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St. Mary students visit Antietam battlefield to learn about watershed
St. Mary Catholic School eighth-graders recently visited Antietam National Battlefield to participate in the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Bridging the Watershed program. The program is used to determine stream health. Students also learned the...Tags: Religious Education, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel, Parochial Schools
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C&O Canal pulled history buff onto new career path
janeth@herald-mail.comFor Daniel “Dan” Filer, it all started with an internship at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park’s Cumberland Visitors Center while he was a college student at Frostburg State University. Filer, 29, who grew up and...Tags: Frostburg State University, Indiana Jones (fictional character), Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel
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Area national parks win grants for upgrades
maegan.clearwood@herald-mail.comAfter months of anticipation, three Maryland national parks have had their grant applications accepted, and the National Park Foundation is giving the parks a total of $39,700 toward improvements and learning projects. According to a press release, the...Tags: Allegany County, Maryland, Tourism and Leisure, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Travel
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Park ranger killed in Mount Rainier National Park once worked locally
dona@herald-mail.comA National Park Service ranger shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday morning in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state worked at the C&O Canal National Historical Park from 2004-08, park officials said Monday. Ranger Margaret Anderson, 34,...Tags: Health, Arts and Culture, Iraq, Benjamin Colton Barnes, Injuries and Wounds
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Car wash to benefit band
It may be summer, but the Hancock High School Band Boosters are already anticipating the new school year. The boosters are holding a car wash Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the high school. Have your car or truck washed and give the boosters a...Tags: Anglicanism, Arts and Culture, Worship (music group), Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure
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Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War
Prior to Gettysburg, perhaps just three truly decisive battles had been fought on the North American continent — The British defeat of the French at Quebec in 1759; the 1777 defeat of the British by American forces at Saratoga; and the Battle of...Tags: Health, Elections, Pennsylvania, Tourism and Leisure, Washington, DC
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Bomb sniffing dog is man's best friend, by a nose
marieg@herald-mail.comHe's a big dog. That's the first thing you notice as Samson enters the room — all 130 pounds of a solidly built black Labrador retriever. But everything about him demands attention, from his sleek fur to his curiosity and energy. It's his nose,...Tags: Health, Elections, Tourism and Leisure, Washington, DC, Travel
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The work is free and the rewards are great
July is truly summertime. We are having some fine blue-sky days but are also experiencing the white-sky, hot and muggy ones that make us long for air-conditioned interiors. Despite the discomfort to us thin-skinned mammals, life in the natural world is...Tags: Wildlife, Invasive Species, Elections, Tourism and Leisure, Forestry and Timber
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With hope of being free, James Pennington fled Rockland estate
With a piece of India
n flour bread in his pocket and hopes of becoming a free man in his heart, James W.C. Pennington ran away from Rockland Estate in search of freedom.
The so-called fugitive blacksmith would go on to become a minister in Presbyterian...Tags: The Amistad, Missing Persons, Arts and Culture, Yale University, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Business People - Oct. 23
Hagerstown Police Department Officer Bradley Helman was named officer of the month for August. Helman has been employed with the Hagerstown Police Department for 21 years and is assigned to the Charlie Platoon of the Uniformed Patrol Division. Over...Tags: George Washington, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Justice System, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure
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Thousands remember slain former C&O park ranger
Margaret Anderson became a law- enforcement officer with the National Park Service because she wanted to help people, and she put herself in the way of evil on New Year’s Day because of her deep religious faith and love for others, her father told...Tags: Laws, Biology, Benjamin Colton Barnes, Ken Salazar, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Mount Rainier park reopens after ranger's fatal shooting
Associated PressRangers and volunteers somberly embraced as Mount Rainier National Park reopened to the public this weekend following the shooting of a park ranger by an Iraq War veteran. "We're here to take back the mountain today," park spokeswoman Lee Snook said...Tags: Human Interest, Benjamin Colton Barnes, Iraq War (2003-2011), Eatonville, Cross Country Skiing
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