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Mail Call - July 23
“I was very happy to read in Tuesday, July 17’s paper, from Washington County lady, recently completed her first year at the senior center, and how enthusiastic she was about it. And it sounds like she has every right to be, with everything...Tags: Republican Party, Elizabeth II, Taj Mahal, Mitt Romney, John McCain
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Honoring Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, Maryland's heroic conductor on the Underground Railroad and early leader for women's rights, may soon get the recognition she deserves if President Barack Obama accepts a proposal by Gov. Martin O'Malley, U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Harriet Tubman, Human Rights, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Barack Obama
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Mail Call - July 26
“I would like to just write a line about the picture you had in the paper the other day concerning the Civil War battle that happened in downtown Hagerstown. What I saw in the background reminded me of an old ghost town. The people of Hagerstown...Tags: Gun Control, Religion and Belief, Mitt Romney, Elections, Barack Obama
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New women's health coverage to start tomorrow
Women will have access to free health services for certain procedures under health care reform that go into affect tomorrow. The health benefits, a result of the Mikulski Women’s Preventive Health Amendment, guarantee that women will receive, at no...
Tags: Family Planning, Women's Health, Health Treatments, Birth Control, Democratic Party
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$625,000 federal grant will help Hagerstown hire new police officers
julieg@herald-mail.comHagerstown Police Chief Arthur Smith said the $625,000 federal grant the police department received in July will help strengthen the police department’s Street Crime Unit, Criminal Investigations Division and Downtown Squad after budget cuts...Tags: Washington, DC, Juvenile Delinquency, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Government Debt, Police Investigations
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Alesia Parson-McBean: Progress made at Doleman museum
On behalf of the Friends of the Doleman Black Heritage Museum and the DBHM Board of Directors, we proudly say thank you to the following for making our first Chocolate Garden Tea Party a success: Snavley’s Garden Corner-Hagerstown for supplying...Tags: Hobbies, Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Museums
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There's still hope at Sparrows Point
The prospects for steelmaking at Sparrows Point look bleaker than ever. The mill was auctioned off last week for a paltry $72 million as part of owner RG Steel’s bankruptcy two a joint venture of two companies that do not make steel. Instead, the...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Baltimore County, Career and Workplace, Auction Service, Property
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Region's elected officials react along party lines to ruling on health care
dona@herald-mail.comReaction to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act broke along party lines among the region’s elected officials, while some in the business community remained uncertain about its ramifications. In a...Tags: Public Officials, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Public Finance
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Health care ruling a win for Obama, Md. Democrats
The Supreme Court's health care decision gave a boost to President Barack Obama and Maryland Democrats on Thursday but left the political landscape unsettled as Republicans doubled down on threats to undo the landmark law, either in Congress or by way...Tags: Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Executive Branch
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Victims of 1998 Africa bombing still seeking compensation
Fourteen years after a truck bomb ripped through the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, the families of 12 Americans killed in the attack are still fighting for federal compensation that has been granted to other terrorism victims — a struggle that has...Tags: Kenya, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), U.S. Embassy, Tanzania, Lobbying
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More than 257,000 still without power in extreme heat
BGE officials continued to scramble Sunday to restore power to nearly more than 257,000 customers as the area suffered with temperatures near 100 degrees for a third day and braced for a chaotic Monday-morning commute.
After the state was rocked Friday...Tags: Prince George's County, Severna Park, Commuting, Montgomery County (Maryland), Belvedere Square
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Potomac Valley Fire Co. gets federal grant to recruit volunteers, EMS personnel
The Potomac Valley Fire Co. is getting $20,150 through a federal grant program, Maryland’s United States senators announced Thursday. The money will come from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emegency...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Benjamin L. Cardin, Government Aid
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