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Monday breakdown: 'Sea containers' not an ordinance violation
A cluster of “sea containers” recently placed at a storage business near the corner of Virginia Avenue and Massey Boulevard prompted a reader to inquire about it earlier this month. Do the storage containers violate any Washington County...
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Mail Call - May 20
“I don’t understand how the judicial system works, when someone is arrested for drunken driving and kills a female passenger that was in the car, and gets six months probation — and then someone gets 14 months in jail for robbery....Tags: Politics, Planned Parenthood, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Teachers
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Teaching respect for sports officials begins with coaches and parents
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for sports officials. Hockey star Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals blamed the referees for his team’s collapse and first-round departure in the NHL playoffs. A Major League Baseball umpiring crew...Tags: Major League Baseball, Soccer, Chicago White Sox, NBA Playoffs, Sports
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History's 12 greatest mountaintop miles
Taken cumulatively, it might be the most historic stretch of mountaintop in the Mid-Atlantic. From the Interstate 70 footbridge south along the spine of South Mountain, the ridgeline has seen an extraordinary amount of American life (and death) go by. In...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Battle of Antietam, Networking, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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Lloyd Waters: Remembering Sheila and Katherine Lyon
It was Good Friday in 1975. The Vietnam War was coming to an end, and I was going to school at Mount Saint Mary’s college in Emmittsburg during the day while working as a correction officer at the Maryland Correctional Institution at night. It...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Frostburg State University, Good Friday, Kensington, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Business calendar - May 19
Interviewing techniques May 20 — Learn employers’ tips about successful interviewing to get the job. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Washington County Job Center, 14 N. Potomac St., Suite 100, Hagerstown. Call 301-393-8255. Chamber mixer May 21...Tags: Washington, DC, Business, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Smithsburg still thriving after 200 years
julieg@herald-mail.comChristopher Steiffel Smith ended up dying in a poorhouse, but the town he founded 200 years ago — Smithsburg — is thriving today. Smith, who had been a stone mason, was believed to be in his early 60s when he bought Shadrach’s Lot...Tags: Georgetown, Museums, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Distilling and Brewing Industry
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Harry L. "Shorty" Cosgrove - correction
Due to a source's error, the obituary in Saturday's Herald-Mail for Harry L. "Shorty" Cosgrove contained incorrect information. He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Anna Powell. -
Woman takes multiple roads to success
arnoldp@herald-mail.comUnlike many Americans, Ruby Harley didn’t lose work during the recession. In fact, the Inwood, W.Va., woman gained work — holding two jobs at the same time before the recession, three jobs simultaneously during the recession and two jobs now....Tags: Labor Markets, Nursing, Newspaper and Magazine, Career and Workplace, Medical Specialization
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Some recession victims feel lucky to be working harder
arnoldp@herald-mail.comOne thing Ed Grimes hates about his current work schedule is trying to explain it to others. “It’s confusing,” he said. Since being laid off in 2009 after nearly four decades at Hagerstown’s Noland Company, the 61-year-old...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Golf, Employment, Sales
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: PTA, Heart Attack, Frostburg State University, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities
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Tri-State residents weigh in on IRS controversy
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comJonathan Caponigro of Hagerstown said he believes the recent controversy surrounding the IRS and the news that it targeted conservative groups in 2012 is proof that the agency should be closed down. “Too many people are involved in our private...Tags: Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Taxation
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