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Funkstown budget includes increase in property tax and water rates
davem@herald-mail.comFunkstown Town Council members unanimously passed a 2012-13 budget Monday night that includes a 4-cent property tax rate hike, a 10 percent water rate increase and a temporary utility recovery fee that charges each household account $25 per quarter for...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost, Energy Saving, Local Government, Water Supply
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While we might get dry here at times, it is nothing like the situation in Colorado
As I write this, I am on a Sustainable Agriculture study tour of Colorado. I must say it is ruggedly beautiful country. This area of the country between the Rocky Mountain Front Range to the Pacific Coast is often called semi-arid and to me that is a...
Tags: Conservation, Agriculture
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Five for your planner: Sunday, May 20
1. Pretty posies Antietam Garden Club will present a standard flower show with six arrangement categories and horticulture specimens from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at Western Maryland Hospital Center, second floor auditorium, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave.,...
Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Arts and Culture, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Sociology
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Washington County Board of Commissioners face criticism in recycling decision
heather.keels@herald-mail.comSince deciding in January to scale back county recycling to promote use of private curbside pickup, the Washington County Board of Commissioners has faced criticism from both sides of the issue. To some, the solution — a private, opt-out curbside...Tags: Lobbying, Waste Management Incorporated, Politics, Waste
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Parasiliti: Wildcats' journey far from ordinary
Sometimes, seasons are like book reports. You remember those. You get a book and read it before trying to summarize what’s been written and what it meant to you. And like anything else, some of us jump off the cliff and get involved, while...Tags: Endangered Species, Wildlife, Conservation, Sports, Arthur Ashe
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Williamsport's Hardy wins 2A West 3,200-meter title
Thursday, May 17, 2012 PREP TRACK & FIELD WESTMINSTER, Md. — Williamsport senior Evan Hardy held off Poolesville’s Chase Weaverling by 1.92 seconds to win the boys 3,200-meter run in 9:33.04 during the first day of the Maryland Class 2A West...Tags: College Sports, Health, New York Yankees, High School Sports, Nero (music group)
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Boating deaths in Maryland nearly double
Capital News ServiceBoating deaths in Maryland last year were nearly double the average annual number recorded by the state Department of Natural Resources in the past decade, and unusually warm weather could be a major reason for the jump. From 2001 to 2010, the average...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Annapolis, Holidays, Conservation, Natural Resources
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Boonsboro Green Fest is 'unique and impressive'
alnotarianni@aol.comA singer’s voice sailed from a stage across Shafer Memorial Park in Boonsboro. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” he sang. But clearly, there would be no paradise paving here. Not among members of the Boonsboro...Tags: Religion and Belief, Alternative Energy, Business, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Business People - May 13
Total Fitness Specialists Inc. Tina McNulty, personal trainer and owner of Total Fitness Specialists Inc., recently completed continuing- education credits for the Master Level Personal Trainer Certification through the American Fitness Professionals &...Tags: Health, Arts and Culture, Conservation, Real Estate, Safety of Citizens
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Funkstown briefs
Town council members sworn in FUNKSTOWN — Four Funkstown Town Council members were sworn-in before the start of Monday night’s mayor and council meeting at Town Hall. Assistant Mayor Sharon Chirgott, who ran unopposed in the May 7 election;...Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Radio Industry, Waste Management Incorporated, Local Government, Environmental Politics
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Art Callaham: Some suggestions for economic development
For the past few weeks, there has been a lot of news and editorial space given to our local Economic Development Commission, staff, leadership, County Commissioners, past County Commissioners, old dogs, children and watermelon wine. OK, not the last...Tags: Privatization, Government, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Company Privatization
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Hagerstown Lions Club, forestry service help E. Russell Hicks students plant 78 trees
On April 17 and 18, a group of Hagerstown Lions Club members met at E. Russell Hicks Middle School and with the help of the Maryland Forest Service, staff at E. Russell Hicks and more than 230 students, planted 78 trees on the school grounds. The project...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Forestry and Timber, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Education, Natural Resources
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