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Martinsburg to hold May 11 election on renewing police levy
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comMartinsburg will hold a special election May 11 to ask voters to decide whether to renew the city's police levy. Martinsburg City Council in a special meeting Thursday voted 4-1 to adopt an ordinance providing for the special Saturday election after...Tags: Politics, Elections, Primaries, Local Elections
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Md. Senate passes gun-control bill
Associated PressA gun-control measure backed by the governor has made it through the state Senate and supporters say it will make Maryland’s already strong weapons laws some of the toughest in the nation. Opponents decried the bill as an erosion of Second Amendment...Tags: Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Politics, Firearms, Bryan W. Simonaire
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Whitetail brings liquor referendum to Montgomery Township
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comWhitetail Resort wants to get a referendum question on the May 21 Pennsylvania primary to change Montgomery Township from a “dry” township to a “wet” township. Don MacAskill, president and general manager of Whitetail, said...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Politics, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Dining and Drinking, Elections
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Mason-Dixon Council of the Boy Scouts of America chief awaits national decision on gays
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA local Scouting official said the organization will respect whatever decision is made when the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America votes this spring on whether to open membership to gays. On Feb. 6, the national group decided to postpone a...Tags: Christianity, Clubs and Associations, Politics, Minority Groups, Youth Organizations
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Hagerstown City Council briefs
City moves toward buying former motel property During a special voting session Tuesday, the Hagerstown City Council unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance authorizing the city to buy the former Holiday Motel property. The city plans to...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Pope Benedict XVI, citing poor health, to step down Feb. 28
Associated PressDeclaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for a...Tags: Vatican City, Politics, Judges, Christian Orthodoxy, Rome (Italy)
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Md. lawmakers take up natural gas issues, jobs, early voting
Md. lawmakers approve natural gas surcharge bill ANNAPOLIS (AP) — Natural gas companies would be able to seek a surcharge of up to $2 on monthly gas bills to help recover costs for replacing aging infrastructure, in a measure approved by state...
Tags: Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Politics, Employment, Energy Resources
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Allan Powell: The decline and fall of the Republican Party
Ever since the great British historian Edward Gibbon wrote “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1776), writers have adapted a portion of this title to describe “The Decline and Fall” of everything from a regime to a...Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Politics
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Washington Co. residents add voices against stricter gun laws in Md.
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comHundreds of gun-control opponents showed up in the state capital Wednesday as Gov. Martin O’Malley testified in front of a senate judicial committee in support a bill that would bring stricter gun laws to the state. Among those crowding the Lawyer&...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Ronald N. Young, Mental Health, Laws
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Washington County will no longer recognize Fairplay Fire Co.
davem@herald-mail.comIn a move that a Fairplay Fire Co. representative said was “appalling,” the Washington County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday afternoon to no longer recognize the embattled fire company and no longer provide it with any funding or in-...Tags: Politics, Elections, Paul Miller
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In Annapolis, what's old is new again
Ah, what a blast from the past: Capital punishment, gun bans, container taxes — legislation that hadn’t been seriously heard from in Annapolis for 20 years. Verily, those were issues before the General Assembly when I was covering the...
Tags: Republican Party, Labor Legislation, Politics, Referenda, Laws
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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: Labor Legislation, Politics, Ronald N. Young, Referenda, Nancy Jacobs
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