Three-Alarm Fire, an Arrest and a Counter-Protest

Friday was a busy day beginning with a reported arrest and ending with a three-alarm fire.

, 22, was arrested Tuesday in Silver Spring in connection with a in the parking lot of Marley Station Mall, according to police, who say the incident was drug related. Gayle, who according to court documents is listed as a Lanham resident, was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, illegal possession of a handgun, use of a gun in the commission of a felony and reckless endangerment.

At about 11 a.m on Friday., Anne Arundel County Fire officials received multiple calls about a . The fire escalated to three alarms and took 72 firefighters a little more than two hours to get under control. All 12 units in the building suffered fire, smoke or water damage.

On Thursday, community members from throughout the region gathered near Meade High School to participate in a .

Glen Burnie resident was recognized for having the , a weekly feature we premiered two weeks ago that takes note of more interesting, funny or poignant remarks from people quoted in stories that week, for er comments about the reasoning behind her decision to attend the counter-protest.

The Chesapeake Arts Center held Thursday night to raise money for hurricane and tsunami relief efforts. As part of , five area editors volunteered their time Thursday serving as ushers for the event in Brooklyn Park.

Also raising money for Japan relief efforts, we featured , daughter of Laura Scott, as our Whiz Kid of the Week for coming up with the idea to sell cupcakes to raise money for children affected by the hurricane and tsunami. The and we brought you a photo gallery of the day’s festivities.

Our highlighted Editor Maya T. Prabhu’s long-overdue first trip to . Read about having her first footlong with "the works.”

Gloria Dietz brought you some money-saving . about finding ways to instead of purchasing them, including a recipe for doggie treats and using Windex to kill or deter ants.

Unfortunately, our between was postponed twice and likely won’t be scheduled until after spring break. We also rounded up some sports scores from coaches to include in our .

We 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.

Our Glen Burnie Patch Moms Council discussed how to deal with a temper tantrum in our . On Thursday, we brought you our weekend events calendar, a roundup of open houses and new listings in town in and scenes from around town in . And on Friday, we had a feature on Rallo’s Restaurant for our column.

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