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Walnut Street Community Health Center receives $6,000 grant from Community Foundation
Walnut Street Community Health Center has received a $6,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Washington County in support of its Emergency Medication Fund. The money will be used to cover the cost of prescription medications for the center’...Tags: Walnuts, Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Dentistry and Dental Health, Health
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Economic development, agency by agency in Tri-State area
There are different models of economic development organizations in the Tri-State area and beyond, some operating as organs of county government, others as independent authorities or public-private partnerships and, in the case of Washington County, a...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Norfolk Southern Corporation, Government, Frederick County (Maryland), Realty
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Letters to the Editor - March 10
Some questions to ask BOE employees To the editor: There are some questions The Herald-Mail should ask the Board of Education employees. 1. How many employees need to move? 2. How many will carpool or drive to work? 3. How many will shop “...Tags: Regional Authority, Weaponry, Barack Obama, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Government
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Medication collection event is March 23
Washington County is hosting a medications collection event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 23, at the Washington County Health Department in Hagerstown, Residents of Washington County may drop off their unused or unwanted medications. Accepted...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Monday breakdown: Discarding empty medication bottles
A reader recently called Mail Call to ask where residents can turn in empty medication bottles. In Hagerstown, plastic containers with numbers one through seven — medicine bottles, milk bottles, water bottles, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles,...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Rubber Products Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Flu shot doing a poor job of protecting elderly
It turns out this year’s flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting senior citizens, the most vulnerable age group. The vaccine is proving only 9 percent effective in people 65 and older against the harsh strain of the flu that is...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Science and Technology, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu Vaccine
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Local residents share thoughts on Md. death penalty
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comMarlin Martin of Smithsburg said that the death penalty in Maryland should “stay as it is” and rejected the argument that there is a risk of executing an innocent person. “I think that does not happen often,” Martin, 71, said....Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Biotechnology Industry
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Woman gets suspended prison term, probation in baby's drowning
dona@herald-mail.comA woman whose 7-month-old baby drowned in the bathtub while she slept after taking prescription medication pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless endangerment Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court and was given a suspended state prison sentence....Tags: Judges, Justice System, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Pharmaceuticals
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Foundation distributes more than $100,000 to community agencies
davem@herald-mail.comMaj. Robert D. Lyle said when he moved to Hagerstown seven years ago, the Salvation Army facility he runs in Hagerstown was feeding about 64 people a day at its facility. Today, that number has more than doubled with an average of 172 people taking...Tags: Ceremonies, Diabetes, The Salvation Army, Mental Health, Family
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Remains of England's Richard III found beneath parking lot
Associated PressHe was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy. But on Monday, scientists announced they had rescued the remains of Richard III from anonymity — and the...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Arts and Culture, Archaeology, Imperial and Royal Matters, Elizabeth II
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Winter is the time when Extension office offers classes for those into agriculture
It is hard to believe it is 2013 already. While many have made New Year’s resolutions and others have been wringing their hands about the economic situation, take heart, this too shall pass, whether it is your failed resolution or our economic woes....
Tags: Medical Specialization, Fertilizer, Education, World War II (1939-1945), Biology
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Washington County delegation won't back death penalty repeal
Kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comSurrounded by a phalanx of legislators and death penalty opponents, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Tuesday that his office will make a firm push to repeal the death penalty in the state this legislative session. “The death penalty...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Annapolis
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