MD Good News: Nobel Prize Winner, Haunted Houses, Best Desserts

MARYLAND — Good news stories in the past week include a Nobel Prize winner from Johns Hopkins Medicine, teen has doubled the money raised for the local animal shelter, Back Room Shoes is coming to Gambrills, an Edgewater woman wins $30K on a Lottery game, and kids and cops will learn how to cook a healthy dish at Whole Foods. An elderly couple turned an $8 lottery ticket into a $50K win, the Baltimore Ravens caravan visits schools, which Maryland town is one of the country's best dessert cities, a high school football kicker is raising money to kick cancer to the curb, where to find haunted houses in the state, 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:

• Johns Hopkins Researcher, Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine
• Edgewater Woman Wins $30,030 On Maryland Lottery Game
• Maryland Haunted House Guide 2019
• MD Town Named One Of The Best Dessert Cities In America
• $50,000 Lottery Winner Bought Lucky Ticket In Millersville
• Teen Doubles Donations To Shelter Through The Power Of Patch
• Annapolis Advocate Named 2019 DisAbility Awareness Day Honoree
• Rack Room Shoes Opening In Gambrills
• Don't Let Your Seasonal Event Get Overlooked; Post It On Patch
• $375M Preakness Deal Involves Rebuilding Racetrack, Adding Grocery Store And Hotel
• Annapolis Youth, Police Will Be Whipping Up Dishes In The Kitchen
• Clarksville Kicker Helps Kick Cancer To The Curb With Fundraiser
• Pink Megabus Coming To White Marsh Mall
• WorkMode To Bring Co-Working Space And Coffee Shop To Bel Air
• Ravens Caravan Stops At 3 Baltimore County Elementary Schools
• Akira Ramen & Izakaya Now Open On The Avenue At White Marsh
• Pimlico Owners, City Reach Deal To Keep The Preakness In Baltimore
• Adorable Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Mocha, Orion, Daisy, Comet
• Howard County Employees Honored For Hard Work
• World Designation Given To Elkridge Academy Hosting STEM Festival
• Patient First Clinic Opens In Germantown
• New Educational Child Care Center Opens In Hanover
• Popular Folk Quartet To Play In Bel Air

• Baltimore To Host Uci 1-Day Bike Race In 2020
• Halloween Activities Near Perry Hall Abound In October 2019
• Halloween In Montgomery County: Submit Photos Of Decorated Homes
• Toys For Tots Campaign Underway In Anne Arundel County
• Toys For Tots Campaign Underway In Howard County
• Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Queno, Hot Tuna, Koda, Tipply, Skip
• Donate Bikes To Help Support Low-Income Residents: MCDOT
• MD’s Most Popular Halloween Costume Via Google Search
• Bethesda Bagels Opens At Wildwood Shopping Center

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