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<p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"><strong>Good Morning</strong> Annapolis and happy National Cookie Day. What's your favorite Christmas cookie? (Go ahead, you can actually reply) No question for me. It's my sister's butter cookies.<br>
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In Today's Naptown Scoop:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>How to close the gap</li> <li>Outdoor artisan market</li> <li>Where to eat outside this winter</li>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Maryland</h2> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Cases: 205,399</li> <li>Cases since last email: 4,264</li> <li>Positivity rate: 7.68%</li> <li>Deaths: 4,606</li> <li>Deaths since last email: 90</li> <li>Hospitalized: 1,573 (364 ICU)</li>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Anne Arundel</h2> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Cases: 17,318</li> <li>Cases since last email: 399</li> <li>Positivity rate: 6.32%</li> <li>Deaths: 288</li> <li>Deaths since last email: 3</li> <li>Hospitalized: 117 (28 ICU)</li>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Yo first responders</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Get you some <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/navigating-through-covid-19/?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">free coffee</a> at Starbucks now until the end of the year. Merry <strike>caffeine</strike> Christmas and thanks for all you do!<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Fire up your Excel</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">State auditors are gearing up to audit the Hogan administration's COVID spending.</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Items of interest include the South Korean-made tests as well as masks and ventilators procured from a <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/bs-md-pol-dls-audit-south-korean-coronavirus-tests-blue-flame-20201203-52vy3vxaeff4tmrqljfzy6itiy-story.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">politically inclined supplier</a>.</li>
</ul> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The special report is expected after April.</p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Winter is coming. Here's where to eat.</h2>
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</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size: 16px;margin-top: 5px;display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;">Warm weather has come and gone and we're still living with the virus-that-shall-not-be-named. So how do we eat outside now that we can see our breath?<br>
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Our local restaurants have adapted because they're tough as nails. Some have gotten super creative—looking at you Reynolds Tavern.<br>
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Check out the <a href="https://www.naptownscoop.com/journal/heated-outdoor-dining" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Naptown Scoop guide</a> of restaurants with heated outdoor dining options! And check back often. I'm sure it will be updated.<br>
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Thanks to Naptown Scoop reader Martha M for suggesting this list!</p>
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<h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">10,000</h1> <p align="left" style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Pounds of pumpkins (say that five times fast) dropped off at Truxtun Park for Annapolis Green's fall composting event. The great big pile of gourds is now "cooking" at a secret location in Northern MD. In about two months, it will be delicious fertilizer for your garden. And you can <a href="https://annapolisgreen.com/shopping/?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">order some</a> right now.</p>
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<h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">Quick Hits</h1> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">How to close the gap</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">AACPS and Steuart Pittman Zoomed in with the Joint Initiative to Eliminate the Opportunity Gap on Monday. The problem? Performance differences between black and white students. How do we fix it? The committee has four ideas:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Equity analyses of all BOE proposed policies and decisions</li> <li>Coalition of stakeholders for ongoing oversight</li> <li>Engage government agencies and community partners</li> <li>Publicly report progress towards goals</li>
</ul> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Board president Corkadel says they will <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/education/ac-cn-closing-opportunity-gap-anne-arundel-1202-20201202-qtkmruohijdw5g7yl6dpcxwadq-story.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">work with Superintendent Arlotto</a> on how to move forward.<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Remembering fallen journalists</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The Senate approved the <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ac-cn-fallen-journalists-memorial-20201203-20201203-mdyxgflainh55mtye7f6rjywra-story.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Fallen Journalists Memorial Act</a> on Tuesday. Even though he likes to refer to journalists as the "enemy of the people", President Trump is expected to sign it. Once he does, a foundation will <a href="https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/npcji?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">begin fundraising</a> and scouting a memorial location.<br>
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Why this matters to Annapolis is no secret. In 2018, the <em style="line-height: 1.5;">Capital</em> newsroom was the scene of the deadliest attack on journalists in American history. Five people lost their lives that day:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Gerald Fischman</li> <li>John McNamara</li> <li>Wendi Winters</li> <li>Rebecca Smith</li> <li>Rob Hiaasen</li>
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<h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">Local Business</h1> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Last day for restaurant aid</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Today is the last day to <a href="https://rfsg.aaedc.org/?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">apply for up to $10,000</a> in COVID relief for your restaurant (or food truck).</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;"><br>
