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Father says man charged in death of W.Va. sheriff is mentally 'off'
Associated PressThe man suspected of killing a West Virginia sheriff as he ate lunch in his car was mentally disturbed and had no particular vendetta with law enforcement, his father told The Associated Press on Thursday. Melvin Maynard said his 37-year-old son,...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Metal and Mineral, Murder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Shootings
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Joan A. Brewer
janeth@herald-mail.comMost people knew Joan Brewer as “Grandma,” whether they were related to her or not. Family and home were her priorities. “Her caring extended beyond her family,” son Jim Acre of Smithsburg said. Joan was the third of six...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Ocean City, Pies and Tarts, Heart Attack, Washington, DC
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Edible traditions are focus of interfaith dinner
davem@herald-mail.comEd Poling remembers little waffle-like cookies baking on the stove during Christmas time at his home in Windber, Pa. Poling, now senior pastor at Hagerstown Church of the Brethren, remembers those cookies, known as Pizzelles, as having a distinct...Tags: Potatoes, Holidays, Metal and Mineral, Customs and Tradition, Christmas
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Tomblin takes oath for full term as W.Va. governor
Associated PressGov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Monday he’ll seek improvements for West Virginians over his full four-year term, vowing in his inaugural address to protect coal and fight the federal government “to get off our backs and leave us alone.”...Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Prescription Drugs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Metal and Mineral
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Gun law changes face fight in Pa.
The Philadelphia InquirerAs Ron Jones lodged his shotgun against his shoulder Friday night, took aim and fired, a heaviness hung over the Lower Providence Rod & Gun Club’s weekly trapshoot in Montgomery County as thick as the smoke that belched from his firearm. Across...Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Elections, Personal Weapon Control
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Surface Mine Board did not abuse discretion in affirming mining permit for quarry in Gerrardstown, W.Va
matthewu@herald-mail.comA circuit judge ruled Thursday that the state Surface Mine Board did not abuse its discretion and did not make an arbitrary decision when it affirmed the issue of a mining permit for a 100-acre quarry site in Gerrardstown, W.Va. Substantial evidence...Tags: Environmental Politics, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Cleanup, Justice System, Judges
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Rockefeller won't seek 6th term in U.S. Senate
Associated PressU.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who came to West Virginia as a young man from one of the world’s richest families to work on antipoverty programs and remained in the state to build a political legacy, announced Friday he will not seek a sixth term....Tags: Government, Republican Party, Retirement, U.S. Congress, Elections
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Companies use election results as an excuse to ruin workers' lives
The thing that fascinates me most about American politics is that just when it seems as if we’ve seen it all, and the political landscape is in danger of becoming dull and monotonous, someone raises the bar. And indeed, shortly after the election,...
Tags: Republican Party, Employees, Democratic Party, Unemployment, Politics
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Pa. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey wins second term
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania withstood a spending spree by coal-industry millionaire Republican Tom Smith to win a second term Tuesday in a race in which the political scion had been heavily favored. Casey’s victory also cements a...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Tom Corbett, Scranton, Tom Smith (politician)
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Gerrardstown quarry proponents, opponents given deadline to submit ideas to resolve appeal
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comAttorneys engaged in a legal battle over a proposed shale quarry in Gerrardstown, W.Va. were given until Dec. 1 to submit proposed orders to resolve an appeal pending in Berkeley County Circuit Court. Potomac Riverkeeper Inc., Washington Heritage Trail...Tags: Environmental Politics, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Cleanup, Justice System, Lawyers
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Knowledgeable newcomers seek Jefferson Co. House seat
richardb@herald-mail.comPolitical novices Democrat John Maxey and Republican Paul Espinosa, are running against each other to represent the new 66th Delegate District in what is, geographically, Jefferson County’s largest political jurisdiction. Created by the state...Tags: Pembroke (Giles, Virginia), Politics, Labor Markets, Elections, Metal and Mineral
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U.S. Senate candidates square off in Shepherdstown
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comJoe Manchin had help rebuffing repeated assertions Tuesday night by Republican John Raese that West Virginia’s junior Democratic senator was on the wrong political team in Washington. Mountain Party candidate Bob Henry Baber said Raese’s...Tags: Government, Joe Manchin III, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Metal and Mineral
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