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Washington County Childhood Literacy Summit seeks to help lagging students
dona@herald-mail.comIn the year since the first Childhood Literacy Summit was held, there are more programs available in Washington County to boost children’s reading skills, and the numbers show they need the help. Across Maryland, 82 percent of kindergarten...Tags: Schools, Elementary Schools, Public Schools, Education, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Top Md. Dems expected at summit in Hagerstown
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comTop Democrats from the state will converge in Hagerstown on Saturday for an annual summit of Western Maryland Democrats. And although Western Maryland hasn’t been a Democrat stronghold in recent years, party leaders said they were buoyed by...Tags: John Delaney, Democratic Party, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Politics, Maryland General Assembly
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2012 in Review: Columnist Tim Rowland looks back
The year 2012 begins in splendid fashion in Washington County, as thousands of people line up to sign a petition that would make this our Best Year Ever. The only caveat is that this proposition would have to be approved by Maryland voters, although...
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Local officials not expecting reimbursement for G-8
The Frederick News-PostMore than six months after President Obama and seven other world leaders converged on Camp David for the G-8 summit, local officials appear to hold out little hope that taxpayers might ever recoup the cost of preparing for and hosting the event. “...Tags: Barack Obama, G8, NATO, U.S. Secret Service, Barbara A. Mikulski
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W.Va. court hopefuls address issues
The candidates for two seats up this year on West Virginia’s Supreme Court appeared split along party lines Wednesday regarding the need for a mid-level appeals court. The two Republicans, Jefferson County Circuit Judge John Yoder and Supreme Court...Tags: Republican Party, Greenbrier, Conservation, Judges, Environmental Issues
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Gambling illustrates a century of social change
timr@herald-mail.comThose who insist that the winds of social change blow slowly should consider the issue of gambling. As the General Assembly was meeting in a special session to vote on an expansion of gambling in Maryland — largely to just catch up with...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Lifestyle and Leisure, ESPN (tv network), Elvis Presley, Illegal Immigrants
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Protesting gives people something to Occupy their time during G-8 summit
Lyndon Larouche is still alive? Who knew? I sure didn’t, until I read reports from the world G-8 summit at Camp David that the Larouche Political Action Committee was first on the scene in what has become sort of yard sale of international...
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Washington County getting G-8 spillover
andrews@herald-mail.comThe influx of visitors connected to the G-8 Summit in Frederick County, Md., is being felt in Washington County, too. Thomas B. Riford, president and chief executive officer of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, said local...Tags: G8, Marketing, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Corporate Officers
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Thurmont preparing, cautiously, for the world
andrews@herald-mail.comWhen world leaders convene this week at Camp David for the G-8 Summit, Thurmont plans to be ready. Mayor Martin Burns said shop windows and sidewalks will be clean and the grass in the park will be mowed. Businesses will brace for a flood of visitors,...Tags: Barack Obama, NATO, Condoleezza Rice, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Politics
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Roads near Camp David to be closed during G-8 summit
Maryland State police are announcing road closures for the G-8 Summit at Camp David. Md. 77 will be closed from Pryor Road on the east side to Tower Road on the west side of Frederick County from 9 a.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday. Catoctin Hollow Road...Tags: G8, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Facebook, Frederick County (Maryland), Camp David
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Protest groups move into place as G-8 Summit begins
andrews@herald-mail.comWith world leaders on their way to Camp David for a Group of Eight summit, protesters trickled into nearby Thurmont to speak their minds. The movement started slowly Friday morning, with just two representatives of the Larouche Political Action Committee...Tags: Barack Obama, NATO Summit, NATO, Politics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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