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One-time bonuses a cost-effective way to reward staff
The City of Hagerstown might just have stumbled across a way to keep its employees happy without soaking the taxpayers who pay public-employee salaries. Last week the city agreed to a one-time bonus for its full-time employees of $1,000, with $200...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Berkeley County budget larger for 2013-14
richardb@herald-mail.comA $26 million general fund budget to run Berkeley County for fiscal year 2013-14 beginning July 1 will be sent to the state auditor for review next week following a unanimous Berkeley County Council vote Thursday. The new appropriation came in about $1....Tags: Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace
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City of Hagerstown to pay employees one-time bonus
holly.shok@herald-mail.comThe City of Hagerstown’s full-time employees will receive a one-time payment of $1,000 and part timers will receive $200 in June following the unanimous approval of the five-member city council Tuesday. “The employees haven’t...Tags: Finance, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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Waynesboro officials unhappy with FirstEnergy estimated readings
waynesboro@herald-mail.comBorough of Waynesboro officials aired grievances about FirstEnergy practices last week as they questioned why electric meters are not read more often. David Kline from FirstEnergy talked to the Waynesboro Borough Council on Wednesday about complaints...Tags: FirstEnergy Corp., Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Career and Workplace, Allegheny Energy Inc.
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Education questions linger in W.Va.
Bureaucracy emerged as a major culprit in a wide-ranging audit of West Virginia’s education system, but the legislation passed last week at the request of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin focuses mostly on other targets. Approved Friday by the House, Tomblin&...Tags: Parties and Movements, Education, American Federation of Teachers, Earl Ray Tomblin, Elections
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Larry Wellborn: Scaling back on postal services
The Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. The Postal Service has lost billions of dollars while losing market share to electronic forms of communication. But this is not entirely the fault of the Post Office or the...Tags: Public Finance, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Politics
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Allan Powell: What can we learn from 'Little Dorrit?'
Hardly more than a year ago, I made my first contact with “Little Dorrit” when I read a newly published biography of Charles Dickens. Then, a friend, the late Robert Molten, bound several editions of Harper’s Magazine (1856) into three...Tags: Barack Obama, Slavery, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Charles Dickens
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Letterkenny Army Depot completing layoffs of 244 workers
Letterkenny Army Depot this week is completing layoffs of 244 contracted employees as announced in January, a depot spokeswoman said. The layoffs occurring this week are not associated with the federal budget cuts known as the sequester, according to...Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Furlough days reduced for Letterkenny workers
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comWorkers at Letterkenny Army Depot will see a 22-day work furlough that was expected to begin this week as part of the federal budget sequester reduced by eight days, according to a depot spokeswoman. The United States Department of Defense has reduced...Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Postal workers ignore cold, protest closing of Martinsburg processing plant
richardb@herald-mail.comAbout 50 area postal workers ignored Sunday afternoon’s windswept cold to protest plans by the U.S. Postal Service to close mail processing plants in Martinsburg and Cumberland, Md., and to end Saturday mail delivery. Postal union members from...Tags: Privatization, Financial and Business Services, Mail Order Industry, Company Privatization, Government Postal Delivery
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Benny's Pub owner hops into brewing business
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comAt a time when many restaurants are closing their doors, Benny’s Pub in Hagerstown is brewing up new business. On Tuesday, owner Bill Skomski Sr. hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open Antietam Brewery inside the Benny’s Pub...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages, Battle of Antietam, Bars and Clubs, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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City considers one-time $1,000 payment for full-time employees
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe City of Hagerstown is considering giving its full-time employees a one-time payment of $1,000 in June, in part as a measure of recognition of their continued work despite frozen wages over the past few years during difficult economic times. If...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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