First Sunday!</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Shop over 50 local artisans on West Street this Sunday from 11 to 4 PM. If you like handmade jewelry, wheel-thrown pottery, forged metal art, and all sorts of other artisan goods, this is the event for you. Park for free all day at the Gotts Court or Calvert Street garages and BYOHS<em style="line-height: 1.5;"> (bring your own hand sanitizer)</em>. If you prefer clicks to tents, <a href="https://www.firstsundayarts.com/virtualfestival?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">shop over 200 artisans online</a>!<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">MedStar buys Righttime</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">MedStar Health announced the <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/business/bs-hs-medstar-expands-urgent-care-network-20201201-inku5mb74be35llj7k2ej6ecee-story.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">acquisition of Righttime Medical Care</a> this week. The acquisition leapfrogs their number of urgent care centers from 14 to 33. Righttime was founded in Annapolis in 1989 and still keeps a location near the Sam's Club. Details of the deal weren't disclosed, but I imagine it wasn't anywhere near the <a href="https://www.axios.com/salesforce-will-buy-slack-for-28-billion-bcc4d220-9e12-4184-9c57-c30876dd988e.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">$27.7 billion</a> Salesforce coughed up for Slack this week.</p>
<em style="font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.5;">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.</em></div>
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<h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">Civil News</h1> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">It’s official</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Just when you thought you had escaped all election-related news, another race is about to begin. Last night Mayor Buckley <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/elections/ac-cn-gavin-buckley-reelection-20201203-20201204-xfkw7uc6vnar3fvi54fsuhawwa-story.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">formally announced</a> his intentions to run again in 2021. Buckley—who will run as a Democrat—also revealed his campaign slogan: Dream Work Deliver.<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Severna Park man arrested for child porn</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">County police arrested <a href="https://www.reportannapolis.com/2020/12/police-arrests-severna-park-man-on.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">William Ramsey Derry</a> on Tuesday. Charges include 10 counts of possession of child pornography and 9 counts of distribution. Police had been investigating Derry for about a year after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Parks money</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">MD Board of Public Works approved $5.7 million in funding for two Anne Arundel County Parks. $1 million will go towards improvements at Beverly Triton Nature Park:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Parking lot improvements</li> <li>Fishing pier</li> <li>Children's area</li> <li><a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/environment/ac-cn-bpw-anne-arundel-parks-20201202-faacxqjdufcudb65xibrilyyfy-story.html?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">And more</a></li>
</ul> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The other $4.7 million is the final piece of the funding puzzle for Quiet Waters Retreat—the recent addition to Quiet Waters Park.<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">School board oaths</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Anne Arundel County's three new school board members begin their four-year terms on Monday:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>Robert Silkworth - District 2</li> <li>Corine Frank - District 3</li> <li>Joanna Bache Tobin - District 6</li>
</ul> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The swearing-in ceremonies are not open to public attendance but can be streamed starting at 1 PM on AACPS-TV or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSUzdLr48I6r69fxFdK_tw" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">AACPS YouTube</a>.<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Leader of the liaison</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The City of Annapolis hired <a href="https://www.annapolis.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1140&utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Katy Edwards</a> to established a L.E.A.D. program. These programs are designed to hand off social service intervention situations from law enforcement. L.E.A.D. stands for either Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion or Let Everyone Advance with Dignity.</p>
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<h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">What's Happenin'</h1> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Plan ahead for the Polar Express</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"><a href="https://secure.rec1.com/MD/annapolis-md/catalog?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Get your spot</a> early for the December 19 drive-in showing of the Polar Express at Truxtun Park. Spaces are limited! All children will get a popcorn bag and special holiday gift. <em style="line-height: 1.5;">NOTE: click "Special Events" to see the movie.</em></p>
<em style="font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.5;">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.</em></div>
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<h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">Extra Sprinkles</h1> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Search with Sue</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">In the last 18 months, I've moved four times. Moving is dreadful. What could have made it easier? Hiring a real estate agent who also happens to be a Certified Moving Consultant. If you need to move, call <a href="https://www.longandfoster.com/SueWeberWehnert?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Sue Weber-Wehnert</a>.*<br>
</p> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Hey you, wanna buy the Academy dome?</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">No this isn't a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">George Parker</a> sell-the-Brooklyn-Bridge situation. Since we're getting shiny new copper up top, the Academy is <a href="https://usnachapeldome.com/pages/shop?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">selling keepsakes</a> made with the old copper. It was up there for almost 90 years!</p>
<em style="font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.5;">*indicates sponsored advertising content.</em></div>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Drop (the call) and give me 20!</h3> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">AACPS winter sports will <a href="http://aacpsschools.org/pressr/?p=6247&utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">start virtually</a> on Monday. If COVID conditions improve, in-person activities may resume. The season is slated to end on February 13—which is also my birthday!<br>
</p> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Westbrook to the Wizards</h3> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The Wizards <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30439266/sources-houston-rockets-washington-wizards-agree-russell-westbrook-john-wall-deal?utm_source=Naptown%20Scoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.4.2020" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">traded John Wall</a> and a lottery-protected 2023 first round pick to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. In return? All-star point guard Russell Westbrook.</p>
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