Naptown Scoop | February 17, 2021

<span class="mcnPreviewText" style="display:none; font-size:0px; line-height:0px; max-height:0px; max-width:0px; opacity:0; overflow:hidden; visibility:hidden; mso-hide:all;">State stimulus checks, double double-double, and a seat on the bus...</span>    <div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: none;direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 20px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;">  <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:12px;line-height:1;text-align:center;color:#656565;">February 17, 2021 | <a href="https://pages.viral-loops.com/naptownscoop?referralCode=&lt;&lt;Referral Code>>&refSource=copy" style="border: none;border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Sign Up</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-spacing: 0px;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 500px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <img src="https://mcusercontent.com/a66c9fbc2502a46fb1029a2ff/images/e8f31ef8-7791-4345-aa1e-f6c60826bfa1.png" style="border: 0;display: block;outline: none;text-decoration: none;height: auto;width: 100%;font-size: 13px;max-width: 550px;line-height: 100%;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="500" alt="e8f31ef8-7791-4345-aa1e-f6c60826bfa1.png"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-spacing: 0px;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"><strong>Good Morning</strong> Annapolis. Best of luck to all Scoop readers beginning a Lenten sacrifice today. Speaking of such things... How are those New Year's Resolutions holding up? We've got a reminder set for March 15 to follow up with everyone who shared with us in January.<br> <br> In Today's Naptown Scoop:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>MD Volunteer of the Year</li> <li>AACPS budget</li> <li>State stimulus checks</li> </ul> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Let's get to it.<br> <br> – Ryan Sneddon</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;">  <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">Coronavirus</h1> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <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: 372,221</li> <li>24 hour change: +516</li> <li>Positivity rate: 4.23%</li> <li>Deaths: 7,430</li> <li>24 hour change: +30</li> <li>Hospitalized: 1,110 (293 ICU)</li> <li>First dose vaccinated: 10.84%</li> <li>Second dose vaccinated: 4.20%</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <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: 34,645</li> <li>24 hour change: +43</li> <li>Positivity rate: 5.62%</li> <li>Deaths: 497</li> <li>24 hour change: +3</li> <li>Hospitalized: 87 (14 ICU)</li> <li>First dose vaccinated: 10.07%</li> <li>Second dose vaccinated: 4.29%</li> </ul> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Sources: <a href="https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Coronavirus MD</a>, <a href="https://aahealth.org/covid19data/" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Coronavirus AAC</a></p>   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Where's <strike>Waldo</strike> my stimulus check?</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Governor Hogan <a href="https://governor.maryland.gov/2021/02/15/governor-hogan-enacts-bipartisan-relief-act-of-2021/?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">signed</a> the RELIEF Act into Law on Monday. What does this mean for you? Here's a <a href="https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RELIEF-Act-One-Pager-.pdf?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">full rundown</a> but for about 425,000 Marylanders it means direct stimulus payments of $300 or $500. Are you eligible? <a href="https://interactive.marylandtaxes.gov/Relief?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Check your status</a>. Processing started yesterday and according to <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MDCOMP-2c0573f?wgt_ref=MDCOMP_WIDGET_C7&utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Comptroller Peter Franchot</a>, will be 98% done by Friday.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_3" align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;" mchideable="hideable_3"><div style="font-size:20px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Not for profit news</h2> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-spacing: 0px;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_4" mchideable="hideable_4" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <img src="https://mcusercontent.com/a66c9fbc2502a46fb1029a2ff/images/f4a89a94-fb76-4293-b2f2-7edf02e6cdff.jpg" alt="capital gazette acquisition meme" border="0" style="margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;display: block;outline: none;text-decoration: none;font-size: 13px;max-width: 550px;height: auto;line-height: 100%;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_5" align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;" mchideable="hideable_5"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"><span style="color:#656565; font-size:14px"><em style="line-height: 1.5;">Naptown Scoop image</em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 5px;display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;">A few hours after the closing bell yesterday, Tribune Publishing announced that it plans to accept Alden Global Capital's $630 million bid to take <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2021/2/16/22286555/tribune-publishing-sells-to-alden-global-capital?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">full control</a> of the company. Currently, Alden owns 32% of Tribune. The deal isn't final yet. To close, Alden needs approval from at least two-thirds of the remaining shares.