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Hagerstown redevelopment pact expected to be inked Friday
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comHagerstown officials plan to sign a nonbinding agreement Friday morning to allow a real estate investment group to act as the “agent” of the city and get its master downtown redevelopment plan in motion. “I think it’s the first...Tags: Sales, Politics, Business, Sora, Science and Technology
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Letters to the Editor - March 1
Public officials need to engage with public To the editor: I consider myself to be a vigilant observer and passionate advocate of local government in Washington County. Information is an absolute necessity in our digital era. But an overwhelming...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Politics, Death Penalty, Gun Control
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 24
Arts aren’t the answer to ills of this world To the editor: I heard a local activities director on the news last week say that “the arts are the making of a community.” No offense to anyone, but I beg to differ with him. And in thus...Tags: Sociology, Barack Obama, Culture, Politics, National Rifle Association of America
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Board of Education OKs purchase agreement for former Allegheny Energy headquarters
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to enter into a purchase agreement to explore buying the former Allegheny Energy headquarters off Downsville Pike for its administrative offices. The agreement, however, does not...Tags: Education, Elections, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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Hagerstown officials looking at incentives for BOE sites
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comCity officials said Wednesday that they will look into providing a package of incentives for a potential pitch to the Washington County Board of Education to entice the relocation of the schools’ administrative offices to downtown Hagerstown. As...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Government, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Employees
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Demolition of building burned in blaze continues; part of Antietam St. still closed
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comA portion of West Antietam Street in downtown Hagerstown will remain closed at least through the end of this week as demolition work continues on a building that burned in an overnight fire last week, a city official said Monday. West Antietam Street...Tags: Fires, Politics, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Government, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Man charged in W. Antietam St. fire was trying to stay warm, apologizes
davem@herald-mail.comA 26-year-old man who was charged Tuesday in a fire that significantly damaged a vacant five-story building at 19-23 W. Antietam Street last Thursday night told a city fire marshal that he was trying to stay warm, started a fire in a bathtub, and was...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Fires, Politics, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Mail Call - Feb. 5
“Just see where all these oversized loads are using Route 40 West, are putting large potholes in the concrete bridge on Route 40. The bridge is already deteriorated. This should be fixed immediately.” — Clear Spring “I never did...Tags: Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Interior Policy, Goodwill Industries International, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 16
Europe has shown us our future To the editor: The presidential election and the hoopla of winning has deteriorated into the expectation of payback. Leaders in Detroit want their share of the spoils (federal funds). This was made clear by a city...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Business, Finance
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Washington County Chamber of Commerce welcomes U.S. Rep. Delaney
davem@herald-mail.comGeoff Bricker said one of the reasons he came to Potomac Walk on Wednesday night to meet newly elected U.S. Rep. John Delaney was so he could ask the Democrat why he left the private sector. “He was making millions of millions of dollars,”...Tags: Elections, Politics, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), U.S. Congress, Government
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Business owners among those urging city council not to give up on stadium project
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comIn light of speculation that City of Hagerstown officials might be abandoning a proposal to build a downtown stadium, numerous concerned business owners and supporters of a downtown revitalization project urged the Hagerstown City Council on Tuesday not...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, University System of Maryland, Restaurants
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Former city councilman thinks Hagerstown mishandled anonymous donor
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comA former Hagerstown City Councilman and one re-elected in November have differing viewpoints about how the city handled information about an anonymous eight-figure donation that would have helped make a downtown stadium project possible. Councilman...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Human Interest, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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