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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: Teachers, Howard University, Elections, Politics, Minority Groups
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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: Services and Shopping, Politics, Jesse Jackson, Justice System, Rudy Giuliani
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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: Frostburg State University, Kensington, Easter, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Good Friday
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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: Elections, Personal Income, Politics, Abusive Behavior, Christopher B. Shank
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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: Business, Small Businesses, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Personal Service
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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: Gun Control, Death Penalty, Interior Policy, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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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: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Maryland State Police, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, 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: U.S. Air Force, Garrett County, Laws, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, 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: Arts and Culture, Roman Catholicism, College of William and Mary, University of Maryland, College Park, American Red Cross
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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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Md. House votes to increase taxes on gasoline
Associated PressThe Maryland House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline sales for the first time in more than two decades. The Housed voted 76-63 to levy a sales tax on gasoline that would amount to about 4 cents a gallon starting this July, another 8...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Congress, Elections, Baltimore Red Line, Politics
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Washington County delegation electioneering bill withdrawn
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA Washington County delegation bill proposed by Del. Neil C. Parrott that would alter electioneering boundaries to 50 feet from the entrance and exit of a polling station from the current 100 feet has been withdrawn after opposition from the Washington...Tags: Voting, Elections, Local Elections, Politics, Polls
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