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Hagerstown Lions Club, forestry service help E. Russell Hicks students plant 78 trees
On April 17 and 18, a group of Hagerstown Lions Club members met at E. Russell Hicks Middle School and with the help of the Maryland Forest Service, staff at E. Russell Hicks and more than 230 students, planted 78 trees on the school grounds. The project...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Forests, Students, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues
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Penn State nursing and forestry students practice trauma scenario
roxann.miller@herald-mail.com“Help, I’m hurt,” screamed Jason Owings, who laid in the woods reeling in pain from a wound to his left arm. The scene looked and sounded real, but it wasn’t. It was part of trauma-scenario training on Friday at Penn State Mont...Tags: Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, Health, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Agriculture
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Hagerstown awarded $87,000 in grants for bike lanes, trees
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comHagerstown has won a pair of grants worth nearly $90,000 that will be used to add bicycle lanes and trees to help meet the city’s Community Greening Grant Program goal. The city was selected as one of the winners of Maryland’s first...Tags: Forests, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Cycling, Sports
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Letters to the Editor - March 31
This spring, let’s make Maryland greener To the editor: As citizens of an Appalachian state, we are lucky to be home to one of the largest varieties of tree species in the world. From New York to Alabama, there are more than 140 species of...Tags: Genesis (music group), Forests, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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Penn State Mont Alto hosts Academic Festival April 11
The seventh annual Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival begins at noon Wednesday, April 11, in the Multipurpose Activities Center. This event displays some of the academic works, which have been researched, developed, and created throughout the 2011-...Tags: Arts and Culture, The Pennsylvania State University, Arts, Science and Technology
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PSU gardeners grow relationships at Quincy Village
waynesboro@herald-mail.comPenn State Mont Alto students dug in the dirt Wednesday as part of a service project designed to plant the seeds of intergenerational relationships. The college’s students and staff started meeting with Quincy Village residents a year ago to talk...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, Health, Physical Therapy, Health Treatments
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Young urban foresters do their part to clean up Chesapeake Bay
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comRain did not stop the fourth-graders at Salem Avenue Elementary School in Hagerstown from doing their part to keep the Chesapeake Bay alive on Wednesday. In fact, it might have helped them. “We are planting trees for less erosion so the sediments...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry
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Tunis J. Lyon, 88
Tunis J. Lyon, 88, of Willis, Texas, and formerly of Itnyre Road, Smithsburg, Md., passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Conroe, Texas. Born Feb. 26, 1924, in Grand Rapids, Mich., he was the son of the late Louis and Sjoukje (Hofstra) Lyon. He...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sociology, World War II (1939-1945), Alzheimer's Disease, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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More than 20,000 trees to be planted in I-70 median between Hagerstown and Hancock
The Maryland State Highway Administration has begun a project to plant 20,500 trees along the Interstate 70 median between Hancock and Hagerstown, SHA Spokesperson Charlie Gischlar said. "We are planting the trees in scattered areas," Gischlar said....Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Forests, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Rivers, Environmental Issues
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This week in government
Scheduled meetings this week of the Washington County Commissioners and Hagerstown Mayor and Council: WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Springfield Middle School 334 Sunset Ave., Williamsport Tuesday, April 24, 9:30 a.m. • 9:30 a.m.: Earth Day tree...Tags: Criminals, U.S. Department of Justice, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Science and Technology, Human Interest
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Clear Spring High team wins Washington County Envirothon
The 2012 Washington County Envirothon was held April 20 at Claud E. Kitchens Outdoor Education Center at Fairview. Ten teams from Boonsboro, Clear Spring and Smithsburg were on hand for the competition. Students were tested with hands-on...Tags: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Music, Entertainment, Conservation
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Concerns about forestry plan for Camp Sinoquipe aired at meeting
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comThe Mason-Dixon Council of the Boy Scouts of America was on the hot seat Tuesday night as more than 100 people filled two rooms at Hagerstown Community College to air their concerns about a draft forest-management plan for Camp Sinoquipe in Fulton County,...Tags: Boy Scouts of America
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