October Freebies: Doughnut, Hockey, Knife Skills Course, More

There are plenty of ways to get free things this October, and NBC’s Vicky Nguyen joins TODAY to share a round up. Her no-cost finds include a knife skills course, a Krispy Kreme doughnut and more!
The Dish: 2 new restaurants have the Baltimore County suburbs buzzing

Where is this?
How was it?
The queries from friends came in response to two very different photos I shared online recently after two very different lunches at the same Baltimore County strip mall. Vito’s Pizza and Sushi Oishii both opened restaurants last month at Timonium’s Yorkridge Shopping Center.
You know the mall — it’s the one with the Old Navy and the Michaels, in the thick of a particularly unscenic part of York Road near the Maryland State Fairgrounds. The thoroughfare is dense with places you need to go to but perhaps don’t want to, like the after-hours pediatrician, Best Buy and Aldi. But increasingly, patrons might be heading there, by choice, to eat.
Saval Foods breaks ground on new headquarters, distribution center in Howard County

COLUMBIA, Md. — A family-owned Maryland food distributor is expanding its operations in Howard County.
Saval Foods and Howard Hughes Communities broke ground Wednesday on a new headquarters and distribution center in Columbia Gateway. The 230,000-square-foot facility will bring the company’s corporate offices and operations together under one roof and is expected to support future growth.
Providers ‘stuck holding the bag’ for unpaid disability care amid agency delays

Budget woes, administrative delays at the DDA are causing disruptions in Medicaid coverage for some of Maryland’s most vulnerable
‘Double-stacked’ trains arrive in Baltimore after tunnel expansion

Maryland officials gathered in the Dundalk area Monday to commemorate the arrival of the first “double-stacked” shipping containers arriving by rail to the Port of Baltimore, thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure improvements.
At the center of it all was downtown Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel…
Guide to Kennedy Space Center launches

Summer is here, and that means Florida is about to become the premier destination for tourists flocking to the Sunshine State for its scenic beaches and world-famous theme parks. But Florida is home to another attraction that also reliably draws visitors all year round: rocket launches.