Magnet Schools, Ballroom Boxing, Drug-Free Parks and a Kidnapping Arrest

This week on Glen Burnie Patch we kicked off with coverage of the . We spoke with Kelly Wojciechowski, an eighth-grader at , who was admitted to Glen Burnie’s new BioMedical Allied Health program through the program’s lottery system and plans to pursue a career in occupational therapy.

Columbia Patch Editor and award-winning boxing writer for BoxingScene.com David Greisman wrote of his love for boxing after attending an . He said the event allowed him to admire the simplistic beauty of the sport.

In Annapolis, Sen. Bryan Simonaire (R-Pasadena) presented a bill to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee that would make Anne Arundel County and impose similar penalties as drug-free school zones.

Police arrested a Glen Burnie man and charged him with the of a Richmond, VA, couple in Linthicum. As of Friday he was being held in connection with two other outstanding warrants.

Glen Burnie seems to have been spared as a rash of brush fires burned areas of , and throughout the weekend due to .

We continued our parenting content featuring a roundup of deals, for family-friendly activities, featured North County students who made the Superintendent’s Roll in our feature, in our parents are encouraged to sound off on parenting topics and the , which highlights something busy parents can do or take advantage of for themselves.

Thursday we brought you our weekend events calendar, a roundup of homes for sale and an open house in town in , scenes from around town in and a feature on G&M Restaurant for our Bites Nearby column.

In our , the North County girls got revenge against Old Mill, . We continue to ask that you urge your coaches to submit scores for our

As we go into the final stretch of the winter sports season and gear up for sprint we still hope to make this a one-stop location to get scores for all of and sports teams, but we can't do it without your help. If you see that we're missing scores, shoot us an e-mail or ask your coach to e-mail maya.prabhu@patch.com with the information.

Please continue to keep us posted with your story ideas and tips. Have a great week!