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Lions clubs to provide food for yard sale
The Longmeadow Lions Club and the Chewsville Lions Club will again be providing the food concessions for the Washington County Hospital Perinatal Bereavement Program Kids’ Stuff Yard Sale on Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon. A variety of items such as...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics, Sandwiches, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Community Development Block Grant funding expected to drop for third year
Hagerstown’s federal Community Development Block Grant entitlement is expected to decline for fiscal 2014, a trend that has been ongoing for about three years, according to Jonathan Kerns, the city’s Community Development manager. CDBG is...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Interior Policy
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Memorial Recreation Center to change its name to honor Robert Johnson
The Board of Directors at Memorial Recreation Center invites the community to a rededication ceremony Saturday, June 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. The building will be renamed the Robert W. Johnson Community Center in honor of Johnson and his contributions to...
Tags: Board of Directors, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Diabetes, Interior Policy
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Grant to help neighborhoods hit by foreclosure, subprime lending
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWashington County has been awarded a $715,000 state grant for housing counseling, foreclosure prevention and other housing programs, a county official told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Jim Hovis, director of the county’s Office of...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Douglas F. Gansler, Politics
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Children's Village to host Kids Alive Fest
Children’s Village to host Kids Alive Fest Children’s Village of Washington County will host its 22nd annual Kids Alive Fest Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. The event will be held rain or shine. Scheduled activities:...Tags: Aetna Inc., Maryland State Police, Interior Policy, Diabetes, Christianity
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Day of Hope is set for May 18
The community is invited to attend Day of Hope on Saturday, May 18, from noon to 4 p.m. at Wheaton Park to celebrate the History of Our Neighborhood with special historical tributes and a contest to win “Mr. Andy’s Money $$$.” The...Tags: Human Interest, Tooth Decay, Health, Martin Luther King Jr., Interior Policy
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Don't blame computers; blame humans
Economist Paul Krugman has questioned whether the economic malaise of the last five years could correctly be labeled as “the Excel Depression.” The short version of this theory is that a spreadsheet coding error led a couple of respected...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Lobbying, Mortgages, Financial Markets, Investment Service
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Lioness Club to meet
The Hagerstown Lioness Club will hold its regular meeting Thursday, May 2, at the Academy Theater Banquet and Conference Center in downtown Hagerstown. The guest speaker will be Denny Warrenfeltz. Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pancake breakfast planned Saturday
A pancake breakfast to benefit Habitat for Humanity will be hosted by First Christian Church Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. The menu includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange juice, milk, coffee or tea (extra sausage costs 50 cents). Groups...Tags: Health, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hospitals and Clinics, Diabetes, Interior Policy
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Book signing scheduled for motivational author
A book signing will be held Saturday for Dr. Sinclair Grey, motivational speaker, motivator, author and life coach. Stop by the Memorial Recreation Center, 109 W. North Ave., and pick up your copy of his book, “It’s in You” from 1 to...Tags: Autism, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Diabetes, Authors
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South High Boosters to meet Monday
A meeting of the South Hagerstown High School boosters will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the media center at South Hagers-town High School. There will be many topics to discuss. Everyone is invited. Diabetes support group to meet April 17 The diabetes...Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Arts, High Schools, Awards and Prizes
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Pa. housing agencies cutting staff, rent aid
Pennsylvania’s local housing authorities are absorbing deep federal funding cuts, prompting them to shed employees, cut back rent vouchers or put off repairs to housing they own. A deeper worry is that the automatic federal funding cuts known as...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Budget Control Act of 2011, Sports, Golf, Politics
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