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HCC to host Contitution Day event Sept. 20
Hagerstown Community College will host its annual Constitution Day event Tuesday, Sept. 20, beginning at noon in the Student Center on HCC’s main campus. Guest speakers will be Art Callaham, former executive director of the Greater Hagerstown...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics
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Appeals court won't reconsider former attorney's conviction
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe state Supreme Court of Appeals refused to rehear a former Martinsburg defense attorney’s appeal of his 2010 conviction on 11 misdemeanor counts of practicing law without a license. The 5-0 decision on Steven M. Askin’s petition for...Tags: Politics, Punishment, Local Government, Laws, Justice System
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Letters to the Editor - Sept. 13
Our school systems are failing our children To the editor: Oh, it’s that time again. Back to school we go. This is really going to date me. School starting was really hard for me. Directions being understood and sounding a word out to spell a...Tags: Politics, Health, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Government
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Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss speaks to students in Jefferson Co., W.Va. about learning civics
richardb@herald-mail.comIn something of a reprise of his popular film, "Mr. Holland's Opus," Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss sat in high school auditoriums Friday and lectured seniors on the subject of civics and the need to learn it. "Only about 4 percent of the students...Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Celebrities, Richard Dreyfuss, Pacific Ocean
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Panelists discuss role of federal government in education
kate.alexander@herald-mail.comA panel of local leaders wrestled with the vexing question of what role the federal government should play in education during a discussion hosted Wednesday night by the League of Women Voters of Washington County. Exactly where and how the federal...Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Regional Authority
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Remembering the Bill of Rights on Independence Day
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified by Congress on Dec. 15, 1791.
The amendments limit the power of the federal government and provide protection for such freedoms as free speech, religion and...Tags: Anglicanism, Witnesses, Church and State Relations, Health, Interior Policy
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Mail Call - July 14
“As a Washington County BOE teacher, I’m responding to the calls saying 17 of the county schools have received failing grades for performance. We as teachers can only do so much. We can’t make your child do the work. We send it home;...Tags: Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Health and Safety at Work, Maryland, Republican Party
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War between the states resulted in creation of West Virginia
As it did in other areas across the United States, the Civil War brought battles, gruesome tales and acts of destruction to what is now the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, but back then was part of Virginia.
For West Virginia, the conflict was to...Tags: Politics, Armed Forces, Health, Prisons, Railway Transportation
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Property taxes targeted in W.Va. race
In West Virginia's special election for governor, both Republican Bill Maloney and acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, the Democratic nominee, favor cutting some property taxes. Either winner would face several hurdles, including the state constitution and...Tags: Politics, Government, Laws, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance
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Letters to the Editor - Sept. 30
Dreyfuss’ efforts should be applauded To the editor: I applaud the efforts of Richard Dreyfuss to establish The Dreyfuss Initiative to advocate for the return of civics as a core course in public school education. The need to understand our...Tags: Richard Dreyfuss, Politics, United Nations, Herbert Clark Hoover, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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