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Herbert S. "Stokes" Walesby, newspaper artist
Herbert Stokes Walesby, former art director of the News American who volunteered aboard the SS John W. Brown, where he sketched his shipmates, died of lung cancer Nov. 14 at Christiana Care in Wilmington, Del. The former Sykesville resident was 85.
"He...Tags: U.S. Army, Sykesville, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Sailing
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Share your blessings with the less fortunate
Many people find the holiday season to be a time to share their blessings with the less fortunate. Local organizations and advocacy groups such as those below would put your gift to good use. • Lovely Ladies of Laurel is a nonprofit organization...Tags: Palliative Care, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Howard County, Personal Income
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Holiday reunion for military family separated because of medical issues
Courtney Stewart didn't believe the reunion was truly going to happen until she caught sight of the medical airplane on the tarmac outside Atlanta, readying for the transport of her two small twins to Baltimore. "It was surreal," Stewart, 29, recalled...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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OIG finds ex-city worker was wrongly paid under 'military leave' policy
A former member of the Baltimore Fire Department wrongly collected a salary and benefits from the city for more than seven years — to the tune of nearly a half-million dollars — under a military leave policy that he did not qualify for,...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Environmental Issues, Employment, Conservation, Career and Workplace
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Veterans receive long-overdue honors at Fort Meade
Dr. Charles E. Rath Jr. and Charles Shyab both earned the Bronze Star for their valor in battle, but neither soldier collected his medal. At a recent ceremony at Fort Meade, the two veterans, who served in battles more than two decades apart, stood...
Tags: Georgetown University, Ceremonies, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Injuries and Wounds
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Two war heroes awarded long overdue medals
Two Army veterans, who tended to comrades injured in battle in wars that were more than two decades apart, received long overdue military honors Friday before an audience of family, friends and some 200 members of the Armed Forces at Fort Meade. Dr....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975), World War II (1939-1945)
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At Liberty High, students honor veterans' voices of experience
Students at Liberty High School greeted local veterans in the school media center on Thursday, Nov. 8, for a special Veterans Day celebration. The event was designed to acknowledge the "service and sacrifice that was made to ensure our freedom,"...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Students
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Two-alarm apartment fire displaces 30 in Odenton
A large, two-alarm fire tore through an Odenton apartment building near Fort Meade on Wednesday afternoon, damaging 12 units and displacing about 30 people, according to the Anne Arundel Fire Department. The fire occurred in the same Seven Oaks complex...Tags: Odenton, Michael Cox, Fires, American Red Cross, Charity
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Now, it's all about turnout
With just two days left until polls open on Election Day, all sides of Maryland's fiercely contested ballot questions are turning to their final task: getting their supporters into the voting booth. To accomplish that goal, the campaigns have recruited...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Steny Hoyer, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Donna F. Edwards, Government
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Donna F. Edwards, University of Michigan, Nuclear Policy, Government
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Senior briefs
Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregivers, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...Tags: Scrabble (game), Arthritis Foundation, Glen Burnie, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Holidays
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Monday closures and cancellations due to Hurricane Sandy
Baltimore SunThe following cancellations and closures have been announced in anticipation of severe weather conditions from Hurricane Sandy: SCHOOLS * Public schools are closed in Baltimore and in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties,...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry, Howard County, General Growth Properties, Inc., Harford County
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