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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: Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, American Red Cross, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Colleges and Universities
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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: E-Commerce Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Congress, Inflation and Deflation, Politics
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Man charged after high-speed pursuit in Va., W.Va.
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comPolice said a 22-year-old man who led them on a high-speed pursuit in Virginia and West Virginia late Monday night and early Tuesday morning later admitted that he was fleeing in a pickup truck that he stole from a hospital in Maryland. Matthew Michael...Tags: Frederick County (Virginia), Coughing, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Procedures and Tests, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Man arrested in Martinsburg after two-state pursuit of stolen truck
A man was in custody in Eastern Regional Jail early Tuesday after police pursuing a stolen pickup truck from Virginia into West Virginia brought the vehicle to a stop in Martinsburg, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release....Tags: Frederick County (Virginia), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Montgomery County (Maryland), Frederick County (Maryland), Theft
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Williamsport Volunteer Fire and EMS Chief: Fire could have easily spread
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comA fire that swept through the building housing the former Wolfe’s on the Square in Williamsport on Monday had the potential to spread to any building along the town’s historic square at the intersection of Potomac and Conococheague streets,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Wars and Interventions, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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5-alarm fire causes 'significant damage' to historic Williamsport building; no one injured
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA mechanical failure in an oil-burning furnace started a five-alarm fire Monday that caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to the former Wolfe’s on the Square building in downtown Williamsport, the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office said....Tags: American Red Cross, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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3 dead after storms rake South, move to Northeast
A violent storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the South delivered torrential rain and dangerous winds to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, leaving at least three people dead and tens of thousands without electricity as swollen rivers threatened...
Tags: Tornadoes, House Building, Georgia Power Company, Laurel, Natural Disasters
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2 dead after storms rake South, take aim at East
Associated PressKandi Cash trudged in rain through the splintered debris of her grandparents' home, hoping to salvage photos and other keepsakes after violent storms and tornadoes scoured the Southeast, leaving two people dead before the system advanced on the Northeast....Tags: House Building, Tornadoes, Georgia Power Company, Dollar General Corporation, Loudoun County
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MARC official says Eastern Panhandle train service is not in danger
richardb@herald-mail.comEastern Panhandle commuters on Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) trains were assured Tuesday night that their service is in no danger of being eliminated. Those assurances came from John Hovatter, director of MARC. He was one of nearly 30 people...Tags: Herb Snyder, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Washington, DC, Commuting, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Parrott wants to raise highway speed limits to 70 mph
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA bill introduced by Del. Neil Parrott, R-Washington, in the current session of the General Assembly seeks to give the State Highway Administration the ability to raise the maximum speed limit on interstates, state expressways and some other highways to...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), U.S. Congress, Politics, Montgomery County (Maryland), Jennie M Forehand
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O'Malley to push bills on weapons, school safety
Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday he expects his administration to introduce legislation aimed at preventing catastrophic mass shootings such as the one last week at a Connecticut elementary school. O’Malley said he believes “we’...
Tags: Weaponry, Executive Branch, Gun Control, Adam Lanza, Politics
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Bartlett reflects on career in Congress
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe sign on the door at the Frederick office still says "Rep. Roscoe Bartlett." But inside, it is an office in transition. Late last month, boxes were waiting to be packed. Some computers and televisions had been dismantled and were on a center table....Tags: Parties and Movements, The Washington Post, U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party
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