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Inflatable train a huge hit at Railroad Heritage Days
julieg@herald-mail.comKids couldn’t get enough Sunday of a 59-foot-long inflatable train at Railroad Heritage Days. Going through the bouncy train time after time, kids were smiling whether they were stepping, crawling or falling out of the opening in the locomotive&...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Arts and Culture, LEGO Group, Tourism and Leisure, Transportation
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Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history. But it wasn’t Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he...
Tags: Mega Millions Lottery, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Powerball Lottery, Tampa
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Some Md. lawmakers ready to consider business tax cut
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWhen Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington, introduced a bill during the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly seeking to reduce the state’s corporate income tax from 8.25 percent to 4 percent, he suggested that his bill might be a way to...Tags: Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Investments, Politics, Anirban Basu, State Budgets
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Business calendar - May 19
Interviewing techniques May 20 — Learn employers’ tips about successful interviewing to get the job. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Washington County Job Center, 14 N. Potomac St., Suite 100, Hagerstown. Call 301-393-8255. Chamber mixer May 21...Tags: Business, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Heart Attack, Holidays, PTA, Teaching and Learning
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Karl K. Werder, 55
Karl Kristofer Werder, 55, of Williamsport, Md., passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown, Md., and gave the gift of life to Living Legacy Foundation. Born Aug. 21, 1957, in Washington, D.C., to Dr. Richard H. Werder...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Central Intelligence Agency, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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The Longmores celebrate 60 years
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Longmore celebrated their 60th anniversary on May 5. The couple, who wed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Old Town Alexandria, Va., on May 2, 1953, marked the day with family and friends at Dutch’s Daughter Restaurant in...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Photography, Arts and Culture, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Ranson firm preserves the fabric of American history
richardb@herald-mail.comThe clothes Abraham Lincoln wore to Ford’s Theater, the flag on Iwo Jima, Stonewall Jackson’s uniform, pre-Columbian textiles and hundreds more artifacts like them have been spread across tables in a small shop in Ranson. Textile Preservation...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), Museums
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Sestak won't run for Pa. governor; might seek rematch with Sen. Toomey in 2016
Associated PressFormer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday that he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly setting up a rematch against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. Sestak said he...Tags: Allyson Y Schwartz, Joe Sestak, Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Mail Call - May 15
“People wonder what’s wrong with Washington. Well, it’s the people themselves, that re-elect people like this former governor from South Carolina, who cheated and lied to his wife, and also lied to the people, by thinking he was above...Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Lawyers, Abusive Behavior
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Waynesboro, Pa., man has helped hoarders tidy up
marieg@herald-mail.comDwight Karkan spends his days untangling people’s messes — seeing what they have, what they use, what they need, what holds them back. He’ll go through kitchen cupboards crammed with 40 years of spices and closets filled with clothing...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Holidays, Real Estate, Religious Festivals, Services and Shopping
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Friends of Legal Services book sale draws bargain hunters
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAs she sorted through tables Sunday at the Friends of Legal Services book sale, Linda Webb-Jenkins carried in her pocket a list of the titles filling her shelves at home. That list was about to get much longer. Webb-Jenkins filled at least four...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Newburg, Online Advertising, Legal Service
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