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Girls Track & Field: Duncan powers Warriors to state title
andrewm@herald-mail.comFrom top to bottom, the Boonsboro girls are still the best. The Warriors wrapped up their second straight Class 1A team title Saturday at the Maryland State Track & Field Championships at Morgan State University. They finished with 99 points, while...Tags: Primus (music group), Thomas Johnson, Movies, Middletown, Overlea
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Boys Track & Field: Hardy sets county mark in state 1,600 victory
andrewm@herald-mail.comAfter taking the lead for good in Saturday’s race, Williamsport senior Evan Hardy still had one guy left to beat — Jeff Scuffins. And he got past him too. Hardy convincingly won the Class 2A boys 1,600-meter run at the Maryland State Track &...Tags: Savoy (music group), Movies, Pikesville, Edgewood, Entertainment
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Boys Indoor Track: Historic performance for Leopards
Associated PressIt was a breakthrough performance of historic significance, as Smithsburg picked the right day to shine. The Leopards racked up 80.5 points Monday to win the Class 1A boys team title at the Maryland State Indoor Track & Field Championships at Prince...Tags: Superman (fictional character), Music, Overlea, Pikesville, Concerts
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Girls Indoor Track: Boonsboro works its magic, scores in every event to snare 1A crown
andrewm@herald-mail.comThe Boonsboro girls didn’t leave a stone unturned Monday at the Maryland State Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex. “We scored in every event, which is key,” Boonsboro coach Becky...Tags: Terrence Ross, Track and Field
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George Washington Carver contributed greatly to agricultural science in America
Most people know that February is Black History Month. Many have heard of many famous and important contributors to the advancement of this great nation, such as Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall and many others....Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Agriculture, George Washington Carver, Thurgood Marshall, Music
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Indoor Track: Hardy has super day at 2A West meet
andrewm@herald-mail.comWhether Evan Hardy likes his nickname or not, the Williamsport senior has earned it. “He’s Superman. That’s what we call him,” Williamsport track coach Teresa Weaver said. “But he doesn’t always answer to it. He’...Tags: High School Sports, Superman (fictional character), Middletown, Francis Scott Key, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Letter to the Editor - March 16
To appreciate the present, we must remember the past To the editor: It is interesting how times and educational fads change. In a recent column in The Herald-Mail, the writer mentioned a supposedly relatively obscure famous black person — George...Tags: Elkton, Schools, Vehicles, George Washington Carver, Public Schools
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With hope of being free, James Pennington fled Rockland estate
With a piece of India
n flour bread in his pocket and hopes of becoming a free man in his heart, James W.C. Pennington ran away from Rockland Estate in search of freedom.
The so-called fugitive blacksmith would go on to become a minister in Presbyterian...Tags: Yale University, New York City, Washington County (Maryland), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Washington (U.S. state)
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Pa. counties to host Civil War events in April
waynesboro@herald-mail.comWhen Confederate troops burned Chambersburg in 1864, the fires damaged or destroyed 500 structures, left 2,000 people homeless and caused $1.5 million in losses. The town’s sacrifice will be commemorated in early April through a laser light show...Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, John Cook, Franklin County (Virginia), Downtown (Brooklyn, New York)
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Black history tribute honors lesser-known figures
davem@herald-mail.comThe stories behind black historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are the ones that stick out for most people. But black history goes much further, as speakers emphasized during a black history tribute Sunday afternoon at the...Tags: Billie Holiday, Black History, Roxbury, Washington County (Maryland), Washington (U.S. state)
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Dr. Elizabeth A. Edmonds, city school principal
Dr. Elizabeth A. "Betty" Edmonds, a longtime city public school principal who was fearless in her efforts to straighten out troubled schools and later joined the faculty of Coppin State University, died May 21 of pneumonia at Sinai Hospital.
The longtime...Tags: Carrollton, University of Maryland Baltimore County, World War II (1939-1945), Pneumonia, Loyola University Maryland
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