Good News! America's Best Place to Live, Oprah's Favorite Crab Cakes, Bowie Boy Helps Cancer Patients

From the best city in all of America to live in to Maryland artifacts in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, 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:

• Oprah Orders Pappas Crabcakes While Filming Henrietta Lacks Movie in Baltimore
• Columbia is Best Place to Live in America for 2016: Money Magazine
• Bowie Boy A Media Sensation After Growing Hair Out for Child Cancer Patients
• Clarksville Paralympic Athlete Up for Team USA Award
• Glen Burnie Woman’s Favorite Lottery Game Brings $10K Win
• Columbia Gives Ellicott City a Boost; Merriweather Hosts Main Street Music Fest
• Rockville Halloween Events That are Family Friendly
• Towson Students Perform at National Dance Education Conference
• Baltimore County Firehouses Get New Tools to Help Fido
• Anne Arundel County to Offer Free ACT Exams
• Bosley Building to Transform into 'Trophy-Quality Space': New Owner
• [solidcore] Opens in Annapolis
• If You Go: African-American History Museum Grand Opening in DC
• Weis Opens Friday in Columbia
• Freddie Gray to Freedom House: Maryland History in New African-American Museum
• Severna Park Man Tracks Down $10K Scratch-off Prize