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Mail Call - June 17
“To all you people out there who complain about getting tickets from speed cameras, which allow you 12 miles an hour over the speed limit before you’re fined: Try to stop complaining, and slow down.” — Hancock “I just read...Tags: Bill Clinton, Security Measures, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Hillary Clinton, National Security Agency
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All-County Outdoor Track & Field: Walter's Warriors leave 1A on top
andrewm@herald-mail.comThe Boonsboro girls’ Class 1A team title defense seemed to be in doubt during the final day of the Maryland State Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore. Western Tech looked poised to end the Warriors’...Tags: High School Sports
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All-County Boys Outdoor Track & Field: Seabright makes most of it
andrewm@herald-mail.comIf each athlete wasn’t limited to four events at a track and field meet, perhaps Nick Seabright would have led the Boonsboro boys to a Class 1A team title at the Maryland state championships this spring. With his four events, though, the senior...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), James Buchanan, Track and Field, High School Sports, Coastal Carolina University
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All-County Girls Outdoor Track & Field: Freeman earns her success
andrewm@herald-mail.comBeing the coach’s kid only counts for so much in a sport like track and field, where results usually supersede any kind of favoritism. While South Hagerstown coach Dwayne Freeman said his daughter, Hayley Freeman, never received any special...Tags: Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Students
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Mail Call - June 10
“I was just reading the marriage licenses in the newspaper, and I’m curious to find out, when a woman and a woman get married, how do they decide which name to take? And the same thing with a man, when two men get married, how do they decide...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Government, Korean War (1950-1953), Eric Holder, Al-Qaeda
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Girls Inc. members tour BG Randolph Millholland Armory
On May 23, several members of Girls Inc. of Washington County started their Memorial Day observance early by visiting the BG Randolph Millholland Armory in Hagerstown. They were there as part of a partnership with Girls Inc., the Maryland National...
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Mail Call - June 3
“Why is it the American people always want to (complain) about what the police get, and what they do? They don’t ever say anything about a sports person making $150 million for one year’s salary, to throw a football, that’s OK. And...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Bill Clinton, Religion and Belief, Festive Events, Media Industry
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Letters to the Editor - June 3
Washington County needs an executive To the editor: The government of the United States has an executive who we call president; the State of Maryland has an executive who we call governor; the City of Hagerstown has an executive who we call mayor; but...Tags: National Government, Government, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest
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Mail Call - May 31
“You know, these people complain about these cameras, for getting caught speeding. I’d like to see them put one out here on Gay Street, at the school path that goes up to Lincolnshire school. These kids use that path, and the street down...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Pharmaceuticals, Richard Nixon
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Richard E. Gray, 55
Richard Eugene Gray, 55, of Hagerstown, died over the Memorial Day weekend at his home. A graveside service will be Monday, June 3, at 11 a.m. at Rest Haven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Rest Haven Funeral Chapel to help defray funeral... -
Thousands of tickets, 200 arrests from MSP reported over the weekend
Maryland State Police said troopers issued thousands of citations and made more than 200 arrests over the Memorial Day weekend. Police officials announced Tuesday that troopers stopped more than 9,700 vehicles over four days, and issued about 6,828...Tags: Maryland State Police
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Korean War vet speaks at Joint Veterans Council's Memorial Day ceremony
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comSpeaking at the Joint Veterans Council of Washington County’s annual Memorial Day ceremony Thursday, retired Army Col. William E. Webber — who lost an arm and a leg in the Korean War — recounted how often American soldiers have been sent...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Holidays, Human Interest
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