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NBA's Jeffries blazes into pressing venture
A professional athlete’s career is always just one injury or one bad season away from ending forever. So, instead of blowing money on cars and houses, many are aiming to win big in franchising as they look to their financial futures following...Tags: Venus Williams, Economy, Business and Finance, National Basketball Association, Washington, DC, Portland Trail Blazers
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Washington County Commissioners may suspend Fairplay Volunteer Fire Company operations
julieg@herald-mail.comAmid concerns about Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co.’s ability to respond to emergency calls, the Washington County Commissioners will consider on Tuesday whether to suspend the fire company’s operations, according to county officials and a...Tags: Local Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Emergency Health Procedures, Kevin Lewis
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Emails to county indicate residents dissatisfied with Fairplay fire company's service
julieg@herald-mail.comIn the two days before the Washington County Commissioners were set to decide whether to suspend Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co.’s operations, the commissioners have received at least 14 emails from community members supporting a suspension, according...Tags: Local Government, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents
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Commissioners vote to indefinitely suspend Fairplay fire company operations
andrews@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to immediately and indefinitely suspend the operations of Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co. A task force will work on a plan to re-establish the department, coming up with a plan, within three...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Elections
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Fairplay residents react to suspension of fire company
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comFormer Fairplay volunteer firefighter Mark Kopp said Wednesday that the indefinite suspension of Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co. operations because of its trouble responding to calls was overdue, while others praised the work the company was doing. “...Tags: Fires, Economy, Business and Finance
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Fairplay vice president: Suspension was like 'a sledgehammer'
andrews@herald-mail.comThe vice president of Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co. thinks the fire department’s suspension by Washington County was excessive. “It was like trying to kill an ant with a sledgehammer,” Robert Moncrief said Wednesday. The county...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Elections
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Bingo at Hancock fire hall
The Hancock Volunteer Fire Company is hosting a benefit bingo at its fire hall on Fulton Street Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5, beginning at 2 p.m. Featured prizes are Coach and Vera Bradley handbags. Tickets are $25, and those reserved in advance will be...Tags: Entertainment, Eric Clapton, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Maryland State Police
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Gas prices up in Hagerstown area for the fourth week in a row
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comFor the fourth straight week, gas prices rose, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report on its website at fuelgaugereport.aaa.com. The national average for regular-grade gas on Thursday was at $3.53 per gallon, up from $3.49 the previous week,...Tags: Sunoco Incorporated, Automotive Equipment, AAA, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Commissioners had little choice but to suspend Fairplay fire company
Among the basic duties that are still prescribed to government, austerity or no, is fire protection. It’s a life-or-death task that depends on discipline and dependability. That’s why the Washington County Board of Commissioners could not...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance
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Company once known as Blackwater settles arms case
The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling and other crimes. Documents unsealed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in North Carolina...Tags: Prosecution, Economy, Business and Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Government
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Mail Call - Aug. 9
“Well, I guess the word is out on the street, that the school board is paying $1.5 million for a property that was recently bought for $500,000. Hmm, local builder, developer, who also sells buildings to the county for triple profits, and a...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Barack Obama, Traffic, YMCA
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Gas prices up in Hagerstown area for five consecutive weeks
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comGas prices have increased for five consecutive weeks, and they actually are ahead of this week’s projections in Hagerstown, according to the AAA Mid-Atlantic Weekend Gas Watch and the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report on its website at fuelgaugereport....Tags: Automotive Equipment, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), AAA, Economy, Business and Finance, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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