Daily News Brief | August 23, 2023

<p>Give us about fifteen minutes a day, and we will give you all the local news, sports, weather, and events you can handle.  </p> <p><strong>SPONSORS: </strong>Many thanks to our sponsors... <a href="https://bit.ly/AnpSubaru">Annapolis Subaru</a>, the <a href="https://bit.ly/SPCAAAC1">SPCA of Anne Arundel County</a>,  <a href="https://bit.ly/SolarSaves1">Solar Energy Services</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/AlphaEng">Alpha Engineering</a>, and the <a href= "https://bit.ly/HospiceChes2021">Hospice of the Chesapeake.</a></p> <p>Today...</p> <p>Annapolis CVS was robbed at gunpoint and employees pistol-whipped. Our 911 system went down for a bit yesterday. The Anne Arundel County Public Schools has a mysterious line item in their expenses--$694 million for Electronic Funds Transfer Program--the Local News Network from UMD dug that up. The Assistance League is helping to get students in school uniforms. Gone are applications and essays for St. John's College--now you discuss your way into the college. Liquified Creative's Shawn Noratel was named an influential Marylander by The Daily Record. We have pod news about the weekend and three bonus pods that recently dropped!</p> <p>DAILY NEWS RECAP LINK: https://forms.aweber.com/form/87/493412887.htm</p> <p>Back with her weekly Annapolis After Dark is <a href= "https://beeprbuzz.com">BeeprBuzz</a>. She'll keep you up to speed on all of the fantastic live music we have in the area!</p> <p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> And as usual, George from</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/DCMD2022">DCMDVA Weather</a> is<span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> here with your local weather forecast! Please </span><a href= "http://m.appbuild.io/dmvweath">download</a> <a href= "http://m.appbuild.io/dmvweath">their APP</a> <span style= "font-family: -apple-system,