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Good news stories from Patch include new business openings from La Cakerie and Duck Donuts, plus Topgolf's first Maryland location planned.
From $50 millions donated to a Maryland college on one day to fighting hate and bullying in two communities with messages of love and support, 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:
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- Annapolis Named One of America's Best Small Towns for Christmas
- Post-It Note Kindness Catching On in Columbia
- Residents Fight 'Whites Only' Graffiti With Messages of Love
- Vote for Eastport Lights Parade as USA Today's Best Holiday Parade
- Greater Bel Air Community Foundation Raises More Than $55,000 Through Golf
- Annapolis Uber Driver to Buy Daughter a Car With $50K Winner
- 10 Harford County Public Schools Employees Named 2016 Support Services Superstars
- Topgolf Plans to Open First Maryland Site on I-270 in Germantown
- La Cakerie Opens on Main Street
- Rue 21, Kung Fu Tea, and Shoe City Now Open at Ellsworth Place
- The Shoppes at Perry Hall to Open on Belair Road
- Columbia Gets $100K Grant for New Pathway
- Progressions Salon Spa Store Celebrates 32 Successful Years in Rockville
- $50M in Donations to St. John's College Set Record
- 13-Year-Old Bethesda Resident Makes Debut in 'The Secret Garden'
- 'Positivi-Tree' Lights Up Downtown Silver Spring
- Military Bowl Announces 'Budweiser Who’s Your Hero?' Promotion
- Annapolis Yacht Club Ranks America’s Top 5
- Customers of Closed Silver Spring Drycleaner Can Recover Clothing
- Winter Wonderland Warms up the Season
- City of Annapolis Celebrates Lucy Flade Libby Day
- Police Urge Shoppers to Use Transaction Safe Place for Online Buys
- Pasadena-Based Nonprofit Awarded $1,500 BlueFuture Grant By West Marine
- Food Bank Seeks Donations, Volunteers to Help Needy in Montgomery County
- Silver Spring Cook Whips Up First Lottery Win
- Gaithersburg’s Jingle Jubilee Lights Up Holiday Season
- Gaithersburg Post Office Retiree Pads Nest Egg With $30K Win
- New Gaithersburg Duck Donuts Hiring Employees
- Harford County Holds 'SOCKtober' Drive
- Annapolis Offers Free Holiday Parking, Improved Valet Service
- Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber Raises Funds for Coalition for Homeless
>Photos courtesy of the Howard County Public School System.
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