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Washington County's unemployment rate rose in August
dan.dearth@herald-mail.com and caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWashington County’s unemployment rate rose to 8.7 percent in August, up from July’s adjusted rate of 8.5 percent, according to state figures released Friday. The jobless rate was 10 percent at this time last year. It was 11.1 percent in...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Sales, Employment
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Washington County unemployment up in February
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comWashington County’s jobless rate for February was 9.2 percent, an increase from January’s adjusted rate of 9 percent, according to state figures released Friday. In Washington County, 6,295 members of the labor force were without jobs in...Tags: Cecil County, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Caroline County (Maryland)
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Washington County's jobless rate drops to 8.2 percent in March
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comWashington County’s jobless rate dipped to 8.2 percent in March, a decrease from February’s adjusted rate of 9.3 percent, according to state figures released Friday. It is the lowest the county rate has been since November 2011, when it...Tags: Cecil County, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Caroline County (Maryland)
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Mail Call - Aug. 29
“Since you have allotted a lot of column space to Allan Powell, to unload a ton of dirt on the Republicans and the Koch brothers, I would like to request that Allan Powell or one of the Herald-Mail editors do the same thing with the Democrats and...Tags: Michele Bachmann, Osama bin Laden, Disasters and Accidents, Pennsylvania, Tea Party Movement
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Donald K. Merchant, 90
Donald Keith Merchant, 90, of Dallas, Ga., and formerly of Hagerstown and Cambridge, Md., died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Born Dec. 3, 1921, in Uvilla, W.Va., he was the last surviving child of the late Oliver Marion and Agnes May (Engle) Merchant. He...Tags: Religion and Belief, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Christianity, Arts and Culture, U.S. Army
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Mr. Donald Keith Merchant, 90
Mr. Donald Keith Merchant, 90, of Dallas, Ga., died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Born in Uvilla, W.Va., Mr. Merchant was the chief of restoration for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. During a long work career, he worked at Fairchild...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Alzheimer's Disease, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland)
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Jobless rate rises slightly in Washington County for month of August
dona@herald-mail.comThe number of people unemployed in Washington County remained static from July to August, but a dip in the labor force and the number of people employed led to a slight increase in the jobless rate, according to preliminary figures released recently by...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Economic Policy, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Washington County jobless rate down slightly in September
September was another relatively static month for unemployment in Washington County as the jobless rate dropped from 9.7 percent to 9.6 percent, although the number of people working jumped by more than 600, according to new state figures. The number...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Business Briefs - July 31
Mr. Fix It Founder and President Randy Franklin announced that Mr. Fix It will contribute $1,000 to the Hagerstown Youth Football and Athletic Association to become a major sponsor of the Jr. Hubs and Jr. Rebels youth football teams for the 2011 football...Tags: Rosebank, Washington County (Maryland), Elections, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Local Government
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Letters to the Editor - Aug. 7
Where is plan to cut county unemployment rate? To the editor: The Board of Elections in Washington County issued Report No. DP-011 dated July 1, 2011. This report, which appears to be voter registration statistics, shows that there are 36,897...Tags: Public Officials, Physical Conditions, Government, Washington County (Maryland), Disasters and Accidents
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'David's Friendship' house named to list of 11 threatened historic properties in state
heather.keels@herald-mail.comAn 18th-century stone house on Downsville Pike near Halfway has been named to Preservation Maryland's 2011 "Endangered Maryland" list of 11 threatened historic properties throughout the state. The 1780 home, known as "David's Friendship," is one of...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Montgomery County (Maryland), Homes, Washington County (Maryland), Washington (U.S. state)
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Washington County jobless rate rose to 9.8% in Nov.
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comWashington County’s unemployment rate for November was 9.8 percent, an increase from October’s rate of 9.4 percent, according to figures released by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. In Washington County, 6,466...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Washington County (Maryland), Employment, Chicago Jobs
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