GA Good News: Top Schools, Braves BlooperGram, Tony Romo Surprise

ATLANTA, GA — Good news stories in the past week include the Braves mascot Blooper will personally deliver a Valentine's Day message, the top public and private schools in Georgia, a mayor's recipe grows into an anti-hunger campaign, and Georgia Tech will be the site of a $100,000 cyber hacking challenge. Other news includes the best value colleges in the state, Super Bowl announcer and former NFL star Tony Romo surprises a super-fan, $30K raised in a Polar Bear Plunge, 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:

• Dunkin, Braves Mascot Team Up For Valentine's Blooper-Gram
• Top 100 Schools In Georgia For 2019: New List
• Video: Tony Romo Makes Georgia Woman's Birthday Fantasy Come True
• Best Value Colleges In Georgia: Princeton Review
• Israeli Firm Hosting $100K Cyber Hacking Challenge At GA Tech
• Mayor's Mac And Cheese Recipe Morphs Into Anti-Hunger Campaign
• Heritage Sandy Springs Offers Guided Tours To Adults, Kids
• Polar Bear Plunge Raises $30K For Public Safety Foundation
• Woodstock Approves Morgan's Ace Hardware Relocation
• Dunwoody Announces Police Achievement Awards
• SAT Score Needed To Get Into Georgia’s Most Selective College
• Plastic Waste Recycled Into Super Bowl Host Committee Uniforms
• Douglasville Wears Red To Raise Heart Disease Awareness
• Decatur Resident Opens Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa
• Ponce City's Root Baking Co. Kicks Off Pop-Up Dinner Series
• Savannah Leaders Visit Alpharetta For Development Lessons
• KSU Students Use 3D Printing To Improve Helicopter Design
• Passing Your Driver’s Test: How Easy It Is In Georgia
• Celebrate Black History Month In Cobb | Full Slate Of Events
• After Sour Start, Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival Turns Five
• God Is A Black Woman' | Abrams Earns High Marks For Rebuttal
• Cobb Animal Services Offer Special Valentine's Adoption Rates
• Perimeter Businesswoman Launches Animal Welfare Foundation
• Decatur Entrepreneurs Open Enviro-Friendly Carpet Cleaning Biz
• Trump’s Plan To End HIV Epidemic Would Target 4 GA Counties
• Holly Springs Citizens Police Academy Expands
• Gwinnett To Build New Home For State Troopers, HERO Units
• 7 Picked As Finalists For 2019 Forsyth Teacher Of Year

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