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Saint James hires Prete as boys basketball coach
koelble@herald-mail.comThe Saint James boys basketball program has its new head coach, and he comes from a school with a national background. After 11 years as an assistant coach at Montrose Christian, Dan Prete is ready to once again guide his own program. Saints athletic...Tags: Christianity, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), College Sports, Religion and Belief
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Minority Groups, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dwayne Johnson, Teachers, Students
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Lloyd Waters: Remembering Sheila and Katherine Lyon
It was Good Friday in 1975. The Vietnam War was coming to an end, and I was going to school at Mount Saint Mary’s college in Emmittsburg during the day while working as a correction officer at the Maryland Correctional Institution at night. It...Tags: Kensington, Frostburg State University, Good Friday, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Easter
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Parrott speaks to Tea Party about Annapolis session, death penalty petition drive
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comHagerstown Tea Party supporters gathered at the Beaver Creek Country Club on Thursday night to hear Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, talk about the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and a drive to collect petitions to...Tags: Annapolis, Maryland General Assembly, Interior Policy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Personal Weapon Control
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Mother's Day concert set
Band and orchestra students at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts will combine with the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra of Montgomery County, Md., to present a Mother’s Day concert of music for large orchestra. The concert will be held at 3 p.m....Tags: Arthur Sullivan, Arts and Culture, Culture, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Concerts
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George Michael: Pretty blue in blue states
A recent article in the real estate section of MSN.com, written by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes Magazine, was titled “America’s Most Miserable Cities of 2013.” The article ranked American cities based on metrics that included violent...Tags: Political Corruption, Justice System, Barack Obama, Queens (New York City), Rudy Giuliani
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2013 session of Maryland General Assembly productive for Washington County
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWashington County’s state legislators said that the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly was a productive one for the county, with many delegation bills being approved. The county also got a $1.55 million share of a wealth-based grant...Tags: Government, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Kerry's Hair and Day Spa opens at new North Potomac Street location
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comFrancisco Silva’s smile was beaming Thursday afternoon as he talked about his new business location on North Potomac Street in downtown Hagerstown. “I wanted to come downtown; more busy, more traffic,” said Silva, owner of Kerry’...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Small Businesses, Personal Service, Business
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Wanted man from Rockville arrested after police chase
A wanted man from Rockville, Md., was arrested early Saturday on Interstate 70 after leading police on a chase from Frederick to Hagerstown and back toward Frederick, according to police. George Kelly Ketterman III, 30, was found to be driving on a...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Maryland State Police, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Inaugural class of HCC Police Academy has begun
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comIn his former job as a probation officer, Daniel Monn helped parolees rejoin society. Now, the 28-year-old is training at the Hagerstown Community College Police Academy to take criminals off the streets. “The role has kind of switched, and now...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Air Force, Garrett County, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Alice Cohill Marquez, 100
Alice Cohill Marquez, of Stafford Hall, Clear Spring, Md., died Friday, April 5, 2013, at her home. Born July 10, 1912, in Cohill Station near Hancock, Md., she was the eldest daughter of the late Leo Aloysius and Anna Marie Bevans Cohill. Mrs....Tags: American Red Cross, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, College Park, William Shakespeare, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Boonsboro High team places second in statewide 'We the People' competition
The Boonsboro High School “We the People” team took second place in the state competition at Maryland Hall in Annapolis on Feb. 20. The BHS team won the District 6 championship in December to advance to the state contest. James H. Blake High...Tags: Annapolis
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