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Rocky Gap casino set to open this week
Associated PressThe flashy jangle of slot machines is a far cry from the stillness of Rocky Gap State Park in Western Maryland, but state and local leaders are betting that this week’s planned casino opening will transform a struggling lakeside lodge into the...Tags: Lakes Entertainment Incorporated, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Allegany County, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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HCC sweeps Finger Lakes
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Tanner Partlow pitched a one-hit shutout with three strikeouts for Hagerstown Community College in a 10-0 victory over visiting Finger Lakes in the opener of a doubleheader sweep Wednesday. The Hawks won the...Tags: Baseball, Sports
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Registration open for fishing tournament
Registration for Fort Ritchie Community Center’s second annual Bass Fishing Tournament is now open. The tournament will consist of three heats this year: March 16, April 13 and May 11 with anglers competing for more than $15,000 in cash prizes....Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing
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Icy plunge raises money for Fort Ritchie Community Center
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comA large sheet of ice covered part of Lake Royer on Tuesday, but that did not stop a group of daring souls to try to swim out and touch it at the second annual Polar Plunge Party at Fort Ritchie Community Center (FRCC) in Cascade. “I can’t...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Service news - Sept. 18
Navy Seaman Recruit Erin O. Ziegler, daughter of Lois L. Ziegler of Hedgesville, W.Va., and Scott F. Ziegler of Hagerstown, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Ziegler is a 2011 graduate of South...Tags: Schools, Graduation, High Schools, U.S. Navy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Red Run Lake has a crack in it
A Washington Township, Pa., lake popular for fishing might have gone down the drain. “The lake is almost dry. ... You can see the whole bottom now,” Jeff Geesaman, chairman of the Washington Township Supervisors, said of Red Run Lake. Two...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel
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What's Wrong With This Picture?
Editor’s note: Each Monday, The Herald-Mail will highlight an infrastructure issue or other problem and will try to find out what is being done to fix or improve the situation. We will not tackle situations involving neighborhood or domestic...
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Maryland Department of Natural Resources drains Brownsville pond
andrews@herald-mail.comThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources is draining a pond that might be unsafe in Brownsville in southern Washington County. An earthen dam has eroded to the point that it might collapse, DNR wrote in a news release. By Tuesday, DNR had removed...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Aquaculture, Energy Resources, Brownsville, Science and Technology
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FBI: Dogs detect scent of Iowa cousins near lake
Authorities searching for two young cousins drained an Iowa lake Tuesday after FBI dogs detected the girls’ scents near where their bicycles were found four days earlier, heightening suspicion from family members that they might have been abducted....
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What's wrong with this picture?
The problem: Bob Hose of Hagerstown sent an email to The Herald-Mail about Hagerstown’s City Park. “At one time the park had a beautiful in-lake fountain that harmonized with the natural beauty of the lake and its surroundings,” he...
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Testimony in quarry permit appeal focuses on water quality
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comTestimony heard Wednesday in the appeal of a state environmental agency's decision to permit a brick manufacturer's subsidiary to build a quarry in Gerrardstown, W.Va., focused on protection of nearby streams. The state Environmental Quality Board...Tags: Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Water Pollution, Rivers, Justice System
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Agreement reached amid controversy for Washington County, CHIEF to combine efforts on Yale Drive project
heather.keels@herald-mail.comAn agreement divvying responsibility for the extension of Yale Drive turned controversial Tuesday when two Washington County commissioners said the agreement looked like an attempt to avoid putting the project’s design and engineering out to bid....Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Health, Technology
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