🍦Is your neighbor a black market baker?

Good morning, Annapolis. Someone told me so many hotel rooms have glass bathroom walls and no doors these days to discourage room sharing (and therefore make more money) and now I’m mad. But not as mad as Sadie Lowell. She built an entire website (bringbackdoors.com) dedicated to hotel bathroom doors.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

Let’s get to it.

— Ryan Sneddon

Laser season is approaching, and HALO is one of the most talked-about laser treatments for skin rejuvenation. But not all HALO technology is the same. If you’re investing in your skin, it’s worth knowing which HALO you’re getting and who is performing your treatment.

At Current Dermatology & Cosmetic Center, we offer HALO TRIBRID, the most advanced HALO technology. While traditional HALO combines two wavelengths, TRIBRID adds a third, giving us more options to treat different depths and concerns in the same treatment.

This added flexibility allows us to more precisely target sun damage, brown spots, fine lines, texture, and signs of aging, with less discomfort and downtime.

The technology is only part of the equation. At Current Dermatology, every HALO TRIBRID treatment is planned and performed by a board-certified dermatologist with expertise in skin biology, laser safety, and selecting the right settings for your skin and your goals.

There’s a reason Current Dermatology has been voted Best Laser Skin Treatment by What’s Up? Annapolis for three years in a row.

If you’re considering HALO this laser season, make sure you’re getting the best. At Current Dermatology, you get the most advanced HALO technology backed by dermatologic expertise. Visit www.currentderm.com or call (410) 384-3045 to schedule your treatment.

Tonight’s your chance to tell City Council whether your neighbor should be allowed to sell cookies out of her kitchen. (Steaming hot take: She should).

The council meets at 7 PM at City Hall (160 Duke of Gloucester Street), and O-15-26 is the only item with a public hearing. It would add “cottage food business” to the zoning code and let one operate out of a home as a home occupation. Maryland legalized cottage food in 2012 but the city never updated its code. So technically every home baker selling inside the city limits is a black market baker right now.

🚗 Then your driveway. O-17-26 comes back for a second reader, which is the final vote. It would let you and your guests park on the street in front of your own driveway, but only where parking is already allowed on both sides. Four amendments are attached to it, and the Transportation Committee postponed the bill two weeks ago, so this one could still go sideways.

Also up: final votes on short-term rental fines; two-year union contracts for city employees, firefighters, and police; a task force to steer the Main Street program; and a fee waiver for the Military Bowl parade in December. First readers include new outdoor dining rules and a bill that would let city crews into your house to check your water line, with notice.

Dick Franyo’s also getting a citation for the Boatyard Bar & Grill’s 25th anniversary at the top of the night! Watch on YouTube, Comcast 99, or Verizon 34, and read the full agenda here.

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Fill-in QB Jackson Gutierrez ran for 134 yards, threw 104, and scored a TD in his first career start. But turnovers sank Navy on Friday.

The Mids led 20–17 entering the fourth quarter in Birmingham. But 4 minutes in, Gutierrez got sacked and fumbled, giving UAB the ball at midfield. Next play? 48-yard TD. UAB leads 24–20. No worries, right? Plenty of time to catch up. Not so. . .

Navy moved down the field and managed the clock until junior slot back Michael Barrow fumbled on UAB’s 44. The Blazers didn’t score again, but they didn’t need to. They ran down the clock and punted to Navy’s 9-yard line. The Mids never passed midfield again.

Many other things went Navy’s way, though. They outgained UAB 353–290, picked up 24 first downs to 15, and dominated time of possession. And hey, nobody’s writing articles like “How much it would cost to fire Navy coach Brian Newberry right now?” Looking at you, Michael Locksley.

Navy’s next challenge is Air Force (2–1) in Colorado this weekend. It seems like starting QB Braxton Woodson will be ready for action.

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🎈 = family-friendly events

🎶 Michael Franti Trio – The Heartstrings & Dynamite tour hits Rams Head On Stage with the Wheeland Brothers. 8 PM.

☕ Café Diem: The Annapolis Coffee Crawl – A self-guided crawl through local cafes with lattes, espresso martinis, and prizes for drinking your way around town. Runs through Sunday, October 4.

🖋️ WRITING IN DINERS staged reading – A new comedy by local playwright Bob Bartlett about two writers who share the same diner booth, with a talk-back afterward. Doors 7 PM, reading 7:30 in Room 308 at Maryland Hall. Registration required.

🎈🍽️ Dinner Under the Stars – Outdoor dining and live music on the first block of West Street.

🎭 Classic Theatre of Maryland presents “HAMLET” – Shakespeare’s big one opens CTM’s season and runs through October 18.

🎭 CP presents Our Town by Thornton Wilder – Closing weekend at Colonial Players, 8 PM Thursday through Saturday. $28, or $23 for seniors, students, and military.

