🌱 Patch AM: 2 Major Retailers To Shutter Maryland Locations

Good morning Severna Park! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Severna Park GameStop among eight Maryland stores set to close
• What Severna Park could lose if golf balls give way to townhomes

Also on today's calendar: Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Severna Park and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Rain, becoming heavy at times, with a high of 47 and low of 41 degrees.
• Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 47, low: 30.
• Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2 Major Retailers To Shutter Maryland Locations (patch.com) — Severna Park shoppers will soon lose their local GameStop at Severna Park Marketplace as the chain closes eight Maryland stores amid a nationwide downsizing. The article also details Macy’s plans to shut its Glen Burnie location and explains how both retailers are restructuring their brick-and-mortar footprints in response to changing shopping habits.
   

• With townhomes on the way, a community remembers Severna Park Golf Center (thebanner.com) — Plans to replace Severna Park Golf Center with more than 130 townhomes have many local residents worried about traffic, school crowding, and the loss of a longtime community hangout. Neighbors, Severna Park High golfers, and families who learned the game there are sharing memories of the driving range, par-3 course, and mini-golf as the nearly 18-acre site moves toward sale and development.
   

📸 Around Severna Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Severna Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 31

• Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Severna Park
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday January 12

• Successful Women in Business Happy New Year Breakfast
  The Sheridan at Severna Park , 134 Ritchie Hwy , Pasadena
  8:30 am

Tuesday January 13

• Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration - Club Pilates Severna Park
  Club Pilates Severna Park 454 B Ritchie Highway Severna Park, MD 21146
  2:30 pm

Friday January 16

• Severna Park Community Blood Drive - Give the gift of life!
  553 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard Severna Park 21146 (near Garry's Grill)
  8:00 am

Wednesday January 21

• American Heritage Girls Fundraiser
  Brian Boru Restaurant and Pub , 489 Ritchie Hwy , Severna Park
  12:00 pm
• Chamber Monthly Mingle at The Social
  The Social , 139 Ritchie Hwy , Severna Park
  4:00 pm

📣 Severna Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 10

• Classical Pilates Mat (Hybrid)
  A Pilates Place , 1321 Generals Hwy , Crownsville
  9:00 am
• Paws to Read
  Linthicum Library - Anne Arundel County Public Library , 400 Shipley Rd , Linthicum Heights
  10:00 am
• Family Storytime: Music and Movement
  Odenton Library - Anne Arundel County Public Library , 1325 Annapolis Rd , Odenton
  10:15 am
• Family Storytime
  Discoveries: The Library at the Mall - Anne Arundel County Public Library , 2550 Annapolis Mall Rd , Annapolis
  10:30 am
• In-Person Free coding Workshop for Kids at Annapolis, MD (7-14)
  Courtyard by Marriott Annapolis , 2559 Riva Rd , Annapolis
  11:00 am
• Dear Sis ...The Ultimate Vision Board Party in Baltimore! BRUNCH EDITION
  Ruth's Chris Steak House , 1110 Town Center Blvd , Odenton
  12:00 pm
• Lafayette College Leopards at Navy Midshipmen Mens Basketball
  Alumni Hall , 675 Decatur Rd , Naval Academy
  1:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Severna Park PatchAM possible:

• Crimson Business Consulting, LLC — (443) 437-1209
  Building Baltimore’s Future, One Business at a Time.
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• MacGillis Global Academy — (240) 599-8968
  Accredited Online School: Full/Part-time & Homework Support

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Managers! in Severna Park. Apply here.
• InstaSwim LLC posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Severna Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gambrills

• Coffee Shop, Theater Close + Restaurant Week Specials + $520M BWI Upgrades: MD Business News (patch.com)

Pasadena

• Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle at Pasadena Intersection, Hospitalized (thelegaladvocate.com)

Glen Burnie

Ok Severna Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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