Good News: Ray Lewis, Best Elementaries, State Fair, Record Fish

MARYLAND — Good news stories in the past week include Maryland's the best public elementary schools, Havre de Grace's first Waterfront Festival, a wounded police officer leaves the hospital with well wishes, another record mahi mahi is caught, where to get the best snowballs, and Baltimore Ravens legend Ray Lewis will appear on the next season of "Dancing With The Stars." Patch also highlighted the Maryland State Fair schedule, an Edgewater cook sizzles on a reality TV show, the state's best colleges according to Forbes magazine, an NBA champ brings the league trophy to his former high school, 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:

• Havre de Grace Waterfront Festival: Fireworks, Crab Feast, Art
• Edgewater Grandmother Appears On Reality TV Show
• Pasadena Angler’s Mahi Mahi Dethrones Record-Holder After 3 Weeks
• 100 Best Public Elementary Schools In Maryland For 2020
• Where To Get The Best Snowballs In Bel Air
• Sergeant Carrington Released From Shock Trauma In Baltimore
• Maryland State Fair 2019: Tickets, Hours, Concerts
• 14 Maryland Schools Make Forbes Top Colleges 2019 List
• Playground Honoring MoCo Plane Crash Victims To Open In September
• 2,000-Pound Steer Rescued From Muddy Ravine In Montgomery County
• NBA Champion Returns To Gaithersburg High School With Trophy
• Central Maryland Students Receive Backpacks Full Of Supplies
• Ray Lewis To Show Moves On "Dancing With The Stars"
• Adorable Adoptable Pets Of The Week: KDog, Missy, Semiro, Hazel
• 89 Pets Adopted During Clear The Shelters Event In Montgomery
• Columbia's 2019 Hops & Harvest Festival Moves To Symphony Woods
• Two Pasadena Teachers Receive Elite National Award
• Crownsville Teen Vies For The Title Of Miss Maryland Agriculture
• 14 Gaithersburg Communities Get Neighborhood Improvement Grants
• Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Sarge, Eleanor, Brody, Star, Nina
• New Crab Restaurant Coming To Towson
• Amps & Ales Festival Planned In Hanover Sept. 7
• Maryland Renaissance Festival 2019: Dates, Tickets, Entertainers
• 16th Annual Ellicott City Labor Day 10K, 5K Planned For Aug. 31
• MoCo Police Officer Wins 3 Gold Medals In Olympic-Style Games
• Award Winners From Havre de Grace Art Show 2019 Announced
• Silver Spring Jazz Festival: Performances, Parking, Road Closures