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Washington County school board votes to buy former Allegheny Energy HQ
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Education ended months of speculation Tuesday afternoon by voting unanimously to buy the former Allegheny Energy building on Downsville Pike to house its administrative offices. The $5.5 million purchase agreement includes...Tags: Property, Politics, Energy Saving, Lobbying, Allegheny Energy Inc.
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General Assembly tackles gun control in session's final week
Associated PressWhile Maryland lawmakers will have plenty to do in the last week of the state’s legislative session, most of the high-profile measures backed by Gov. Martin O’Malley already have been approved by the General Assembly. An increase in the...Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Executive Branch, Gun Control
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Status of major bills in 2013 Md. General Assembly
• The following measures have been passed by the Maryland General Assembly and await Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature: DEATH PENALTY REPEAL The measure will make Maryland the 18th state to ban capital punishment. GAS TAX Maryland will...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Private Health Care, Maryland General Assembly
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Mail Call - April 2
“To the Sharpsburg caller complaining about HM national sports coverage: For what I see, the HM has plenty of national sports coverage. The HM is the most popular paper in the Tri-State. Go to any store in Waynesboro, Greencastle, or Hagerstown; the...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Executive Branch, Assault, USA Today
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West Virginia's birth detailed in Charles Town author's new book
richardb@herald-mail.comMany who have not studied West Virginia history believe it became a state in the middle of the Civil War because the people who lived in western Virginia objected to Virginia’s vote to secede from the Union. True for some, but the schism between...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Abraham Lincoln, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace
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Four Board of Education members leaning toward the purchase of former Allegheny Energy
julieg@herald-mail.comRecalling his first tour of the former Allegheny Energy headquarters on Downsville Pike, Washington County Board of Education member Wayne D. Ridenour said he thought of the possibility the office building could house the school system’s...Tags: Business Enterprises, Local Government, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Physical Therapy
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Allan Powell: Dead bodies still fail to move lawyers
A story reported in the history of Pennsylvania is tragically being repeated today. As Euro-American settlers advanced into Indian territory, American Indians retaliated with fire, tomahawks and arrows. The frontier residents pleaded with the Colonial...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, National Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Gun Control
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Letters to the Editor - March 27
Raising taxes, particularly on gas, not the answer to woes To the editor: Gov. O’Malley and the Democrats in Annapolis have the same answer to all of our problems: tax increases. The governor claims that this gas tax increase is needed to build...Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, Elections, Abusive Behavior, Executive Branch, Public Transportation
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Mail Call - March 26
“Just for the information of your readers, the new pontiff, Francis, took the name after the patron saint of animals, St. Francis of Assisi.” — Hagerstown “This is to all the conservatives who keep making the argument that more...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Diabetes, Executive Branch, Reformed, Religious Leaders
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Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, dies at 87
Associated PressLove her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation — breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war,...Tags: Elections, Conservative Party (UK), Tony Blair, Parliament, Argentina
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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown: Racially biased death penalty must be abolished
Earlier this month, the Maryland Legislature passed legislation abolishing the death penalty. I believe the time has come to repeal the death penalty because it is racially biased, demonstrably unreliable and not an effective deterrent. This debate is...Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Death Penalty, Executive Branch, Maryland General Assembly, Prisons
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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: Politics, Verizon Wireless, Frederick County (Maryland), Hearing Impairment, Maryland School for the Deaf
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