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Smithsonian Channel uses Clear Spring's Plumb Grove Mansion to return to past
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comClear Spring’s Plumb Grove Mansion took on the role of the Lincoln White House during filming Monday and Tuesday for a Civil War-themed documentary for the Smithsonian Channel. The documentary will be a three-part series currently called “...Tags: Medical Specialization, Culture, Movies, Entertainment, Biscuits
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Happy birthday, President Lincoln
Located in an honored place in the U.S. Capitol is a monumental bust of Abraham Lincoln. It was sculpted in 1908 from a single block of marble by the artist Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), best known for his colossal Mount Rushmore sculpture. The Lincoln...Tags: Artists, Berkeley (Cook, Illinois), Chicago, Culture, Career and Workplace
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Airline that once served Hagerstown cancels all flights
Direct Air, a small discount airline, abruptly canceled all its flights this week at the peak of spring break, leaving stranded passengers wondering how and when they’ll get home.
There was no word Tuesday on when flights might resume, but the...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Economy, Business and Finance, Sweetwater, Companies and Corporations, Marketing
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This Christmas gift gives back to Nicholas
kauffman@herald-mail.comMorgan Nicholas’ Christmas gift could give her a world championship in a few short weeks. Nicholas, a 10-year-old girl who lives in Hagerstown, will ride Paradigm Pageantry — a horse her parents, Paul and Heather Nicholas, bought for her last...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rubber Products Industry, Rivers, Oklahoma City, Education
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Exhibit will focus on early years and people
Editor's note: This is the 10th in a 12-part series about Washington County Historical Society's founders. In late August, the Washington County Historical Society plans to open a Founders' Exhibit on the many accomplishments of the 29 men and women,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington County (Maryland), Executive Branch
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Audrey Elliott Beatty
Audrey Elliott Beatty of Chestertown, Md., died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after a long illness. She was unable to stand or walk, and was confined to a wheelchair or bed. She was also unable to eat or swallow. She was born Jan. 31, 1930, on the second-...Tags: Chestertown, Religion and Belief, Methodist, Korean War (1950-1953), Mount Vernon
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Hagerstown airport adding service to South Carolina, Florida
kate.alexander@herald-mail.comHagerstown Regional Airport will be adding air service to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Lakeland, Fla., starting June 23, Airport Director Phil Ridenour said Tuesday. Direct Air & Tours of Myrtle Beach, together with Sky King Inc. of Sacramento, Calif., will...Tags: Maryland, West Palm Beach, South Carolina, Washington County (Maryland), U.S. Department of Transportation
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Mail Call - Jan. 21
"It's kind of funny that just the next day after the shooting in Arizona, the leaders of the Tea Party movement got on the blogosphere and starting saying 'The liberals are going to blame us.' Well, no, that didn't happen. But it is kind of strange that...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Washington County (Maryland), Executive Branch, Mining, Illinois
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Illinois infrastructure needs a makeover
The time has come for Springfield to pass the 2013 Natural Gas Consumer, Safety and Reliability Act and allow Peoples Gas to move forward with its Accelerated Main Replacement Program. Illinois’ natural gas infrastructure creates concern for the...Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, Energy Resources
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Consumers, Mike Frerichs, Executive Branch, Politics
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Pension legislation forum draws crowd in Orland Park
More than 200 employees from south suburban school districts filled a gym at Century Junior High School in Orland Park Monday to hear lawmakers and experts discuss the latest developments in public pension reform and to learn how it might affect them....
Tags: Kelly Burke, Orland Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Madigan, Politics
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Livingston sworn in as La Grange president
Tom Livingston may be new to the village presidency, but he's no stranger to La Grange. In addition to serving as a trustee for eight years between 2003 and 2011, Livingston, 45, grew up in the village, attending grade school at LaGrange Highlands and...
Tags: Jim Edgar, YMCA, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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