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Layoff notices sent to 76 Washington County school nursing employees
dan.dearth@herald-mail.com; julieg@herald-mail.com; c.j.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Health Department on Thursday began sending layoff notices to all 76 nurses and other health care workers at county public schools, two days after county commissioners voted to cut funding for the program, a health department...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Local Government, Unemployment, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Letter to the Editor - June 8
Medicare cuts will lead to more bankruptcies To the editor: In trying to wade through the clutter of nonsense and noise of an election year, I have come to at least one conclusion — a reduction of Medicare benefits will cost the American taxpayer...Tags: Bankruptcy, Healthcare Provider, Medicare, Government Health Care, Health
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Is a ban on sugar really a good thing?
Two of my favorite food groups, salt and sugar, were in the news this week. Grease and chocolate, meanwhile, managed to fly under the national radar, at least for the time being. For salt, the news was good, although bad for anyone who has deprived...Tags: Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Michael Bloomberg, The New York Times, Salt
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Schools chief says he knew of potential health services cuts only days before
julieg@herald-mail.comSchools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox said Tuesday that he learned that funding for school health services might be cut about two or three days before the Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate $3.3 million from the county health...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Unemployment, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing
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Health Department: School-nurse program can't be continued at a lesser level
andrews@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Health Department can’t continue to provide an efficient nurse program in county schools if it is scaled back, Health Officer Earl Stoner said Wednesday. The department crunched the numbers at the request of Washington County...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics
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Washington County school board's updated budget includes new health services program
julieg@herald-mail.comAbout 40 community members, including school nurses and parents, turned out Tuesday to see the Washington County Board of Education approve an updated budget that sets aside $2 million toward a new school health services program. But what that program...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Budgets and Budgeting, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, Interior Policy
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Letters to the Editor - April 10
Veterans are invited to join Marine Corps League To the editor: To the Washington County veteran from Iraq who called Mail Call, a welcome back to you and other veterans from all wars, and we thank you for your service to our country. We do honor our...Tags: Veterans Day, Human Interest, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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Funkstown budget proposal includes tax, fee increases
julieg@herald-mail.comSaying it’s been a difficult year for Funkstown financially, Town Clerk/Treasurer Brenda Haynes presented a proposed budget Monday night that included a 4-cent property tax rate increase, a 10 percent water rate increase and a temporary utility...Tags: Energy Saving, Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Environmental Issues, Water Supply
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O'Malley mum on special session to change budget
The eleventh-hour meltdown of a Maryland budget compromise that would have raised income taxes to avert about $512 million in cuts overshadowed an uneasy bill-signing ceremony Tuesday with the legislature’s leadership and Gov. Martin O’Malley,...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Government, Unemployment, Michael E. Busch
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Mail Call - April 25
“I wanted to mention that I think that the picture in the Tuesday, April 17, in Section B of the girls that are from Martinsburg, and they’re just sunbathing, I think that the angle is ridiculous. ... I think he got a very obscene shot of that... -
Waynesboro school board, teachers union hold impromptu contract talks
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe Waynesboro Area School Board and its teachers union held an impromptu contract negotiations session Tuesday, catching even those involved by surprise. The two sides have been locked in an ongoing contract impasse. They last met Dec. 12, 2011, and...Tags: Teachers, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Teaching and Learning
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Closure of Frederick Mail Processing Facility 'utter disaster,' according to director of union organization
heather.keels@herald-mail.comThe Christmas decorations were beginning to come down, the gifts long unwrapped and Thanksgiving dinner a distant memory when mail carrier Mike Shoop put Kohl’s department store’s Black Friday ads in the mailboxes on his route. “Dec. 28...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Mail Order Industry, Holidays, Christmas
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