Good News! Mechanic Wins $1M, Fallen Deputies Remembered, Ravens Fans Cheer Phelps

From how to help the Silver Spring apartment fire victims and the opening of the Montgomery County Fair to gold medals galore for Maryland swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, we've rounded up some good news stories from Maryland’s Patch sites this week.

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Here are this week's good news headlines:

• Bethesda Site of Modern Market Restaurant Now Open
• $1 Million Win for Mechanic Who Spent $50 on Scratch-Offs
• Katie Ledecky Finishes Olympic Run by Smashing World Record in 800-Meter Freestyle
• Bethesda Powerball Winner Cashes $1M Ticket
• Fallen Deputies Remembered: Memorial Bench Dedicated to Harford Heroes
• Michael Phelps Makes Olympic History
• How to Help Victims of Maryland Apartment Fire
• Montgomery County Fair 2016 Opens Aug. 12: Tickets, Free and Grandstand Shows
• Bethesda Restaurant Week Under Way Through Aug. 21
• Anne Arundel County Awards More than $18 Million in Local Impact Grants
• Annapolis Firefighters 'Fill the Boot' for Muscular Dystrophy
• The Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation Appoints New Board Members

»Photo of Bethesda $1 million winner courtesy of Powerball