Celebrate New Year's 2013 Around Glen Burnie

A roundup of places to ring in the new year from around the county.

Glen Burnie: La Fontaine Bleue—enjoy live music, an open bar, seafood buffet, a champagne toast and breakfast to end the night for $85 per person; performance by Oracle. BBQ Blues & Seafood—Dinner for two starting at 4 p.m. for $30 and live music at 9 p.m. For more information, click here. Mutiny Pirate Bar & Island Grille–Casino night with an open call bar, buffet, hors d'oeuvres, midnight champagne toast and prizes. $100 per person, and more information here.   Severna Park: Shooters—Champagne toast at midnight along with noisemakers; domestic bottles for $2.75 and rail drink specials for $3.50; no cover charge Bill Bateman’s—All-you-can-eat wings as well as specials on Stella Artois Taphouse—The 318 Band and DJ Speakerhead; $15 a person…

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How You Can Help Newtown Kids on First Day Back at School

Snowflake creators from throughout the country say they want to join the effort.

  People across the country have had the families of Newtown, CT, on their minds during the holiday season and are searching for ways to help. What can you do? The Sandy Hook Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) recently announced that Sandy Hook students will be relocating to another building to continue school in January. To brighten the students' first day, the PTA is asking for handmade snowflakes from well-wishers across the country, to hang in their new building. "Please help these students have a 'winter wonderland' at their new school! Get creative. No two snowflakes are alike," they said. Snowflakes can be made and sent by Jan. 12, 2013 to: Connecticut PTSA 60 Connolly Parkway Building 12, Suite 13 Hamden, CT 06514 Click here to see …

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Deck the House Contest: This House Could Win $100,000 for Anne Arundel County Schools

This Glen Burnie house is one of the 25 finalists in Patch’s Deck the House contest. Vote now to help this entry win $100,000 for Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Could this be the best “decked” house in the country? Possibly. Congrats to Tony Iorio Sr. for being chosen as one of the 25 finalists in our Deck the House contest. We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors. We loved seeing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest—and it could be a home from right here in Glen Burnie. Until Dec. 28, vote in our contest to help this entry win $100,…

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One Day Left For Chance to Win $100,000 For Local Schools

Enter the Deck the House contest for a chance to win big for Anne Arundel County schools.

Hanukkah: Not Christmas for Jews

While the two holidays fall in close proximity to each other and are celebrated in popular culture together, Hanukkah does not hold the religious significance for Jews that Christmas holds for Christians.

Each year, Hanukkah falls in close proximity or during Christmas according to the Hebrew calendar. Because of that, the two are celebrated side by side under the “Happy Holidays” moniker. But in terms of religious significance, Hanukkah doesn’t rank as high for Jews as Christmas ranks for Christians. “It’s hard to not make a big deal of out Hanukkah living in America, and I’m not sure it’s a bad thing,” said Rabbi Rhoda Silverman of Temple Emanuel in Reisterstown. “That’s not a problem for me as long as we don’t forget about everything else that makes us Jewish.” Jonathan Schwartz, senior aide to Baltimore County Council Chairwoman Vicki Almond and a member of Temple Emanuel, sees Hanukkah as having two roles in the lives of American Jews…

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LOOK: Glen Burnie Welcomes Holiday Season

Glen Burnie residents celebrated the annual tree lighting and met with Santa Claus.

Residents old and young gathered at the Glen Burnie Improvement Association on Friday to watch the lighting of the tree, welcoming in the holiday season. Kids wrote letters to Santa Claus, and some of them even got a chance to sit on his lap. Find more photos on the GBIA Facebook page. Get local stories delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter. Simple, fast sign-up here. Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our newsletter

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Tree Lighting in Glen Burnie Tonight

The Glen Burnie Improvement Association celebrates the beginning of the holidays with its annual tree lighting.

Arundel House of Hope Provides Food, Shelter

Peace Lutheran Church participates in Arundel House of Hope's annual Winter Relief shelter, providing food and a temporary place to live for 26 men.

Vi and Joe Giusto looked as if they could have been in any trattoria Saturday night. Joe was ladling out his homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs over steaming pasta, Vi was helping with the plates. But they were among half a dozen or so volunteers at Peace Lutheran Church in Glen Burnie for the Arundel House of Hope’s Winter Relief shelter. The 26 men who would be spending the night in the church’s basement were hungry. “Man, they are waiting for spaghetti,” Vi said. “They sure are,” said volunteer Jane Hudgins, who took a plate of spaghetti from her and added a salad, then handed it to one man. “Here you go. Careful, it’s hot on the bottom.” The shelter has rotated among places of worship throughout the county since 1992, said Karen …

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Thanksgiving in Glen Burnie

The latest Thanksgiving news on Glen Burnie Patch.