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Day of Giving
For more than 20 years, the Interfaith Service Coalition has been serving the needs of Hancock and surrounding communities. Residents turn to the ISC for food, clothing, shelter, for many educational needs, and Keep a Senior Safe and Warm and...Tags: Spaghetti, Sandwiches, International Speedway Corp., Early Learning, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Towpath blocked near Paw Paw Tunnel
In January, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park experienced a significant rockslide near towpath mile 155, just downstream of the Paw Paw Tunnel. While investigating the rockslide, numerous other large rock formations were...Tags: Lent, Education, Preschools, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Eugene P. Plume, 82
Eugene Preston "Buddy" Plume, 82, of Hagerstown, Md., died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at Julia Manor Health Care Center. Born Feb. 19, 1930, in Security, Md., he was the son of the late Lloyd Wesley and Susan Irene McGowan Plume. He was employed by...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Shepherdstown dedicates new high-tech sewage treatment plant
richardb@herald-mail.comIn 1980, Shepherdstown opened its first public sewage treatment plant, and for the first time in the town’s history, it stopped dumping raw sewage into the Potomac River. The town reached another milestone Friday, when it dedicated a new...Tags: Herb Snyder, Waste, Earl Ray Tomblin, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Search continues for Boonsboro High grad and hiking companion lost in Glacier National Park
davem@herald-mail.comThe National Park Service at Glacier National Park in Montana reported Monday morning that the search for two missing hikers, including one from Boonsboro, is continuing. Neal Peckens, 32, a 1998 graduate of Boonsboro High School, and another man with...Tags: Blacksburg, Animal Science, Air Transportation Industry, Conservation, Landforms
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Park authorities confirm missing hikers found alive
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comA Boonsboro High School graduate and another man who disappeared while hiking in Montana’s Glacier National Park were found alive and well, park authorities said Monday night. The men — Neal Peckens, 32, a Boonsboro graduate who now lives...Tags: U.S. Border Patrol, Blacksburg, Air Transportation Industry, Landforms, National Parks
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Energy interests fueling both sides in W.Va. governor's race
Associated PressThe coal industry and other energy interests are helping to fuel West Virginia’s governor’s race, contributing to Republican Bill Maloney and the Democratic incumbent, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, the latest campaign finance reports show. But while...Tags: Media Industry, Metal and Mineral, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Business Enterprises, Earl Ray Tomblin
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Perry honored for Big Slackwater Restoration efforts
Tom Perry has been awarded the National Honor Roll Award from the Izaak Walton League of America for his work on the Big Slackwater Restoration Project along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath. The award is designed to recognize nonmembers (groups...
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Author Mariah Stewart says she has the world's best job
marieg@herald-mail.comWho knew whooping cough could influence a career choice? Not in medicine — but as an author. That was the case with romance fiction writer Mariah Stewart, who at the age of 7, spent an entire summer in bed, recuperating from the respiratory...Tags: Authors, Whooping Cough, Respiratory Disease, Romance (genre), Arts and Culture
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John W. Evans III
John Wesley Evans III, of Front Royal, Va., died of a stroke, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at the MCV Hospital in Richmond, Va. Mr. Evans was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Baltimore, Md., son of the late John W. Evans Jr. and Hilda Hurst Evans. He was a graduate...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Health Treatments, Cancer, Palliative Care
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Williamsport 'Retreat' weekend includes a North-South showdown
andrews@herald-mail.comSome men who re-enact war have experienced it themselves, in Vietnam and Iraq. Some supporters from the sidelines are war veterans of decades ago, in Korea and World War II. “It’s kind of a ghastly brotherhood,” said Tony Morgan of...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), World War II (1939-1945)
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Weekend calendar - July 21
Washington County Ag Expo The annual Washington County Ag Expo & Fair features a variety of events for people of all ages. Today through Saturday, July 28. Washington County Agricultural Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, south of Hagerstown. Cost to...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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