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Ms. Lowery's agenda
Most of the attention after the release of results from this year's state exams for elementary and middle school students has focused on Baltimore City, where scores appear to have leveled off after years of rapid gains. But Baltimore isn't the only...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mountains, Teachers, Students, Landforms
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Mary D. Tilghman, Wye House owner
Mary D. Tilghman, who spent the past two decades preserving Talbot County's historic Wye House plantation, which has been occupied by her family since 1659, died there Friday of heart failure.
She was 93.
"She was quite a lady and the great steward of...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Mount Vernon, Heart Failure, Preservation Maryland, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Roberta Harrison
Roberta "Bobbie" Harrison, matriarch of a celebrated Tilghman Island business that includes a restaurant, inn, charter fishing fleet and seafood operations, died of cancer complications Monday at Memorial Hospital in Easton. She was 74 and lived in...Tags: Robert Preston, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Fishing, Dining and Drinking, Tilghman Island
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First responders mourn the loss of Washington Co. EMS director
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe family, friends and colleagues of Washington County Emergency Medical Services Director Brigitte Heller, who died Thursday of injuries suffered in a traffic accident earlier this month, remembered her as a dedicated and passionate member of the rescue...Tags: Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds, Health, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Advanced Life Support
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Maryland group alleges voter-roll problems
A Maryland organization says it has found hundreds of dead people listed on voter registration rolls in Baltimore and Prince George's counties, as well as residents who have registered in multiple places and some who have addresses that turn out to be...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Polls, Voting, Laws, Local Elections
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Another Tilghman involved in a historic moment
Several readers wrote me about last week's column that told the story of federal Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes, a Baltimorean who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as president aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.
They...Tags: Kent County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Oxford (Talbot, Maryland), Yorktown (York, Virginia)
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Hagerstown man charged with sexually assaulting minor
A Hagerstown man has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor in an incident that allegedly occurred in Talbot County, Md., 15 years ago, according to Washington County District Court records. William Wellington Long, 47, of 132 N. Locust St. is...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Trials, Catherine E. Pugh, Maryland State Police
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Democrats, GOP lawmakers disagree on need for special session
Democrats and Republicans sparred Tuesday over whether a special session of the General Assembly is needed to pass tax increases to avert steep budget cuts, while Moody's Investors Service warned the situation could hurt the credit ratings of localities...
Tags: Republican Party, Credit Ratings, Budgets and Budgeting, Personal Income, Crime, Law and Justice
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50 picture-perfect fall getaways
As summer's fleeting charms begin to fade, fall swirls into view in a burst of kaleidoscopic color. Relish autumn's arrival with 50 nifty travel ideas for the Mid-Atlantic region: from leaf peeping and leisurely drives, to museum-hopping, fall-inspired...Tags: Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Pies and Tarts, Foods and Beverages, Movies, Dining and Drinking
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Reflecting a national trend, Maryland's population grays
Driven by a sizable baby boomer population nearing retirement age, Maryland, like the rest of the nation, grew older in the past decade, but Baltimore bucked the trend, attracting more young adults as the number of its middle-age and retiree residents...Tags: Mount Washington, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Safety at School, Kent County, Garrett County
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Reward offered in death of two bald eagles in Talbot County
Federal wildlife officials are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person who killed a pair of bald eagles in Talbot County last Monday. The carcasses were found by a resident near the intersection of Kitty's...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Conservation, Wildlife, Endangered Species
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Maryland's top priority
The State Board of Education was right to reject Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold's attempt to evade the spirit of a law that prevents local jurisdictions from slacking off in their support for public schools. Protest though he might that he had...
Tags: Local Government, Personal Income, Laws, Anne Arundel County, Crime, Law and Justice
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