Daily News Brief | March 1, 2023

<p>Give us about fifteen minutes a day, and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local 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="https://bit.ly/HospiceChes2021">Hospice of the Chesapeake</a>,  and <a href= "http://bit.ly/AlphaEng">Alpha Engineering.</a></p> <p>Today...</p> <p>Cherry Blossom predictions are out! County Executive Pittman gave away a million dollars to 41 local non-profits. We spilled the beans on the entertainment at Bands in the Sand this June 10th..and we're pretty happy that CBF asked us to do it again! MGM National Harbor is the top casino in the country outside of Vegas and Baltimore-Washington is the third largest gaming market following Vegas and Atlantic City. Several local firms made Inc. Magazine's list of fastest-growing firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. Of course, we also have some pod news for you as well!</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, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> so you can keep