MD Good News: Holiday Lights, Safest City, Hootie In HdG, New K-9

MARYLAND — Good news stories in the past week include the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish dining in Havre de Grace, a fallen Baltimore County Police officers' family helped name a new K-9 cop, the safest city in the country is in Maryland, an Odenton woman won $100K in a scrath-off game, and Bel Air Cub Scouts delivered Christmas gifts to first responders. Plus, stolen Christmas trees were retrieved by police, a Severn man emulates Clark Griswold in his holiday lights display, a Baltimore County is one of four top educators in the U.S., send us your holiday lights photos, and Patch's list of Christmas specials and movies on network TV, cable, and streaming channels, 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:

• Darius Rucker Dined In Havre de Grace: Coakley's
• Christmas Movies On Netflix, Hallmark, Amazon, Cable In 2019
• Fallen Officer's Family Helps Name New Baltimore County K-9
• Columbia Named Safest City In America For 2019
• Wild Holiday Display In Severn Wows Visitors To Mamulaville
• Best Holiday Light Displays Sought In Maryland For 2019
• Odenton Woman Wins Big With Maryland Lotto's Scratch-off Ticket
• Stolen Christmas Trees Recovered By Howard County Officers
• Bel Air Cub Scouts Deliver Holiday Gifts To First Responders
• 4 U.S. Teachers —1 From Baltimore County—Named Model Civics Educators
• The Greene Turtle To Host 14th Annual 'Tips For Tots'
• Lamar Jackson Named AFC Offensive Player Of The Month For November
• Service Members Can Snag Free Tickets To Military Bowl On Dec. 9
• Nearly $55K Raised For Muslim Uber Driver Shot In PG County
• Madison Reed Salon Coming To Bethesda Row
• The Games Club Opens In Abingdon
• Coffee With A Cop In Columbia Dec. 11
• More Than 20 AACPS Earn Five Stars On Maryland Report Card
• More Than 20 Howard Co. Schools Earn 5 Stars On MD Report Card
• Perry Hall Toys For Tots: These Are The 2019 Drop-Off Spots
• The Light House Opens Its New Food Pantry In Annapolis
• Holly Jolly Food Truck Festival Dec. 16 At Elkridge Fire Dept.
• Glenelg High School Orchestra Students Win International Awards
• Anne Arundel Medical Center Receives $580K In Citibank Settlement
• Bicycling Fundraiser Raises $33K For Anne Arundel Co. Groups
• Tips For Tots Dec. 11 At The Greene Turtle Sports Bar And Grille
• Historic Universal Lodge In Annapolis To Be Renovated
• MCPD, Target Host 'Heroes & Helpers' Shopping Event For Kids

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