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Tri-State swimming pools open for Memorial Day weekend
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comMemorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and the beginning of swimming pool season. For the first time since Labor Day, swimsuits will emerge from storage and the scent of suntan oil will float in the air. Area pools and beaches...Tags: Labor Day, Swimming, State Parks, Memorial Day, National Weather Service
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Fewer Marylanders are expected to travel Memorial Day this year than last year
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comDerek Hays of Hagerstown sometimes travels to the beach for Memorial Day weekend but said he plans to stay home and have a barbecue with his family this year. “Money’s a little tight, gas is a little tight, so it just doesn’t pay to...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Automotive Equipment, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Minor League Baseball, Holiday Vacations
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Memorial Day observances
Saturday, May 25 • Rose Hill Cemetery, 600 S. Potomac St., annual Memorial Day service, 9:30 a.m. Speaker is U.S. Army Lt. Col. (retired) Arthur Callaham, Civil War re-enactors bagpiper, color guard and more. • Sharpsburg, 145th annual...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), U.S. Army, Christianity, Battle of Antietam
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Halfway Park Days/Family Fun Day canceled
The annual Halfway Park Days/Family Fun Day has been canceled. The event was to be held Saturday at Martin L. “Marty” Snook Memorial Park in Halfway. The event, long known as Halfway Park Days and hosted by the Halfway Lions Club, has been...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Human Interest, Memorial Day, Shriners
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Brien Poffenberger: Memorial Day events connect us to past, peer into future
Memorial Day may kick off the summer season, but in Washington County, it also prompts a measure of reflection. War has played a large role in the history of Washington County, and with it a connection to the broader American story. It has given us a...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War I (1914-1918)
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Five for your planner: Wednesday, May 22
1. Rose Hill Memorial Day service Retired Army Lt. Col. Art Callaham will speak. Military honors by AMVETS Post 10. Rick Conrad, shown, will play bag pipes and the Polished Four will perform barbershop quartet music. Free refreshments. 9:30 a.m. Saturday,...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Arts, Memorial Day, Human Interest
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Hagerstown man pleads guilty to series of Christmas burglaries
dona@herald-mail.comOne of three Hagerstown men charged in a series of break-ins and package thefts before Christmas entered guilty pleas Monday in Washington County Circuit Court to four counts of first-degree burglary. Assistant State’s Attorney Gina Cirincion...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Court Preliminary, Theft, Trials, Religious Festivals
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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: Colleges and Universities, Frostburg State University, Teachers, Washington, DC, Heart Attack
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Annual poppy campaign under way in Sharpsburg
Miss Poppy, Alexis Reel, 11-year-old daughter of Doug Reel of Sharpsburg and Stephanie Glascock of Martinsburg, W.Va., presented Sharpsburg Mayor Hal Spielman with a poppy before the May 6 town council meeting. The presentation was planned to coincide...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Memorial Day, Human Interest, American Legion, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Waynesboro, Pa., man has helped hoarders tidy up
marieg@herald-mail.comDwight Karkan spends his days untangling people’s messes — seeing what they have, what they use, what they need, what holds them back. He’ll go through kitchen cupboards crammed with 40 years of spices and closets filled with clothing...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Washington, DC, Services and Shopping, Religious Festivals, Real Estate
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Email deadbeat considers faking death to get out of message obligations
It seems to me that there ought to be a mechanism allowing one to file for email bankruptcy. And I say this as a person whose inbox is filling up far faster than it can ever be emptied. When you get behind on your email, it’s just like getting...
Tags: Bankruptcy
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Genevieve A. Wagner
janeth@herald-mail.comGenevieve “Genny” Wagner had many passions — her family, the church, music and swimming. Her days were filled with volunteering at St. Ann Catholic Church, water aerobics at the Hagerstown YMCA and attending practices with the many...Tags: Music, Scrabble (game), U.S. Army, Christianity, Mack Trucks, Inc.
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