Good News: Family Friendly City, Astronaut Chat, MD Trump Visit

Good news stories in the past week include the wheelchair division winner and a 76-year-old Boston Marathon top finisher are from Maryland, plus President Trump was announced as the speaker at this year's US Naval Academy graduation and it's a free weekend in national parks. Other news includes the most influential woman from Maryland according to Business.org, the state's tolls are changing, local students chat with astronauts in space, and more in our roundup of good news stories from Maryland's Patch sites this week.

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Here are this week's good news headlines:

• Visit National Parks For Free In Maryland This Weekend
• Here Is How Baltimore Ranks On Family-Friendly City List
• 70 Influential Women: In Maryland It's Stock Market CEO
• Tatyana McFadden Wins Wheelchair Race At Boston Marathon 2018
• 2 Prime-Time Slots In Baltimore Ravens 2018 Schedule
• President Trump To Speak At Naval Academy Graduation
• No More Cash: Maryland Tolls Changing To Electronic Only
• As ‘House Of Cards’ Nears End, Maryland Tries To Hold Onto Film
• Annapolis Runner, 76, Finishes Fourth In Division At Boston Marathon
• Anne Arundel Students Chat With Astronauts On Space Station
• The Can Company Readies for Exterior Refresh
• Animal Shelter To Offer Low-Cost Rabies Shots, Microchips
• HoCo General's Stroke Program Gets Recertified
• Owings Mills Branch Presents First Human Library
• Story Trail Opening At Banneker Historical Park
• Nando's Peri-Peri Opens At Pike & Rose, Raises Money For School
• Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show Is This Weekend
• What $500K Gets You In Today's Maryland Real Estate Market
• Three Edgewater Runners Finish 2018 Boston Marathon

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