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Mail Call - May 21
“I enjoy the comics section of The Herald-Mail each morning; well, most of it, but I cannot understand why ‘Brevity’ is there. If I’m lucky, I understand about one out of 10 of the ‘Brevity’ comics. Many times I don&...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Politics, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Milestones - May 21
Birthdays Tuesday — Isabella Woodward, Ranson, W.Va., turns 5; Jeff Hanes, Harpers Ferry Road, Sharpsburg, turns 59. Anniversary Tuesday — Shirley and Wayd Dunkle, Molly Pitcher Highway, Greencastle, Pa., are celebrating their 64th...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Ceremonies
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Prep Baseball: Hubs return to state stage
koelble@herald-mail.comNorth Hagerstown’s baseball team would gladly make some additional room in the school’s trophy case for another piece of hardware. With one small plaque for the Maryland Class 3A West region title in hand, the Hubs (19-3) continue their...Tags: College Baseball, High School Sports, Sports, Baseball
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Mastering the lever opens the door for so much in a dog's mind
We have an open-door policy in our house. Not that it was my idea, or anyone else’s for that matter. The problem arose thanks to the designers of door knobs, who for centuries were content with the standard, round, dog-proof design. Then someone, I... -
Monday breakdown: 'Sea containers' not an ordinance violation
A cluster of “sea containers” recently placed at a storage business near the corner of Virginia Avenue and Massey Boulevard prompted a reader to inquire about it earlier this month. Do the storage containers violate any Washington County...
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Parasiliti: All's fair in glove and war
bobp@herald-mail.comHigh school athletes are like foot soldiers. They register and enlist to join a team. They go through basic training (preseason practice) to learn a level of discipline, focus and routine. They are taught strategies and the teamwork needed to be...Tags: Softball, High Schools, Schools, Sports, Colin Powell
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Mail Call - May 20
“I don’t understand how the judicial system works, when someone is arrested for drunken driving and kills a female passenger that was in the car, and gets six months probation — and then someone gets 14 months in jail for robbery....Tags: Politics, Planned Parenthood, Teachers, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Teaching respect for sports officials begins with coaches and parents
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for sports officials. Hockey star Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals blamed the referees for his team’s collapse and first-round departure in the NHL playoffs. A Major League Baseball umpiring crew...Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Soccer, National Hockey League, Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball
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History's 12 greatest mountaintop miles
Taken cumulatively, it might be the most historic stretch of mountaintop in the Mid-Atlantic. From the Interstate 70 footbridge south along the spine of South Mountain, the ridgeline has seen an extraordinary amount of American life (and death) go by. In...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Armed Forces, Networking, Battle of Antietam
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Lloyd Waters: Remembering Sheila and Katherine Lyon
It was Good Friday in 1975. The Vietnam War was coming to an end, and I was going to school at Mount Saint Mary’s college in Emmittsburg during the day while working as a correction officer at the Maryland Correctional Institution at night. It...Tags: Good Friday, Montgomery County (Maryland), Easter, Kensington, Frostburg State University
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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: Washington, DC, Business, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Smithsburg still thriving after 200 years
julieg@herald-mail.comChristopher Steiffel Smith ended up dying in a poorhouse, but the town he founded 200 years ago — Smithsburg — is thriving today. Smith, who had been a stone mason, was believed to be in his early 60s when he bought Shadrach’s Lot...Tags: Farms, Museums, Landforms, Armed Forces, Caves and Caverns
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