Good News: Best Places To Live, Best Schools, Hurricane Rescuers

Good news stories in the past week include the best Maryland public elementary schools, a timeline to when Montgomery County learns if it's the home of Amazon's HQ2, a fall foliage map, fall festivals galore, and a new bookstore prototype opens in Columbia. Other news includes a culture fest, Halloween haunts, a schedule of events for Ocean City's Sunfest, National Merit semifinalists, casting for a Harriett Tubman film, UPS is hiring hundreds for the holidays, a $130M expansion at BWI 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:

• Ellicott City No. 4 On Money's 50 Top Places To Live
• 100 Best Public Elementary Schools In Maryland 2019 List
• Barnes & Noble Opening New Store In Columbia
• Bethesda Among Nation's Top 50 Cities: Study
• Westfield Montgomery Lauds Diversity With Culture Fest
• Bel Air Festival For The Arts Draws Crowds To Shamrock Park
• Casting For Harriett Tubman Film Seeks Marylanders
• $130M Southwest Airlines Hangar Means More Growth At BWI
• Don't Miss These Halloween Haunts In Gaithersburg
• Jarrettsville Vet Rescues 'Hurricane Dogs' From North Carolina
• UPS Hiring 380 Seasonal Workers In Montgomery County
• Looney's Gives Perry Hall A Preview Of New Restaurant
• 151 Montgomery County Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
• Here's The Best Pancake Place In Maryland
• Ocean City Sunfest 2018: Events, When To Avoid Bay Bridge Traffic
• Flu Shot: Where To Get Vaccine In Maryland
• Butterfly-Friendly Gardening Tour Coming To Gaithersburg
• HoCo Rescuers Head For Carolinas
• 5 Baltimore County Rescuers Assisting With Florence In Carolinas
• Free Dentistry Day Coming To Rockville Oct. 13
• North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose PIKEtoberfest Returns In October
• Montgomery County Health Announces Flu Vaccination Campaign
• Community-Driven Artspace Project Breaks Ground In Silver Spring
• Annual Young Artist Award Competition Now Taking Applications
• Rocktobierfest Returns With Brews, Brats And Bands
• Maryland Food Bank Gets Lift From MD Department Of Transportation
• Gaithersburg's Kiddie Academy Earns Scholarship, Accreditation
• Chick-fil-A Coming To Rockville's Research Row Next Week
• Free Admission At 42 MD Museums Saturday: See Full List
• Residents To Choose Design Of Silver Spring’s Arts District Mural

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