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Joan C. Dom, 69
Joan Christine (Colflesh) Dom, 69, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., died Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Winchester (Va.) Medical Center. Born June 27, 1943, in Somerset County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Homer and Edith (Hempe) Colflesh. Joan is survived...
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Economic development, agency by agency in Tri-State area
There are different models of economic development organizations in the Tri-State area and beyond, some operating as organs of county government, others as independent authorities or public-private partnerships and, in the case of Washington County, a...Tags: Pittsburgh, Biotechnology Industry, Company Privatization, Media Industry, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Martha E. Brown, 92
Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place, Chambersburg, Pa., and formerly of Greencastle, Pa., died Friday morning Jan. 25, 2013, at Providence Place. She was the wife of the late Bruce B. Brown, her husband of 55 years who died Jan. 14,...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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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: Unemployment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation, Dorchester County
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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: Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation, Caroline County (Maryland), Worcester County
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Miller: O'Malley plans to shift some teacher pension costs to counties
Associated PressGov. Martin O’Malley has decided to shift some teacher pension costs to Maryland counties, the president of the Maryland Senate said Tuesday, describing it as coupling the state’s second-highest-single-year funding level in school construction...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Pension and Welfare
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Rev. Samuel S.J. Emerick, 96
The Rev. Samuel St. John Emerick, 96, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte. Sam was born Sept. 5, 1915, near Comp’s Church, Somerset County, Pa., to Louis and Maud Emerick. Sam was...Tags: Religion and Belief, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Human Interest, Lilly Eli & Co
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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: Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Caroline County (Maryland), Labor Legislation, Dorchester County
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Mary C. Thomas, 79
Mary Catherine (Phillips) Thomas, 79, of Boonsboro, Md., passed peacefully from this life to the next on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro.
Born May 2, 1932, in Somerset County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Louis...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Jim Thorpe, Human Interest
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Local man will dress as city symbol in annual Mummers Parade
marieg@herald-mail.comEditor's Note: Alsatia Club representatives and Hagerstown officials are scheduled to meet Saturday morning to decide whether the Mummers Parade will be held in the evening despite a forecasted snowstorm. Although the weather has a will of its own and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Pittsburgh, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), New York City, Tennessee Williams
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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: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Verizon Communications, Wars and Interventions, Dorchester County
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Redistricting knife could cut into county delegation
andrews@herald-mail.comThrough redistricting, Washington County's delegation might shrink by 25 percent in about three years. Every 10 years, after the U.S. Census measures the nation's population, Congressional and legislative districts are redrawn to reflect the changes. In...Tags: Democratic Party, John P Donoghue, Washington County (Maryland), Politics, Washington (U.S. state)
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