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Washington Co. Commissioners agree to amend employee pensions, hire deputies
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comPrior to passing its proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budgets Tuesday, the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved two measures to amend its employee pension program and institute a funding mechanism to allow the Washington County Sheriff’s...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Job Layoffs, Interior Policy
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David Engle: Let's talk about the prevention of child abuse
Child abuse and neglect is one of those issues no one really likes to talk about because we want to believe it never happens in our community. But the truth is child abuse can, and does, happen anywhere. Including here. So let’s talk about it....Tags: Politics, Child Abuse, Interior Policy, Abusive Behavior
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Judge to reconsider mental evaluation for Chambersburg woman charged in boy's death
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA Chambersburg woman accused of sending text messages about her then-4-year-old stepson’s deteriorating medical condition, but not taking him to a doctor, testified in court Thursday. Michele Renae Hunter, 28, is charged with aggravated assault,...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Prosecution, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lloyd Waters: The taxman cometh for the middle class
The middle-class taxpayer, I suspect, is a little like Ichabod Crane, an honest traveler who decided one night to ride his horse through Sleepy Hollow. He disappeared into the night. Maybe Ichabod was a middle-class taxpayer. On April 15 at midnight, a...Tags: Moby, Politics, General Electric Company, Interior Policy, Verizon Communications
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Village post office opens on Sharpsburg Pike
dona@herald-mail.comAt a time when the U.S. Postal Service is recommending cutting Saturday service, it is actually adding outlets for customers in the form of village post offices such as the one at May’s Service Center at 8708 Sharpsburg Pike, where a grand opening...Tags: Mail Order Industry, Government Postal Delivery, Politics, U.S. Postal Service, Interior Policy
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Larry Wellborn: Scaling back on postal services
The Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. The Postal Service has lost billions of dollars while losing market share to electronic forms of communication. But this is not entirely the fault of the Post Office or the...Tags: Consumers, Politics, Career and Workplace, Economic Indicator, U.S. Postal Service
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Letters to the Editor - March 3
It’s time for a gun-control amendment To the editor: I practiced law for more than 30 years and I understand the difficulty and the risk in convening a constitutional convention. But this is not an unprecedented solution. To grant blacks freedom,...Tags: Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Fiscal Cliff
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Three Pa. state lawmakers speak at Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThree Pennsylvania lawmakers stopped by a Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday to talk about Harrisburg’s ambitious political agenda that could have far-reaching and long-term effects. Members of the Pennsylvania General...Tags: Justice System, Lotteries, Todd Rock, Politics, Executive Branch
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 22
Editorial unfairly characterized Paul Miller To the editor: I was dismayed to read The Herald-Mail’s negative portrayal of Paul Miller, the former director of the Humane Society of Washington County, in a Feb. 14 editorial. I’ve known him...Tags: Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Miller, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress
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Franklin County lawmakers support most of Corbett's budget plan
waynesboro@herald-mail.comPennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday laid out a budget plan that calls for increased spending for public schoolchildren, senior citizens and individuals with developmental disabilities after years of cutting or flat-funding many programs. Corbett...Tags: Sales, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Rob W. Kauffman, Executive Branch
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Superintendent's budget reflects changes in personnel and software, increases in pension costs
julieg@herald-mail.comWashington County Public Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox’s proposed $254.4 million budget includes 10 contingency teaching positions, a lead teacher for a virtual high school project, and $828,000 in additional teacher pension costs as the...Tags: Education, Nursing, Politics, Health and Medical Professionals, Career and Workplace
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NHL, union reach tentative agreement
AP Sports WriterHockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice. With the season on the line, the NHL and the players’ association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a...Tags: Sports, Politics, Career and Workplace, National Hockey League, Ron Hainsey
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