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Japanese language students to represent Boonsboro in Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
janeth@herald-mail.comLess than a week ago, five Japanese language students from Boonsboro High School were on their way home from a spring break trip to Japan with their teacher, Ayako Shiga. On Saturday, the school’s 25 Japanese students, including Japanese exchange...Tags: Georgetown, Teaching and Learning, Festive Events, Travel, Students
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Ben Forrest nominated for Carson Scholarship
Each year, schools across Maryland are asked to choose one student from their school to apply for a Carson Scholarship. Ben Forrest of Western Heights Middle School was selected the nominee for the award. The Carson Scholarship fund was started in 1994...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Spaghetti, Lifestyle and Leisure, Human Interest, Students
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'Poe Toaster' again a no-show at author's grave; fans say tradition is over
The Associated PressEdgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer’s grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the “Poe Toaster” shall occur nevermore. Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome...Tags: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Iraq War (2003-2011), Customs and Tradition, Culture, Edgar Allan Poe
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Brien Poffenberger: Recognizing a strong business community
Ask the folks in economic development what success looks like, and they are quick to tell you: Current employers hold the key to job creation. Help existing businesses succeed, they say, and we win twice over. First, the expansion of current employers...Tags: Arts and Culture, Business, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Customs and Tradition
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Religion - Speakers and Services
Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Pastor Rachel Black will lead the 10 a.m. service on Ready to Listen. Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. April Boyle is the worship leader. Volunteers from a recent disaster response project will share their...Tags: Christianity, Music, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Bible, Methodist
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Art Callaham: Gerrymandering, Part II
Before Christmas, I wrote a column concerning the history of gerrymandering and promised a little more about the subject. Gerrymandering, as you may recall, has become a political tool to make or sometimes break control of a geographic area by grouping...Tags: Government, Montgomery County (Maryland), Local Elections, Regional Authority, Richard Nixon
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 11
Fence creates obstacle for pedestrians downtown To the editor: Please reference The Herald-Mail front page article of Nov. 13, 2011, wherein the lack of pedestrian traffic was mentioned as contributing to the demise of businesses in the downtown...Tags: Andy Griffith, Christianity, Christian Orthodoxy, Civil Rights, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Interfaith Coalition of Washington County hosts first potluck
kate.alexander@herald-mail.comFood can bring folks together, which it did Wednesday night when people of various faiths gathered in Hagerstown to celebrate the season with a potluck dinner. Interfaith Coalition of Washington County hosted its first potluck as a way to share holiday...Tags: Salads, Spaghetti, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Germany, Christmas
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Five events for your planner: Tuesday, Dec. 13
1. German Christmas traditions
Tours of Hager House’s German Christmas decorations and customs. By appointment only with 24-hour advance notice. Available dates: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays, Dec. 16 and 23, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture, Music, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Holidays
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Pope kicks off Christmas with Mass
Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday’s “superficial glitter” to discover its true meaning.
Benedict...Tags: Arts and Culture, Epiphany, Benedict XVI, Holidays, The Pope
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100,000 crowd into Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas
Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the traditional birthplace of Jesus on a raw, breezy and rainy night.
With turnout at...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Christianity, United Nations, Iraq War (2003-2011), Travel
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