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Language bank provides live telephonic interpretation for practitioner, patient
marieg@heald-mail.comAn elderly woman heads into the emergency room with severe stomach pain. She hardly understand what’s happening, let alone how the doctors will fix it. All she knows is that it hurts, she’s alone and she doesn’t speak English. As...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Abdominal Pain, Hospitals and Clinics
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Grandparents day planned at Hickory Elementary
Grandparents of students who attend Hickory Elementary School are invited to Grandparents Day. Grandparents are invited to visit the school Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Spring band concert Fifth-graders at Hickory Elementary...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Schools, Elementary Schools
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Deaf Awareness Day is Friday, May 10, at the Valley Mall
Deafnet Association Inc. is sponsoring Deaf Awareness Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Valley Mall, 17301 Valley Mall Road, Hagerstown, featuring vendors serving the deaf community. Also from 1 to 2 p.m., state officials will lead a... -
9-1-1 Text Alert Pilot Program Launches in Frederick County.
rharveyjones@hmtv6.comVerizon Wireless customers can now send a text message to 911 for emergency help. A 9-1-1 text alert pilot program will be launched today throughout Frederick County and six other counties across the Northeast. The service is designed to enable those...Tags: Telecommunication Service, Politics, Government, Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Device for the hearing impaired uses bone, not air, to conduct sound
marieg@herald-mail.comNothing can prepare a person for living in silence. After all, the world is filled with sound — car horns beeping, babies crying, conversations and music bouncing off the walls of a noisy restaurant. But sometimes, those sounds disappear, either...Tags: Internal Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance, Health and Medical Professionals, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Scholarship available for deaf student
The Maryland State Grange has announced the availability of a deaf scholarship for the 2013-14 school year. Individuals who are hearing impaired or preparing to work with the hearing impaired are urged to apply. Applicants must meet one of the...Tags: Awards and Prizes
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Del. Neil C. Parrott seeking anonymity for petition signers
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. Neil C. Parrott stirred up the state last year by creating a website to collect signed petitions, forcing laws such as the ones on same-sex marriage and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants onto the ballot in the November election. And...Tags: Washington, DC, Ronald N. Young, Politics, Nancy Jacobs, Democratic Party
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Area deaf and hard-of-hearing students attend career exploration camp at RIT
Area high school students are back home after participating in a national career exploration camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Rochester Institute of Technology. More than 200 students from as far away as Hawaii participated. Area...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Education, Students
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Signing away the blues
marieg@herald-mail.comIn a few days, Cindy Mease will stand on stage and sign the blues. She’ll capture the emotions, the wrenching soulfulness, the rollicking rhythm and liquid notes that seem to melt into each other. There will be songs echoing joy and pain,...Tags: Music Industry, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Saturday yard sale at WHS canceled
Due to the deaths of two Williamsport High School students, the Williamsport Blue Band Boosters have canceled their annual Yard Sale Extravaganza, which was to be held Saturday. The boosters appreciate the community’s continued support of...Tags: Prescription Drugs
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Annapolis Notes - Feb. 27
Washington County pursuing tax-credit program
Washington County has joined Frederick County, Md., in trying to start a new system of property-tax credits for new or expanding businesses.
To qualify, an existing business would have to add at least 1,500...Tags: Politics, Christopher B. Shank, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Thomas V. Mike Miller, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Student News - Sept. 19
Camille Heim, a 2009 Boonsboro High School graduate, was one of 91 students selected for the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Class of 2015. Following several days of orientation, the new pharmacy students were recognized at the White Coat...Tags: West Virginia University, Middletown, Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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