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"Celebrating Dr. King's Legacy" contest deadline announced
The Washington County Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration will sponsor a poetry/visual art contest, "Celebrating Dr. King's Legacy." The contest is open to all high school students — grades nine though 12. Entries must be submitted by Monday,...Tags: Schools, The Happiest News!, Public Schools, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Schools
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Greencastle students collect food in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comWhile the rest of the schools in Franklin County closed on Monday to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Greencastle-Antrim High School students put King’s legacy into action. G-AHS civics teacher Ellen Kirkner spearheaded a schoolwide service...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Martin Luther King Jr., Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Religion and Belief, Unemployment
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Blue Band Boosters to hold basket bingo
The Williamsport Blue Band Boosters will hold a Longaberger and Vera Bradley bingo Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Elks Lodge on Robinwood Drive in Hagerstown. Tickets cost $25 per person and include a meal and 26 games of bingo. Refreshments, raffles and tip...Tags: Health, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Hospitals and Clinics
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Slippery potpie dinner Saturday
Broadfording Church of the Brethren Fellowship, 14010 Greencastle Pike, will hold a country ham slippery potpie dinner Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. The meal includes potpie, coleslaw and beverage. Tickets cost $7 for adults to age 9, and $3 for those 8...Tags: Sausages, Foods and Beverages, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Students, Pancakes
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Romney says he might release tax returns in April
Associated PressMitt Romney’s four remaining challengers are keeping the spotlight on the Republican front-runner’s wealth and business dealings by pressing him to release his income tax returns. Romney says he might make them public in April. By then, he...Tags: Taxation, Companies and Corporations, CBS Corp., Anti Trust Crime, State Income Tax
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Collapse of former hospital over weekend called planned, controlled
heather.keels@herald-mail.comNeighbors’ concerns about the demolition of the former Washington County Hospital continued over the weekend, when the tall building that crews had been tearing down collapsed in what a neighbor described as a “very large cloud” of dust....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Area residents comment on Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comHagerstown resident Bonnie Gordon talked Monday about how Martin Luther King Jr. helped Americans understand for what the Declaration of Independence stood. “King taught Americans that everybody is created equal,” she said. “He showed...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Justice and Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, Civil Rights
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Former all-black school abuzz on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comMonday's open house at the Sumner-Ramer Memorial School building in Martinsburg meant a lot to 75-year-old Leonard R. Harris. The school, a surviving symbol of the segregation of blacks and whites in the community and now home to a museum dedicated to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Martin Luther King Jr., Museums, Students
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day closings
Following is a list of closings in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. City of Hagerstown - City of Hagerstown offices are closed today. Emergency operations will remain open. - There will be no interruption of recycling and trash collection...Tags: Labor Disputes, Frederick County (Maryland), Commuting, Labor Legislation, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Washington County Public Schools calendar - Jan. 16-20
Here are some of the things happening this week in Washington County Public Schools: Today Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Schools and central office closed Tuesday, Jan. 17 Washington County Board of Education meeting — 6 p.m. (broadcast...Tags: Schools, Satellite and Cable Service, Entertainment, Preschools, Arts and Culture
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Gallery audience shares thoughts, art pertaining to Martin Luther King Jr.
davem@herald-mail.comDouglas Fullard remembers being in Fayetteville, N.C., when he was about 13 years old and seeing Martin Luther King Jr. King was involved in a demonstration and Fullard, of Martinsburg, W.Va., said he could see the famed civil rights leader off in the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arts, Poetry
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 15
We can honor King by serving others To the editor: “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life’s most persistent and urgent question...Tags: Business, Libertarian Party, Health, Martin Luther King Jr., The Happiest News!
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