🎈🍺 Food Truck Fridays – Over 12 food trucks at 275 Harry S. Truman Parkway, every Friday evening.

🎻 Annapolis Symphony: Echoes of the Earth – Cellist Julian Schwarz plays Higdon’s Cello Concerto and Ballet Theatre of Maryland dances Falla. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall, with a free lecture at 6:30. Tickets start at $25.

🎤 Margo Price – The Wild Heart Tour stops at Rams Head On Stage with Logan Ledger. 8 PM.

🎈🏳️‍🌈 Annapolis Pride Parade & Festival – The parade steps off at 11 AM Saturday and runs down West Street, then the festival takes over the Bates Athletic Complex until 6 PM with two stages, 150+ vendors, food trucks, a kids' area, and a new sensory tent. Grand marshal and headliner Ryan Cassata plays with D.I.Y. Guy. Stadium parking is $20 in advance and $30 at the gate.

🎈⚓ Galesville Maritime Heritage Festival – Free, all over the Galesville waterfront. Saturday, 11 AM to 5 PM.

🎈🗡️ Maryland Renaissance Festival – October means Harvest Hollow at the 50th season in Crownsville, both days 10 AM to 7 PM. $31 adults, $17 for kids 7 to 15, free under 7.

🎈🎭 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Final weekend for Compass Rose’s Peanuts musical at the Live Arts Studio in the mall.

🎈🚴 Lifeline 100 – The county’s charity ride rolls out of Kinder Farm Park Sunday morning with 100, 65, 30, and 15-mile routes. There’s a free kids' bike rodeo and a 2.6-mile family ride too, 10 AM to noon.

🎈🎨 First Sunday Arts Festival – Over 150 artisans, live music on multiple stages, and local food on West Street and Calvert Street. 11 AM to 5 PM.

🎈🐮 Anne Arundel County Farmers Market – Fresh local produce, meats, dairy, baked goods, coffee, tacos, and crafts, Saturday and Sunday mornings.

🎈🛍️ Naptown Flea – A free flea with 20+ local vintage sellers and small businesses, at MRE Mercantile in Eastport this time. Sunday, 10 AM to 4 PM.

🎈🐑 Sheep Peeping – A guided farm walk with up-close sheep and goats along wooded trails and community gardens at Hollywood Farm. Saturday.

🎈🏃 Together in TEAL Annapolis – A community walk and run supporting the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Sunday morning at the mall.

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🚒 Duct Soup – Annapolis Town Center emptied out Friday morning when smoke poured from the roof at J. Alexander’s. County and city firefighters found that the grill-top suppression system had gone off, and traced the fire to the restaurant’s ductwork. Nobody was hurt.

🏛️ Your Two Cents – Before anybody writes next year’s city budget, Mayor Littmann (and the City Council) want to hear which priorities matter to you. This Thursday, October 1, it’s Wards 1 & 2. The meeting is in the Stadium Room in Akerson Tower at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium from 6:30–8 PM. Advance registration is requested. Any meeting is open to you, but your ward’s is best. Wards 6 & 8 go October 22 in Eastport and Wards 3 & 4 close things out November 12 behind Safeway on Forest Drive.

🦪 Shuck Yeah – The Deale library now has its own oyster shell recycling bin. The first of any library in Maryland btw. Anybody can fill it – restaurants, watermen, marinas, even you after a weekend quart from Wild Country. Once they’re in the bin, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will turn the shells into habitats for new oysters to continue cleaning up our beautiful Bay.

🎀 Crème of the Crop – Crème de la Crème, the French-and-Italian boutique that opened on Francis Street back in May, is finally throwing its official grand opening. Light bites, drinks, and door prizes are on the schedule. Oh, and a first look at the fall stock. Co-owner Tara Wegdam will be on hand as well. Annapolis is her sixth store and second in Maryland. The ribbon cutting is at 3 PM at 8 Francis Street, and the party runs 2:30–5:30 PM on Thursday, October 22.

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70 🌡️ 60 | ⛅ | 6% ☔ | 💨 NW 9 mph (8 knots)

73 🌡️ 61 | ⛅ | 0% ☔ | 💨 NW 6 mph (5 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 69ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

🌳🎵= Outdoor concert

49 West | Rehaash | 7:30–10 PM
The Admiral’s Cup | Kevin Koa | 7–10 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Michael Franti Trio: Heartstrings & Dynamite w/ Wheeland Brothers | 8 PM | Tickets
Rams Head Tavern | Chris Sacks | TBA

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
The Admiral’s Cup | Madisun Bailey | 7–10 PM
Captain’s Daughter | TBA | 5–7 PM
🌳🎵Chronic Sailing | Shawn & Friends | 7 PM
Copper Creek | Jazz Jam | 8–10 PM
The Point | Aidan Ewald | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Los Lonely Boys w/ Lisa Morales | 8 PM | Tickets

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