MD Good News: Bloodhound Rescue, Best Bars, $1K Cash For Life

Good news stories in the past week include the best bars in Maryland, a bloodhound tracks a missing child for miles, Restaurant Week lineups, the Baltimore Ravens extend coach John Harbaugh's contract, and Ellen DeGeneres surprises two furloughed sisters from Prince George's County. Other news includes the best place to have breakfast, a Harford County mom wins $1,000 a week for life, an 11-year-old girl starts a business to help her furloughed mom, 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:

• Harford Mom Wins Cash For Life From Maryland Lottery
• Best Breakfast Restaurant In Maryland: Daily Meal
• Ellen Surprises 2 Furloughed PG County Sisters With $20K
• 11-Year-Old Girl Launches Business While Mother Is Furloughed
• K-9 Charlie Of Bel Air Barrack Helps Find Missing DC Girl: Police
• 2 Baltimore Bars Make 'The Best Bars In America 2019' List
• Baltimore Ravens Extend Coach Harbaugh's Contract
• 13 Maryland Employers Best For Diversity In 2019: Forbes
• Ice Festival In Havre de Grace 2019 In Photos
• MLK Day Parade 2019 In Baltimore Marches On Amid Cold
• Maryland’s Property Tax Rate Not As High As You Think
• 6 Perry Hall Restaurants To Try During Restaurant Week 2019
• 5 Restaurants To Try In HdG During Restaurant Week 2019
• 10 Owings Mills Area Restaurants To Try For Restaurant Week 2019
• Sprouts Coming To Bel Air: Report
• Union Feeds 400 Furloughed Feds During Government Shutdown
• McDaniel College Chosen as a Top Military Friendly School
• Angelina Ballerina: The Musical Comes To BlackRock In Germantown

• Bowlero Columbia Opens After Renovations
• 1.5 Million-Square-Foot Warehouse Coming To Tradepoint Atlantic
• Federal Workers Nourished By Maryland Food Bank, Unions
• Free Valentine Tickets To Europe From BWI Airport Via WOW Air
• 3 Silver Spring Students Are Finalists In STEM Competition
• 2 Potomac Students Named Scholars In STEM Competition
• Statewide Food Drives, Free Transit For Furloughed Fed Workers
• 2 Rockville Students Named Scholars In STEM Competition
• The Bridges Of Madison County Nominated For 3 WATCH Awards
• Douglass, Tubman Statues Approved For MD State House
• 'The Wizard Of Oz' Coming To Towson Movie Theater

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Photo of K-9 Charlie and Trooper First Class Bracken courtesy of Maryland State Police.