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Waynesboro School Board approves $50.7 million spending plan
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comTwo days before the deadline to approve it's budget, the Waynesboro School Board Friday night approved a $50.7 million spending plan for 2012-13 that includes a 1-mill real-estate tax increase. The increase brings the district’s mill rate to 86.5....Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Politics, Elections, College Sports
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Smithsburg Lions Club awards scholarships to Hovermale, Fox
The Smithsburg Lions Club honored two 2012 graduates with scholarships May 23 at Mountain Gate Restaurant in Waynesboro, Pa. Club President Jeff Weaver introduced the recipients and their families to the audience and presented the scholarships. The...
Tags: Christianity, Human Interest, Roman Catholicism, Education, Science and Technology
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Greencastle-Antrim graduates finish school careers by 'starting our new day'
As the sea of 190 graduates made its way to Kaley Field for their commencement Saturday, Megan Misiak stood out as the embodiment of strength and perseverance in Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School’s Class of 2012. With the look of...
Tags: Paul William Bryant, Eleanor Roosevelt, Graduation, College Sports, College Baseball
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The finest band in the land
roxann.miller@heraldmail.comThe best high school musicians in five counties will put their musical talents together on Saturday. The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association will present the Upper District 7 Band Festival at the Chambersburg Area Senior High School auditorium at 7:...Tags: Human Interest, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Festive Events, Arts and Culture, High School Sports
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Heritage golfer Messana commits to Clemson
For golfer Marisa Messana, the process of finding the perfect college turned out to be as challenging and rewarding as sinking a birdie putt on the final hole to win a tournament. Messana, 17, a junior at American Heritage in Plantation, where she is...
Tags: Sports, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tulane Green Wave, Clubs and Associations, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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The Biggest Threat to Your Kid’s Life
HealthIt seems every other update in my Facebook stream is about the recent accidental shootings committed by young children. In Toms River New Jersey, 6-year-old Brandon Holt was killed last month when his 4-year-old friend went indoors, got a loaded .22-... -
Dr. Edward L. "Mac" McDill, Hopkins professor
Edward L. "Mac" McDill, former chairman of the Johns Hopkins University's sociology department who was also the founding director of the Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools, died April 25 of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in...
Tags: Jacksonville State University, Education, Human Interest, Report Cards, Students
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Some colleges tighten restrictions on prescribing ADHD medications
Reporter and PhotographerYou're cut off-- some colleges say abuse of drugs used to treat ADHD is so rampant they'll rarely prescribe it for students, and when they do it's only after extensive analysis by a doctor and a signed contract promising not to share the pills. Most of...Tags: Education, Adderall (drug), Students, ADHD, Science and Technology
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College-bound seniors celebrated
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Since its inception in 1999, the Imperial County College Going Initiative has steadily seen the number of high school seniors accepted to four-year universities increase. To celebrate this year’s 467 college-bound high school...Tags: Education, Students, California Polytechnic State University, Financial Aid, Teaching and Learning
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Tour civil rights sites around the South
ATLANTA - Key events in 1963, from organized protests in Alabama to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, galvanized the civil rights movement that eventually toppled Jim Crow laws in the South. The 50th anniversary of those events is a...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Interest, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Troy University
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Spending teenage years in the 'stroke belt' seems to increase risk
Spending adolescence in the “stroke belt” of the southeastern United States could make people more vulnerable to stroke later in life – even if they eventually move elsewhere, a study published Wednesday suggests. What researchers call...
Tags: Science and Technology, Physical Conditions, University of Washington, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Surgeon General to speak at HU commencement in May
The U.S. Surgeon General will give the commencement address at Hampton University's graduation ceremony May 12. Dr. Regina Benjamin will be the university's 143rd commencement speaker and will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at the...
Tags: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Tulane University, Drugs and Medicines, Education, Morehouse School of Medicine
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