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Public meeting on Civil War Railroad Trail project set for June 21 in Boonsboro
Officials will hold a public information meeting on the proposed Civil War Railroad Trail project that would connect Hagerstown to Weverton, in the southern portion of Washington County. The meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, June 21, at 7 p.m....Tags: Transportation, Conservation, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Travel
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Historical society helped preserve legacy of Antietam
An audit for the Washington County Historical Society, which covered a six-year period, ending Dec. 31, 1943, showed a surplus charge of $2,750 for the gift of the Spong farm to the U.S. Park Service. The Spong farm encompassed the area of Antietam Creek...Tags: Government, Farms, Human Interest, Culture, Board of Directors
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How Dunker Church was saved
The Washington County Historical Society presented the Antietam National Battlefield Park with two significant gifts. In the 1950s, purchase of the Dunker Church and gifting of the church and the Burnside Bridge were made possible through the work of...
Tags: Judaism, U.S. Congress, Germany, American Civil War (1861-1865), Human Interest
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Group opposed to being listed in National Register
richardb@herald-mail.comWard Zigler, a farmer in Jefferson County's Bullskin Run Watershed, is the linchpin of a campaign to stop nearly 5,000 acres from being listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Zigler, 77, told the Jefferson County Commission Thursday that...Tags: West Virginia
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James S. Askins, 79
James Stanley Askins, 79, of Wells Tannery, Pa., died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 at Fulton County Medical Center, Shimer Trail, in McConnellsburg, Pa., following a lengthy illness from cancer. Mr. Askins (Jim) was born in Roscoe, Pa., one of 10 children of...Tags: Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Gardens and Parks, Arts and Culture
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Letters to the Editor - June 10
Letter writer misses point of referendum initiative To the editor: On June 5, The Herald-Mail published a letter from Ira S. Lourie critical of Del. Neil Parrott’s efforts to get a referendum on the ballot in 2012 on whether illegal aliens...Tags: Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), John Brown, Human Interest, Referenda, Crime, Law and Justice
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Text of Obama's State of Union address
The text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests and fellow Americans: Tonight I want to begin by...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Taliban, Vehicles, Government Health Care, Technology
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 9
Who is worth what in Washington County Public Schools? To the editor: The allocation of wages is usually a good means of describing how we value people. The most productive members of society, like engineers, doctors and businessmen,...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Government, Medical Services, Human Interest, Health and Medical Professionals
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O'Malley prepares offshore wind power mandate
The Associated PressMaryland utilities would have to sign multi-decade contracts to buy offshore wind energy under a proposal Gov. Martin O’Malley could introduce as soon as Thursday. A draft of O’Malley’s offshore wind bill, a copy of which was obtained...Tags: Renewable Energy, Elections, Washington (U.S. state), Contracts, Wind Power
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