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Grant to help neighborhoods hit by foreclosure, subprime lending
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWashington County has been awarded a $715,000 state grant for housing counseling, foreclosure prevention and other housing programs, a county official told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Jim Hovis, director of the county’s Office of...Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Interior Policy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Housing and Urban Planning, Politics
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Business briefs - May 12
Tractor Supply Co. BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Tractor Supply Co., a retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States, announced it will be the exclusive retailer of the Jonsered brand of professional-grade chain saws. This marks the first time...Tags: Science and Technology, Employees, Economy, Business and Finance, Susquehanna Bancshares Incorporated, Companies and Corporations
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Business people - May 5
Christian Caine SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Jennifer Blackford Fountain has been promoted to general manager at Christian Caine in Shepherdstown. In her new position, Fountain is responsible for overseeing all store operations and staffing....
Tags: Small Businesses, Allegheny Energy Inc., Real Estate, Science and Technology, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Business briefs - April 28
Economic Development Commission The 2013 Business & Industry Directory is now available in electronic format through the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission’s website. Assembled each year by the EDC, the directory is...Tags: Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Physical Therapy
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A tale of two houses
arnoldp@herald-mail.comNew homeowner Steven Mazur and his new neighbors, Jesse McAllister and fiancé Heather Kurtz, are full of hope about their lives in the housing development on Hagerstown’s western edge. So, too, presumably, was the woman who in summer 2006 bought...Tags: Foreclosures, Real Estate, Frederick County (Virginia), Money and Monetary Policy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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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, Career and Workplace, U.S. Postal Service, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Business people - March 10
International Association of Administrative Professionals The International Association of Administrative Professionals, or IAAP, recently announced that Donnell Householder of Cumberland, Md., earned certified administrative professional certification....
Tags: Garrett County, Recipes, George Washington University, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frederick County (Virginia)
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Business briefs - Feb. 24
Susquehanna Bank LITITZ, Pa. — Susquehanna Bank recently launched a Mobile Deposit app that allows customers to make a deposit by taking a picture of a check using a smartphone. In just a few steps, customers can securely deposit a check into...Tags: Dermatology, Dermatologists, Mole (lesion), Apple iPhone, Economy, Business and Finance
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Business Briefs - Feb. 10
Franklin Financial Services Corp. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The board of directors of Franklin Financial Services Corp. declared a $0.17 per share regular quarterly dividend for the first quarter of 2013. The first-quarter 2013 cash dividend remains...Tags: Derivative Securities, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Ford
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Washington County falls behind Franklin, Berkeley in housing sales
arnoldp@herald-mail.comWashington County was king of the region’s real estate market before the recession, posting more in total sales than any Tri-State-area county west of Frederick. But in the past two years, Washington County has lost its crown, with sales growing...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Real Estate, Property, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frederick County (Virginia)
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7 out of 10 back plan to halt Saturday mail delivery, surveys show
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comDarrell Hall said that he thinks the federal government is “too stupid” to find other places to cut spending, which is why the U.S. Postal Service plans to cut out Saturday mail delivery. “I don’t agree with it but I understand it...Tags: FedEx Corporation, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Newspaper and Magazine, U.S. Postal Service, Mail Order Industry
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Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service expects the Saturday mail...
Tags: Marketing, Weather, U.S. Postal Service, Mail Order Industry, Health and Safety at Work
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