The Launch of New Features, Old Mill Names a New Idol and Myra Cason is Remembered

This week was a busy one at Glen Burnie Patch with the launch of several new weekly features, the crowning of a new Old Mill Idol and coverage of a vigil held to remember a Glen Burnie shot to death in her car.

The Anne Arundel County Branch NAACP hosted a Monday for member Myra Cason, who was found dead in her Suzuki Sidekick Jan. 28 in Gavigan's Home Furnishings parking lot. The vigil drew hundreds of people who showed up to support the family of the retired Anne Arundel County teacher and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Old Mill High School held it’s sixth Idol competition Friday, for his performance of the song “Fly Away,” written by his father.

On Wednesday we brought you our new Momsday content featuring a roundup of deals, for family-friendly activities, a feature on a local , where parents are encouraged to sound off on parenting topics and the , which highlights something busy parents can do or take advantage of for themselves.

We continued to launch new content Thursday with our weekend events calendar, a roundup of homes for sale in , scenes from around town in , our Patch Picks for in-town and a feature on Willy’s for our column.

All of these features will be seen on Patch on a weekly basis and we hope you come back each week to check out what new things we have to offer. Also featured daily is our new , a video roundup of the county’s top stories for the day.

In our Game of the Week, the North County girls’ basketball team beat Annapolis . We continue to ask that you urge your coaches to submit scores for 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.

Let us know what you think of the new features and please continue to keep us posted with your story ideas and tips. Have a great week!