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Contractors and contracts for new Bester Elementary School
The Washington County Board of Education in September approved $18.3 million in construction contracts for the new Bester Elementary School. According to school system documents and the facilities department, the contractors for the construction of the...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Chevy Chase, Building Material, Invensys Plc, Mount Airy
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State taxes can discourage growth
While increased tax rates may not be sending Maryland citizens elsewhere, as letter writer Neil L. Bergsman recently noted ("Tax rates don't send people out of state," Dec. 30), mainly because of natural inertia not to change location, the tax schedule... -
Mikulski poised to become Senate committee chair
Behind-the-scenes jostling for committee chairmanships in the U.S. Senate has left Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski poised to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee — a move experts said Tuesday could bolster the role cybersecurity plays in...Tags: Meningitis, U.S. Department of Defense, Parties and Movements, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Live nativity
On Sunday at 10 a.m., the children and youth of Covenant Presbyterian Church will portray Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and Magi in a Christmas pageant that ends with a live nativity scene. The children will be dressed in costumes. The preschool...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Holidays
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No amnesty for illegal immigrants
President Barack Obama no longer has to worry about re-election. He is now free to pursue his so called "comprehensive immigration reform" or amnesty for illegal immigrants. Congress must stop any illegal immigrant amnesty proposals from the Obama...Tags: Politics, Immigration, Barack Obama, Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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Verna E. Brandenberg, 94
Verna Elizabeth Brandenberg, 94, of 13634 Ivy Way in Hagerstown, Md., passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at her home. Born Saturday, May 4, 1918, in Chambersburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Herbert M. Swope and Jane (Cordell) Swope. She was...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Newtown massacre leads to security assessments nationwide
The Washington PostFor Lisa Betts and her husband, the conversation started Friday at their Silver Spring, Md., home, not long after they heard about the massacre that claimed the lives of 20 children and six staff members at a Connecticut school. How safe, they wondered,...Tags: University of Virginia, Politics, Asthma, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Columbine High School
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D. Eileen Myers, 69
D. Eileen Myers, 69, of Lemasters, Pa., died unexpectedly Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, Md. Born April 29, 1943, in Hagerstown, she was a daughter of the late Ernest I. and L. Doris (Bristol) Detrich. She was a 1961...Tags: Nursing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Haunted Houses (attractions)
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John C. "Jake" Smedley, social worker
John C. "Jake" Smedley, a retired social worker and former Ruxton resident, died Dec. 9 of cancer at his Silver Spring home. He was 91.
John Calvin Smedley was born in Letchworth, England. After the death of his parents, he moved to Beverly Hills, Calif....Tags: Social Services, Religion and Belief, University of Pennsylvania, Roland Park, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Anna M. Bryan, 88
Anna Maria Bryan, 88, a resident of Homewood Health Care Center in Williamsport, Md., died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born March 14, 1924, in Gernsbach, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Franz and Frieda Pfisterer...Tags: Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), American Cancer Society, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Germany
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Area residents plan ahead to avoid travel trouble over Thanksgiving
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith nearly 900,000 Maryland residents expected to drive 50 miles or more for this Thanksgiving holiday, travelers might have to face heavy traffic en route to their destination. For many area residents the solution is simple: travel when there is not a...Tags: Highway Transportation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Transportation Industry, Family, Minor League Baseball
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Sang Cho, 77
Sang Cho, 77, of Hagerstown, passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at his home. Born Oct. 26, 1935, in Zhongshan city in Guangdong province, Mainland China, he was the son of the late Wei Wan Cho and Tai Mei Ng. Mr. Cho worked in textiles and as a farmer...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Chinese Restaurants, China
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