🍦Yacht Club to buy Annapolis City Marina

Good morning, Annapolis. Did you know horsepower was a marketing unit created in the late 18th century to sell steam engines? It measured how many horses one steam engine could replace. Funny enough, James Watt (for whom the standard unit of power is named) is the one who invented it.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

Let’s get to it.

— Ryan Sneddon

P.S. Happy birthday, David Waghelstein!

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P.S. Annapolis Mall is also hiring a part-time Social Media Coordinator. Check out the opening here.

Royal Farms’ plans for the old Annapolis Seafood Market site are up for a public hearing before the Planning Commission Thursday night. But this isn’t your average gas station. (Dear RoFo superfans, please don’t hate us for calling it an “average gas station.”)

Thursday isn’t the first time the plans have come before the commission but it is the first public hearing. AKA this is your chance to speak up for or against the project.

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Old Stein Inn’s suckling pig has already been picked clean. But all other Oktoberfest fun is still ahead of you.

🇩🇪 Old Stein Inn in Edgewater launches its Oktoberfest menu tomorrow then turns the biergarten over to German bands on Sundays from 2 to 5 PM – Heidi Und The Heimat Echo on September 20, Elena on the accordion September 27, and The Polka Terps October 4. Resy takes parties of six or fewer; bigger groups call 410-798-6807.

🍺 Garten in Severna Park kicks off Saturday at 11 AM with a live polka band, food and drink specials, and its annual stein holding competition. The Oktoberfest menu runs through October 4, and the kids get their own day on September 26 with alpine horn demos and a free root beer stein hold.

🥨 West Annapolis Oktoberfest is still the big one: Sunday, September 27 from 11 AM to 4 PM on Annapolis Street with RAR Brewing and Chessie’s Wharf pouring and local restaurants and food trucks cooking. Admission is 100% free. Steins of beer are not.

🎸 Mother’s Peninsula Grille in Arnold bats last on October 10 at 11 AM with German specials, another stein holding competition, and live music from Lower Case Blues and Higher Education. Tickets in advance or pay the cover at the door.

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Now playing. . .

🎂 Summer Garden presents Where The Stage Meets The Stars, closing Sunday – three shows left of the 60th-anniversary cabaret, Friday through Sunday at 8 PM at 143 Compromise Street. Twenty-one performers sing and dance through six decades of Theatre Under The Stars.

🎷 Classic Theatre presents September Cabaret, tonight at 7:30 PM – the last of two nights at cafe tables on West Street, $84.75–$98.75 with fees.

🥛 The Colonial Players present Our Town, through October 3 – Thornton Wilder in the round at 108 East Street, directed by Richard Wade. Next curtain is Thursday at 8 PM, and tickets are $28 plus a $2 fee.

Up next. . .

🐶 Compass Rose presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown opens Friday at Live Arts Maryland in the Annapolis Mall – Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2 and 7:30, Sundays at 2, through October 4, $15–$55 before fees.

🪇 The Naptown Philharmonic presents ¡Viva la Música!, Saturday at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall – Gershwin, Bernstein, and Márquez for Hispanic Heritage Month, with soprano Colleen Daly, $25 and free for students.

🌹 Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents Ballet in the Garden, Saturday at 5 PM on the Hammond-Harwood House lawn – a preview of the new season with a complimentary glass of wine, call 410-224-5644 for tickets.

🍻 The Annapolis Symphony plays Forward Brewing, Sunday at 6 PM – sold out, but the orchestra’s Fermata hefeweizen is on tap either way.

🔭 Opera AACC presents Computing Venus, September 24–26 at the Kauffman Theater in Arnold – an 85-minute one-act about astronomer Maria Mitchell, from $5.

🗡️ Classic Theatre presents Hamlet, October 1–18 at 1804 West Street – Thursdays through Sundays, $61.75–$98.75 with fees.

🩰 Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents La Sylphide, October 16–18 at Maryland Hall – the company’s first crack at Bournonville’s 1836 ballet, Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday at 7, Sunday at 2, prices through Eventbrite.

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🛥 Annapolis Yacht Club 🤝 Annapolis City Marina – The membership of the Annapolis Yacht Club voted last night to approve the club’s purchase of the Annapolis City Marina. The $10.75 million deal will give AYC control of the fuel dock (which will remain open to the public), about 50 boat slips (which will not be open to the public), and 53 additional full-time parking spots (116 after 5 PM and on weekends). When asked about the marina’s current tenants, club leadership said there’s no policy yet.

P.S. Although the name implies otherwise, Annapolis City Marina is not a public marina owned by the City of Annapolis.

🏫 Concrete Plans – The school board takes public testimony on Superintendent Mark Bedell’s Fiscal Year 2028 capital budget tomorrow at 6:45 PM, then adopts the budget and the six-year construction plan later in the meeting. Sign-ups to speak have closed, but written comment is open until noon today, and the meeting streams on AACPS-TV and YouTube.

🌳 Tree’s Company – Registration opens today for the city’s fall tree giveaway, a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. Annapolis is chasing a 50% tree canopy by 2050 and has been parked in the low 40s for more than a decade. Details.

🍕 Slice of History – Neo Pizza & Taphouse poured its last pint at Annapolis Town Center Monday night, closing after nearly a decade. Annapolis was the chain’s last outpost standing after Towson, Owings Mills, and Columbia locations shut down in recent years. Regulars got one final round of Monday trivia to say goodbye.

🥐 Let’s Get Crackin’ – Y’ollk Bakery finally has an opening date. The French-inspired patisserie at 489 Ritchie Highway in Severna Park announced its grand opening for Saturday at 9 AM. The name is an portmanteau (one of our favorite words) of eggs and the word “y’all” because “this bakery is truly for everyone.” Sure enough, it will feature traditional and French baking techniques alongside Filipino ingredients. Co-owner Marie Cris Garay is from the Philippines.

🧀 Grate Expectations – Lures Bar & Grille in Crownsville runs its fifth annual Grilled Cheese Fest Friday through Sunday, and the whole thing is built on sixes: six craft grilled cheeses, six house-made soups, and six limited Other Half beers. Pick a sandwich, pair it with a soup and a beer, and let somebody else do the dishes.

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75 🌡️ 62 | ☀️ | 0% ☔ | 💨 E 7 mph (6 knots)

79 🌡️ 64 | ☀️ | 0% ☔ | 💨 S 8 mph (7 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 79ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

🌳🎵= Outdoor concert

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
The Admiral’s Cup | Madisun Bailey | 7–10 PM
Brian Boru | Ray Weaver | 6–9 PM
Captain’s Daughter | TBA | 5–7 PM
🌳🎵Chronic Sailing | Danah Denice | 7 PM
Copper Creek | Jazz Jam | 8–10 PM
Middleton Tavern | Mike McHenry | 6–9 PM
Pirates Cove | Kurt Gibbons | 6–9 PM
The Point | Aidan Ewald | 5–8 PM

49 West | Dave Chappell & Friends | 5–7 PM
The Admiral’s Cup | Jim Wockenfuss | 7–10 PM
Brian Boru | Faith & The Faithful | 6–9 PM
Galway Bay | Irish Trad Music Session | 8 PM
Killarney House | Jason Bishop | 6–9 PM
Middleton Tavern | Michael Waskey | 6–9 PM
Pirates Cove | Nate Finn | 6–9 PM
The Point | Jordan Sokel | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | The Robert Cray Band | 8 PM | Tickets
Reynolds Tavern | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 6:30–9:30 PM
Severna Park Taphouse | Open Mic | 7 PM
Stan & Joe’s Saloon | Rachel & The Rescuers | 9 PM

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