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Pension shift to cost Washington County millions
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Maryland General Assembly wrapped up a three-day special session Wednesday, approving a budget that will shift a portion of the state’s share of teacher pension costs to local jurisdictions over four years, including Washington County. While...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Education, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Special session ends as Md. House approves tax hikes, pension shift
Associated PressThe Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday gave final approval to a budget package that raises income taxes for some and splits teacher pension costs with local governments. The House voted 77-60 on the measure raising taxes on single filers who make...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Voting, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Democratic Party
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Md. Senate OKs budget package, including tax hike for people earning more than $100K
Associated PressThe Maryland Senate voted Tuesday to increase state income taxes on individuals who make more than $100,000 a year in taxable income and couples who earn more than $150,000 and to start shifting some teacher pension costs to local governments over four...Tags: Taxation, Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Calvert County, Politics
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Taste of the Arts: City to host tasting tour of downtown arts district
chrisc@herald-mail.comTry a bite of chicken sausage. Or Cajun-spiced chicken salad. Or tabbouleh. Or Turkish coffee. All while checking out live music, theater and original art. If this sounds like marvelous food for body and soul, well, that's the idea. It's all part of...Tags: Sausages, Personal Data Collection, Chicken Salad, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Arts
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Investigators look into cause of fire that damaged structure that held Smith House artifacts
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAuthorities are investigating the cause of a weekend fire that heavily damaged the building that housed artifacts from Mercersburg’s dismantled Smith House. A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal visited the scene Sunday and might return mid-...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fires, Politics, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Personal Weapon Control
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Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant
Associated PressThe CIA had al-Qaida fooled from the beginning. Last month, U.S. intelligence learned that al-Qaida’s Yemen branch hoped to launch a spectacular attack using a new, nearly undetectable bomb aboard an airliner bound for America, officials say....Tags: Personal Data Collection, Air Transportation Delays, Kennedy Airport, Adam Schiff, Yemen
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Charles R. Kelley, 85
Charles Ray Kelley, 85, of Clear Spring, Md., passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Twin Oaks Assisted Living in Williamsport, Md., after a brief stay. Born Oct. 16, 1926, in Big Spring, Md., he was the son of the late Charles William Kelley and Laura...
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Admissibility of Hicks' alleged confession at issue in second day of murder trial
dona@herald-mail.comThe second day of Darrell Hicks’ murder trial in Washington County Circuit Court began with the defense and state sparring over whether a defense line of questioning opened the door to the jury hearing a suppressed statement by Hicks in which he...Tags: Personal Data Collection, DNA, Politics, Health, Human Body
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Mail Call - April 27
“The first debate between Romney and President Obama: If I was Romney, I would ask President Obama can you run on your record? More people on unemployment, more people on food stamps, more people on welfare, higher food prices, higher gas prices, $5...Tags: Sarah Palin, Politics, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Elections
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Richard F. Crampton, 82
Richard F. “Rebo” Crampton, 82, of Antietam, Md., passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012, at his home. He was born May 3, 1929, in Antietam Furnace to the late Franklin Harvey and Lottie Rebecca Gray Crampton. He was preceded in death by his...Tags: U.S. Army, Politics, American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Teacher pension issue in limbo as Md. House fails to take action
andrews@herald-mail.comA breakdown in the legislative budget-approval process on Monday night has frozen — if only temporarily — plans to shift teacher-pension costs from the state to Maryland’s counties. The shift was expected to be phased in starting in the...Tags: Annapolis, Government Aid, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics
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Washington County Commissioners OK budget adjustments for schools
The Washington County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved second-quarter budget adjustments for county schools during a brief meeting with school system officials Tuesday. The Washington County Board of Education approved the adjustments on March...
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