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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: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Radio Industry, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste
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W.Va. Rep. Capito wins rare GOP primary challenge
U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito has won a rare Republican primary challenge as she seeks her seventh term in Washington. Capito defeated state Del. Jonathan Miller and Elkins artist and campground operator Michael Davis on Tuesday to capture her party&...
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EPA: Well water in Pa. gas drilling town is safe
Associated PressFederal environmental regulators say testing of scores of drinking-water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania village has failed to turn up unsafe levels of contamination, providing ammunition to a gas driller that denies it polluted the aquifer with...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Environmental Politics
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Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new health report card
Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay’s health last year, earning it the second worst grade on a yearly report card issued Tuesday by the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science. The center gave the bay a D+...Tags: Weather, Tropical Storms, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology
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Chambersburg, Middletown schools among first-ever Green Ribbon Schools
Schools in Chambersburg, Pa., and Middletown, Md., are among 78 schools nationwide that have been designated Green Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Area schools honored were Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School in Chambersburg and Lucy...Tags: Human Interest, Arne Duncan, Thaddeus Stevens, Children's Health, Asthma
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Jefferson County Economic Development Authority chief named
richardb@herald-mail.comJohn Reisenweber, a commercial lender at Centra Bank in Martinsburg, W.Va., started his new job this week as executive director of the Jefferson County Economic Development Authority. Reisenweber, 41, of Martinsburg, a member of the Berkeley County...Tags: Environmental Issues, Economic Policy, Science and Technology, Environmental Politics, Agricultural Research and Technology
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City/County Landfill leachate-collection upgrade expanded
heather.keels@herald-mail.comThe discovery of leachate seeps from the old City/County Landfill along Conococheague Creek has led the county to expand the scope — and price tag — of a scheduled upgrade to the landfill’s leachate-collection system, Washington County...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Technology, Water, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Judge: EPA veto of W.Va. mine permit overreached
A federal judge says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority in revoking permits for what could now become West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal mine. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics
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Manchin speaks with community leaders about economic development as a region
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comU.S. Sen. Joe Manchin told community leaders in the Eastern Panhandle Friday to pick their top priority to spur economic development as a region and avoid only looking out for their own small territories. “You can’t go down (to Washington, D....Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections
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ABC courses
The following courses will be offered at Barr Construction Institute at Associated Builders and Contractors, 530 N. Locust St. in Hagerstown: CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor: Doug Walker Monday, March 12, 8 a.m. to noon. Registration deadline:...Tags: Advanced Training, Career and Workplace, First Aid, National Fuel Gas Company
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FirstEnergy officials says changes won't affect customers in Tri-State area
FirstEnergy, which announced in February that it intends to close the R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport by Sept. 1, said local customers won’t be affected by a recent decision to explore increasing turbine energy sources in Ohio. Mark...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, FirstEnergy Corp.
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Letters to the Editor - March 11
Please tell me something good about Keystone pipeline To the editor: Regarding George Michael’s column (Feb. 17), I take issue with the statment, “Gas prices will continue to rise as long as the Democrats are running the show, blocking...Tags: Executive Branch, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Petroleum Industry, Politics
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