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The lessons of Blair Mountain and Big Coal
In a typical year, more than one-half of the electricity generated within Maryland comes from coal-fired plants. Most of these plants burn coal shipped from West Virginia and Pennsylvania. In communities all throughout the Appalachian Mountains, the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Massey Energy Company, Natural Resources, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated, Unions
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Birth announcement: Cheyenne Marie Brugh
Ashley and Danny Brugh II of Hagerstown announce the birth of a daughter, Cheyenne Marie Brugh, July 10, 2011. Maternal grandparents are Keith and Tina Harshman of Hagerstown. Paternal grandparents are Darrell and Marsha Ryan and Daniel Brugh of...Tags: Florida, Maryland
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Joyce Ward, preservationist, dies
Joyce McCartney Ward, an activist in historic preservation causes who helped establish the Irish Shrine in Southwest Baltimore, died of cancer Aug. 4 at her Bolton Hill home. She was 81.
Born Joyce McCartney in Baltimore, she attended Garrison Junior...Tags: Human Interest, Roman Catholicism, Activism, Maryland, Justice System
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Lawsuit claims negligence in death of inmate
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe widow of a man who died at Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg two years ago claims in a lawsuit filed last month that authorities were negligent in his death. Donald Wayne Cline, 47, of Kearneysville, W.Va., was found unresponsive at Eastern...Tags: Trials, Methadone (drug), Contracts, Local Government, Valium (drug)
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Re-enactors portray Union troops chasing Confederate troops through Williamsport
taylor.eckel@herald-mail.comIn the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops retreated toward Virginia to regroup and recuperate. Torrential rains poured down on the troops as the soliders spilled into Washington County, marching in mud up to their...Tags: Human Interest, Washington County, Wars and Interventions, Tourism and Leisure, Washington County (Maryland)
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Cyclists ride for health and environmental issues
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comJohn Rodenhausen and Beth McGee of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation stopped for a rest day in Williamsport Thursday in the middle of a 1,300-mile bike ride around the Chesapeake Bay watershed. "We started in Maryland, went up to Pennsylvania and then all...Tags: Human Interest, Bodies of Water, Seaford (York, Virginia), Maryland, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Re-establish toll credits
Just when it appeared that Route 219 is going to get the needed funding for the four-lane highway to be completed, there’s a snag in the plans. U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, both Democrats from West Virginia, introduced the...Tags: Bill Shuster, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Transportation, Democratic Party, Travel
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W.Va. hires officers to supervise sex offenders
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThere are 46 adults and juveniles currently supervised by probation officers for sex crimes in eastern West Virginia and at least half of them live in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties. Like other regions of the state, “we have a very...Tags: Career and Workplace, Local Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Employers, Sex
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Man's book explores historic Jefferson County homes
richardb@herald-mail.comA brochure promoting author John C. Allen Jr.’s new book, “Uncommon Vernacular,” says Jefferson County’s landscape is riddled with history of Civil War battles, political rebellion and “an unusual collection of historic...Tags: Human Interest, Railway Transportation, Education, Travel, Architecture
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Smithsburg's Ridenour among Orrstown Bank scholarship winners
Benjamin Shenk, a graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School, is this year’s recipient of the $1,500 Kenneth R. Shoemaker Leadership Scholarship from Orrstown Bank Foundation. He will attend Shippensburg University in the fall. In...Tags: The Ohio State University, Human Interest, Brigham Young, The Pennsylvania State University, High Schools
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System leaves nearly 2 inches of rain in Tri-State
davem@herald-mail.comPart of a low-pressure weather system became cut off from the rest of a westerly jet stream, allowing it to slow down and dump nearly two inches of rain on parts of the Tri-State area over the weekend, National Weather Service forecasters said Monday....Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Washington County, Brownsville, Washington County (Maryland)
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Central Florida 2012 Super60: No. 7 Karl Joseph, DB, Edgewater
Edgewater safety Karl Joseph continues to consider six schools as his main focus for upcoming recruiting visits, but one across town gets a lot of his attention for various reasons.
The obvious is distance. UCF is close, although it is nearly 20 miles...Tags: South Carolina, Florida, College Park (Orlando, Florida), Tennessee, George O'Leary
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