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Ruby K. Miller, 5
Ruby Katherine Miller, 5, of Hamilton Boulevard, Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Born July 19, 2007, in Charleston, W.Va., she was the daughter of Mary Helen Leatherman...Tags: Charleston, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Laurel, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Brooklyn (New York City)
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Marchers turn out for Pa. walk event to benefit March of Dimes
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThirteen and a half years ago, Brittney Mazie benefited from March of Dimes’ services as she laid in a hospital incubator connected to an oxygen machine and heart monitor. Just 3 pounds when she was born, Brittney spent three months in Inova...Tags: Asthma, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics
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Clear Spring High School FBLA students perform well at state leadership conference
Members of the Clear Spring High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America participated in the 57th annual Maryland FBLA State Leadership Conference April 18 to 20 in Hunt Valley, Md. The conference is the culmination of a year’s worth...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest
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Coin collection at Potomac Heights benefits March of Dimes
A coin collection organized by school health personnel at Potomac Heights Elementary School, with support from Meritus Health, recently generated $832.06, which was donated to the March of Dimes. The students in the classroom of Jamie Smith, which is...
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March of Dimes fosters healthy pregnancies
alnotarianni@aol.comTerri Shoemaker had heard of March of Dimes. She knew a little about the organization, she said, but not enough to think about supporting it. Then 20 years ago, her son, Kelton Miller, was born five weeks early. “He was 6 and a half pounds. He...Tags: Premature Birth, Pneumonia, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Vaccines
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Nearly 300 walk at Martinsburg War Memorial Park for March of Dimes' March for Babies
richardb@herald-mail.comTara Viands joined a parade of nearly 300 people who walked a three-mile loop around War Memorial Park on Saturday morning to raise money for the March of Dimes’ March for Babies. “I walked because my daughters can’t walk,” said...Tags: Human Interest, Johns Hopkins Hospital, High Blood Pressure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Polio
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Seven schools in Washington County Public Schools system named after individuals or families
julieg@herald-mail.comWashington County Board of education member Karen Harshman has questioned the practice of naming schools after individuals or families. One of her concerns, she said, was that over time, people no longer would remember who the person was, or why a...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War, High School Sports, Human Interest
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Washington County employees to join in benefit events
The Washington County Recreation Department and the City of Hagerstown announced that $8,171.92 will be distributed to community organizations on behalf of the annual Run for Your Luck 5K. This year’s proceeds support the Community Free Clinic...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Madeline C. Knox, 97
Anna Madeline Cronise Knox, 97, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at Broadmore Assisted Living in Hagerstown, Md. Born Nov. 30, 1915, on a farm near Uniontown in Carroll County, Md., Madeline was the second of four children, and the only daughter of Paul...
Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Carroll County (Maryland), Bridge Playing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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March for Babies is April 27
The 2013 March for Babies in Washington County is at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at Fairgrounds Park, 351 N. Cleveland Ave., Hagerstown. The money raised supports March of Dimes programs in the community that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies,...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Betty Jane Rockwell
janeth@herald-mail.comBetty Rockwell was a survivor. She outlived two husbands, the first who died of cancer just weeks before the birth of their child, leaving Betty a widow at age 18. They met through Betty’s sister, Kate, who was married to Jack Morris’...Tags: Heart Attack, Heart Surgery, International Military Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), U.S. Navy
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Alanna J. Overdorff, 81
Alanna Jeannine Overdorff, 81, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at her home. Born Sunday, Nov. 8, 1931, in Johnstown, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Harry A. Adams and the late Mary Deliah (Burley) Adams. She graduated from...
Tags: Winnetka (Cook, Illinois), Charles Street, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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