set to screen on January 26th and 31st at Maryland Hall in the Bowen Theatre. These are a part of the Goldstein-Cunitz Center for Film and New Media at Maryland Hall. Nobody Wants Us Sunday, January 26, 7 pm – A film that tells the story of three teenagers and […]
Study shows Maryland ranks #2 in most educated states
With data showing a correlation between higher education levels, higher income and lower unemployment rates, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on 2020’s Most & Least Educated States in America. And Maryland ranked near the top. In order to determine where the most educated Americans live, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 18 […]
Two Annapolis men operating as Nixon Brothers Painting arrested for thefts
The Anne Arundel County Police believe there may be more victims of a theft scheme perpetrated by Jason and Jared Nixon operating as Nixon Brothers Painting. On January 9, 2020 an investigation was initiated into a theft that occurred in the Annapolis area i nDecember 2019. During the course of that investigation, detectives identified and […]
Mayor Buckley releases list of administration’s accomplishments
Mayor Gavin Buckley released a 2018/2019 mid-term Progress Report today, highlighting the accomplishments of City departments and the Mayor’s office during his first two years in office. Some of the items included in the Progress Report: FINANCE: the City improved its debt and liability profile; adopted purchasing regulations; certification of the availability of funds and […]
Mission Escape Rooms raises $7502.70 for Australia relief efforts
Jason Cherry, owner of the three area Mission Escape Rooms could not sit back and watch Australia burn. Scientists at the University of Sydney estimate more than half a billion animals are impacted by the fires and millions have died. So, just as he did when he founded the Siblings of Autism he stepped up. […]
January 22, 2020 | Daily News Brief | (ANNAPOLIS ROBBERIES, MDTA CHANGES PLANS, HOGAN REFUNDS)
Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle. Today…The Annapolis Police are investigating an armed robbery of a local Domino’s Pizza store; and a woman was assaulted in the parking lot of the Safeway. The MDTA is […]
Governor Hogan: $1B in tax relief for retirees
Governor Larry Hogan announced last week a more than $1 billion tax relief proposal to make it more affordable for retirees to stay in Maryland. This legislation, which would lower taxes for more than 230,000 Marylanders, is the biggest tax reduction in Maryland in more than two decades. “People who have been lifelong Marylanders and […]
Blue Ribbon Project and Fence & Deck Connection to pair up with Black Bears on February 29th
Today, the Maryland Black Bears announced Fence and Deck Connection Inc. will be their ‘Official Fence and Deck Sponsor.’ Included in the partnership, the Black Bears will hold a “Fence and Deck Connection Night” on February 29th, 2020, hosting the Blue Ribbon Project. The Blue Ribbon Project is a 100% volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit community organization […]
Woman assaulted and robbed by juvenile while parked at Annapolis Safeway
The Annapolis Police Department is investigating an assault and robbery of a woman who was sitting in her car in the parking lot of the Safeway grocery store on Forest Drive. On Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 12:40pm, a woman was sitting in her parked car in the parking lot of the Safeway grocery store […]
MDTA backs off cashless tolling on weekends citing reduced traffic
The temporary operation of cashless tolling at the Bay Bridge on Thursdays and Fridays – implemented in October 2019 to help minimize traffic backups during the westbound deck rehabilitation project – will end on Friday, January 31. After that date, E-ZPass® and cash will be accepted as forms of payment at the toll plaza at all times. […]
The Black Vote Mural Project to debut at Banneker Douglass Museum on February
On Saturday, February 15, at 3: 00 pm, the Banneker-Douglass Museum will launch a new public exhibit, The Black Vote Mural Project. This year-long exhibit explores the intersection of public art, Black voices, and civil rights with sixteen murals that transform the interior galleries of the museum. Painted by regional artists, these murals interpret the […]
Armed robbery at Hillsmere Domino’s Pizza
The Annapolis Police Department is investigating an early evening armed robbery at a local pizza shop over the long weekend. On Saturday, January 18, 2020 at approximately 7:30pm, a masked male suspect walked into the Domino’s Pizza store in the 100 block of Hillsmere Drive. The suspect walked behind the counter and removed money from […]
January 21, 2020 | Daily News Brief | (ARMED ROBBERIES, SHOTS FIRED, APPRENTICESHIP MARYLAND)
Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle. Today…The Anne Arundel County Police are investigating two armed robberies in Glen Burnie with a similar MO. They also arrested a Pasadena man who fired shots into the ground […]
After ATM surveillance, man robbed at gunpoint
The Anne Arundel County Police are investigating an armed robbery after a Glen Burnie man was surveilled at an ATM. On January 17, 2020 at approximately 9:30 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police officers responded to the 1400 block of Braden Loop for an armed robbery of a citizen. Upon arrival officers learned that the victim […]
Former Lord & Taylor store to become “shopping district” at mall
Westfield Annapolis announced that it has now begun work on the transformation of the property’s long-vacated 110,000-square-foot former Lord & Taylor department store into a new shopping district comprising stylish boutiques, home design stores, and new experience-driven offerings slated to open to the public in 2021. At the center, the project will include a bright […]