<br> <br> Why is this important to Annapolis? Because Tribune Publishing owns Baltimore Sun Media, which owns the Capital Gazette. But Baltimore Sun Media won't be part of the deal. If all goes <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/business/ac-cn-capital-tribune-nonprofit-20210217-sca4q6pqa5ad5lwuip5dw3mlw4-story.html?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">according to plan</a>, a nonprofit called Sunlight for All Institute will acquire Baltimore Sun Media.<br> <br> Sunlight for All was formed by Stewart Bainum Jr.—a longtime nursing home/hospitality executive who lives in Maryland. From 1979 to 1987, Bainum Jr. also served in the Maryland General Assembly.</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_6" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;" mchideable="hideable_6"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <h1 style="color: #5182ff;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">#NaptownScoop</h1> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;border-collapse: 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style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXoOYMrcqi/" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/a66c9fbc2502a46fb1029a2ff/images/8304d96d-b79f-4735-a45a-2de4cb1a9311.jpg" alt="naptown food cookbook" border="0" style="margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;display: block;outline: none;text-decoration: none;height: auto;width: 100%;font-size: 13px;max-width: 550px;line-height: 100%;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/danielle.w.press/" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">@danielle.w.press</a><br> <br> Danielle Lundberg (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/naptownfood/" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">@naptownfood</a>) picked up samples of the new cookbook that benefits Feed Anne Arundel yesterday! <a href="https://www.naptownfood.com/orders?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Preorders</a> are still open!<br> <br> <em style="line-height: 1.5;">Use #NaptownScoop to get your post in the Scoop!</em></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 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Currently, Visit Annapolis is exempt from these requirements. County Executive Steuart Pittman and Mayor Gavin Buckley are pushing for state lawmakers to remove this exemption via legislation. The <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ac-cn-visit-annapolis-oversight-2021216-20210215-uoq5hiwpgzefflrol3hhmzkc2y-story.html?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Capital reported</a> that in 2019, 93% of Visit Annapolis' revenue came from its 17% share of the county hotel tax.</p>   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Hillsmere Shores house fire</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">43 firefighters extinguished a <a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/AACoFD-Media-Release-February-16--2021.html?soid=1125350926909&aid=GzuYjBlwaMo&utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">house fire</a> on Lee Drive Monday night. The cause of the fire is unknown but nobody was home at the time. One firefighter did sustain minor burns.</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;">  <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <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;">Romance after Valentine's Day</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">If you want to earn some extra brownie points (or make up for an epic Valentine's Day failure), check out Luna Blu's <a href="https://gotab.io/loc/lunablu/menu/date-night-to-go?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">date night to go</a>. Starting tomorrow you can get a three course meal and 2 bottles of wine—with a personalized tasting video—for only $85.<br>  </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. 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As Deputy Chief, Brandford is second in command. He's filled the role in an interim capacity since Major Paul Herman retired in January.</p>   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">School budget</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">The Board of Education passed a $1.4 billion FY22 budget at 11:48 PM last night with a 7-1 vote. This is an $82 million increase over the FY21 budget. Various amendments during the meeting added $18.4 million to Superintendent Arlotto's originally proposed budget. It will now be sent to the county for review and we'll have a final adoption by June.</p>   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">A seat on the bus</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">House Bill 87—from Annapolis Delegate Dana Jones—passed in the House last week. The bill would change the state's transportation code to ensure the number of people on a school bus doesn't exceed manufacturer set capacities. Though the bill passed 133-2 in the House, it's expected to have challenges in the Senate. The <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ac-cn-school-bus-capacity-20210212-20210215-nfrsf3fpizcynp66mh45jd6fru-story.html?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">opposition says</a> the decision is more suited for a county council or school board.</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;">  <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <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;">What are the flags downtown?</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">To celebrate Black History Month, there are 76 flags around the city. Each represents a country or nation where a significant population of African descendants live. See a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VzK1MrFcH780NJoy4U6FqQPPJs96kGbw/view?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">list of the flags</a> and try to find each one yourself!