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Jane B. Long, 90
Jane (Baker) Long, 90, of Hagerstown, Md., died Sunday, May 26, 2013. Born in 1923 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Clinton Baker and Blanche (Conrad) Baker Rouzer. Mrs. Long was a 1940 graduate of Hagerstown High School, and attended...Tags: Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Peter F. Gacki, 89
Peter F. Gacki, 89, of Wesley Drive, Quincy Village, Quincy, Pa., died unexpectedly at 9:35 a.m., Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in his home. Born April 2, 1924, in New York City, N.Y., he was the son of the late Stanley S. and Joan (Rubin) Gacki. Peter married...
Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), IBM, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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Jean Stapleton, TV's Edith Bunker, dies at 90
Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV’s groundbreaking 1970s comedy “All in the Family,” died Friday at the age of 90. Stapleton died of...
Tags: Norman Lear, Arts and Culture, Sally Struthers, CBS Corp., Breast Cancer
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How to survive a zombie apocalypse
chrisc@herald-mail.comZombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations. Thrilling stuff of end-of-life-as-we-know-it science fiction books and movies. But as recent news coverage reminds us — Superstorm...Tags: Hurricanes, Solar Storms (2012), Plan B (drug), Anthrax, Meteorological Disasters
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Search halted at site of Philadelphia building collapse; 6 dead, 14 hurt
Associated PressAfter a slow but steady overnight search buoyed by the discovery of a woman in the rubble, rescue workers at the scene of a building collapse that killed six people took a temporary break Thursday in what had been a round-the-clock dig for additional...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Bankruptcy, Disasters and Accidents, Economy, Business and Finance
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Americans gather to honor fallen service members
Americans gathered at memorials, museums and monuments and the president laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, as combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans...
Tags: Roosevelt Island, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Long Island, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Art Callaham: Take time to honor those who keep us free
This is a reprise (with some minor changes) of a column I wrote for Memorial Day 2011. It is not my best column, nor is it my worst. What it is, however, is a statement of my continuing and unfaltering support for those who protect our nation and our...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Memorial Day, U.S. Congress, U.S. Army, Human Interest
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Letters to the Editor - May 26
Teaching students Japanese is worthwhile To the editor: A caller to Mail Call recently expressed the opinion that teaching Japanese is a waste of time. I have to disagree with that assessment and instead point out that we are fortunate to offer students...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Interior Policy, ABC (tv network)
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Punk rock nostalgia: It's vicious
I’m a born troublemaker. At the grocery store, I’m always asking the cashier if SHE would like to donate $1 to the United Children’s Fund. But I would never have the chutzpah to initiate the movement that is currently sweeping New York...
Tags: Music, The Who (music group), Patti Smith, Entertainment, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Edgar N. Howell, 84
The Rev. Dr. Edgar N. Howell, “Doc,” 84, of Middletown, Md., passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, May 18, 2013. He rejoined his wife of 51 years, Catherine Patrice “Pat” Howell, who preceded him in death in 2009. Born...Tags: Middletown, General Practitioners, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), U.S. Army, U.S. Navy
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Congregation B'nai Abraham marks 120th anniversary
davem@herald-mail.comCongregation B’nai Abraham was founded more than a century ago, and over the years since there has been a rich history of Jewish life in Washington County that has been marked by Jews winning political freedom, the congregation moving through a...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Local Elections, Arts and Culture, Marvin Mandel, Belief and Faith
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Mary Hynes: Working for a chance at stardom
Special to The Herald-MailMary Hynes is going for it. Four years ago, she moved to New York with "$2,000 and a place to live for four months," and hasn't looked back. Today, the 28-year-old from Hagerstown is now a New Yorker, working every day for the chance to become a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City), Rockefeller Center, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Brooklyn (New York City)
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