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Wooden beams, stones from Mercersburg's dismantled Smith House survive storage facility fire
waynesboro@herald-mail.comArtifacts from a centuries-old house that once survived wrecking equipment avoided burning in a fire that ripped through their storage facility late Saturday. Wooden beams and stones from Mercersburg’s dismantled Smith House were being stored in an...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Car Tires, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Fires
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Investigators look into cause of fire that damaged structure that held Smith House artifacts
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAuthorities are investigating the cause of a weekend fire that heavily damaged the building that housed artifacts from Mercersburg’s dismantled Smith House. A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal visited the scene Sunday and might return mid-...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Fires
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Martinsburg's heritage includes start of Hack Wilson's Hall of Fame career
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comNine years before Hall of Famer Lewis Robert “Hack” Wilson set the yet-to-be-broken Major League Baseball single-season record for runs batted in, he got his professional start in Martinsburg. Wilson, who is buried in Rosedale Cemetery in...Tags: Culture, Baseball, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Arts and Culture, French and Indian War
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Pageant celebrated county history
The centennial celebration for the Washington County Historical Society continues, because the founding dates ranged from the organizational meetings of August and September 1911 to the actual recording of the incorporation papers with the state of...Tags: Government, Maryland General Assembly, John Carmichael, Arts and Culture, Politics
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First African-American woman to achieve rank of major general in U.S. Army inspires many
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comAs the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major general in the U.S. Army, Marcia M. Anderson helped inspire Letterkenny Army Depot employees Friday as they observed Black History Month. In a keynote speech focusing on “Black...Tags: Harriet Tubman, Science and Technology, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, World War II (1939-1945)
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Nine Washington County students receive honors from DAR chapters
The Antietam and Conococheague chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution held the annual scholarship tea March 7 at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown’s City Park. The tea was held to honor students chosen from area...
Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Education, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest
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Phyllis M. Pitzer, 87
Phyllis Marie (Groh) Pitzer, 87, of Hagerstown, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at Ravenwood Lutheran Village.
Born May 16, 1924, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Edison Young and Edna (Doub) Groh.
She was a 1942 graduate of Hagerstown High...Tags: Duke University, Culture, Arts and Culture, Music, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Virginia E. Miller, 91
Virginia Elizabeth "Ginny" Miller, 91, of Williamsport, Md., passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Hagerstown, Md. She was born Aug. 30, 1920, in Hagerstown to the late Samuel Kiefer Sr. and Anna Mae Postetter Eckis. She...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Art Callaham: Our pledge explained
I spoke last week during a Presidents Day luncheon at a local church on the subject of “patriotism.” After beginning the speech with vignettes about several of our 44 presidents, my remarks turned to our pledge of allegiance to the flag....Tags: Flag Day (United States), Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Religion and Belief, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Betty L. Stottlemyer, 83
Betty Lorraine Zeigler Stottlemyer, 83, formerly of Buford Drive, Williamsport, Md., died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Chambersburg Hospital in Chambersburg, Pa. Born May 12, 1928, in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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HCC offers trip to Philadelphia
Hagerstown Community College's Continuing Education and Community Services Division is offering a one-day trip to Philadelphia on Friday, Oct. 7. Tour participants will visit the National Constitution Center, Singers Hall, Independence Hall and other...Tags: Travel, Continuing Education, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Trips and Vacations
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Martha G. Breakall, 81
Martha Gall Breakall, age 81, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born Sept. 28, 1930, in Belington, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Orion Hoyt and Carrie...Tags: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), West Virginia University, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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