</p>   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">Insert peanut pun here</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">We tried so hard to think of a good pun for this story but everything we thought up was just super dry roasted. The Planters NUTmobile is in town until Sunday and thanks to a tip from WRNR's Bobby Cardoni, you can <a href="https://khcmobiletour.com/nutmobile/request?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">request a drive-by</a> with Mr. Peanut and the Peanutters. If you don't score a drive-by, the NUTmobile will be parked at the Graduate Hotel when not out on the town.</p>   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 5px;font-size: 1.2em;line-height: 1.5;">An evening with Gavin</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Mayor Buckley will join NAACP Youth & College Division President Mo Lloyd for a Q&A tonight from 7 to 8 PM. They'll be focusing on the needs of youth during and after the pandemic. Tune in on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Gavin4Annapolis" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Facebook Live</a>.<br>  </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> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;">  <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;padding: 0px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_12" align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;" mchideable="hideable_12"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <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;">Volunteer of the year</h2> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">One of Maryland's two youth volunteers of the year lives right here in Severna Park. We'd like to send a huge thank you and congratulations to <a href="https://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2021/02/severna-park-middle-school-student-named-top-youth-volunteer-of-2021/?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Lily McCallister</a> for her efforts to grow 25 cages worth of oysters to be released into the Chesapeake Bay! 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Be careful if you have to go out and check social media pages/websites before you go for closures and cancellations.</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;">  <div class="mj-column-per-100 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1.5;">Live Music Lowdown</h1> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Rams Head On Stage</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/18 | Pressing Strings | 7:30 PM | Sold out</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Mother's Peninsula Grille</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/18 | Aaron Hawkins | 6:30 PM</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Brian Boru Irish Pub</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/17 | Larry Lay | 5:30–8:30 PM</li> <li>2/18 | Sean Suttell | 6:30–9:30 PM</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Killarney House</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/18 | Kurt Gibbons | 6–9 PM</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_15" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 5px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;" mchideable="hideable_15"> <p style="border-top: solid 1px;font-size: 1px;margin: 0px auto;width: 95%;display: block;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;"></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>   <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction: ltr;font-size: 0px;padding: 20px 0;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 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1.5em;line-height: 1.5;">Sports</h1> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td mc:hideable="hideable_16" align="left" style="font-size: 0px;padding: 10px 25px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 20px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;" mchideable="hideable_16"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Washington Capitals (7–4–3)</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/16 @ Pittsburgh Penguins <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>W 3–1</li> </ul> </li> <li>2/18 vs. Buffalo Sabres | 7 PM</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Washington Wizards (8–17)</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/15 vs. Houston Rockets <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>W 131–119</li> </ul> </li> <li>2/17 vs. Denver Nuggets | 8 PM</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Navy women's basketball (4–6)</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/17 vs. Lafayette Leopards | 6 PM</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">UMD women's basketball (14–2)</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/17 vs. Illinois Fighting Illini | 1 PM</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">UMD men's basketball (12–10)</h3> <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>2/16 vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers <ul style="line-height: 1.5;"> <li>W 64–50</li> </ul> </li> <li>2/17 vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers | 7 PM</li> </ul>   <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0;font-size: 1em line-height:1.5;">Player of the week</h3> <p style="display: block;margin: 13px 0;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0;">Navy women's basketballer <a href="https://navysports.com/news/2021/2/16/womens-basketball-jennifer-coleman-named-patriot-league-player-of-the-week.aspx?utm_source=NaptownScoop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.17.2021" target="_blank" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #5182ff;text-decoration: none;color: inherit;">Jennifer Coleman</a> is the Patriot League's Player of the Week after two great games last weekend. 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