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Funnel reported on Eastern Shore; no damage
Maryland WeatherEmergency personnel in Queen Anne's County on Maryland's Eastern Shore scrambled this afternoon to check out reports of a tornado in the northern portions of the county. But Kevin Aftung, the director of emergency services says his crews have found......Tags: Tornadoes, Weather Reports, Maryland, Queen Anne's County, Weather Warnings
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Shore counties get drought disaster okay
Maryland WeatherCrop losses during last year's drought were sufficient in the northern counties of the Eastern Shore to win a drought disaster declaration from the federal government. Farmers in those counties and those immediately adjacent will be eligible to apply for....Tags: Government, Maryland, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Executive Branch, Disasters
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Glug... Wet weather swamping records
Maryland WeatherWe already know that December brought Baltimore it's biggest December snowfall (Dec. 18-19), and it's snowiest and wettest December on record. Now the U.S. Geological Survey is adding to the most impressive statistics that piled up during 2009.The year...Tags: Bodies of Water, Weather Reports, Maryland, Washington (U.S. state), Rivers
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Higher voter turnout makes democracy work better
The city of Hagerstown was a clear victor in Tuesday’s primary. Whatever residents may think about the candidates, they moved toward a more representative city government. City voter turnout this year was more than double that of the previous...Tags: Political Candidates, Local Elections, Elections, Republican Party, Maryland General Assembly
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Saturday's 9/8 local schedule (updated Friday AM)
COLLEGES Football Christopher Newport at Hampden-Sydney, 1 Apprentice at Coppin State (club team), 2 Old Dominion at Hampton, 6 Lafayette (Pa.) at William and Mary, 7 Norfolk State at Liberty, 7 Women’s volleyball Spartan Classic (at Norfolk State):...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), New Kent County, Hampton Roads, Annapolis, College of William and Mary
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Student news
CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Maegan Clearwood of Middletown, Md., recently participated in Washington College’s annual senior reading sponsored by the Rose O’Neill Literary House. Clearwood is an English and drama double major with a creative...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frostburg State University, High School Sports, High Schools, Middletown
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Middletown, Chestertown, Perry Hall, Awards and Prizes, The Washington Post
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Extent of storm damage growing
Sun StaffTropical Storm Isabel destroyed or severely damaged thousands of Maryland homes and businesses, government officials said yesterday as the full extent of the storm's toll began to emerge. More than 3,300 homes were damaged or destroyed in eastern...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Career and Workplace, Tom Ridge, Emergency Incidents, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland)
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Wrestling: Miller scores two pins, into state semifinals
andrewm@herald-mail.comWhile wrestling might soon be gone from the Olympics, the energetic atmosphere Friday at the University of Maryland’s Cole Field House showed that the sport is still very much alive in the high school ranks. Nearly 450 wrestlers were in action...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wrestling, Dundalk
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Lawmakers strike deal to save Eastern Shore mail center, but area post offices still vulnerable
Key senators reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to save a mail processing center considered significant to the Eastern Shore economy but left the fate of more than a dozen post offices in the Baltimore region uncertain as they considered a sweeping...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Elections, Career and Workplace, U.S. Postal Service, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Golden Apple award recognizes city school volunteer
Cory McCray, whose children, ages 3 and 5, are too young to attend middle school, still spends many hours in the halls and classrooms of Northeast Middle School in Baltimore, where he volunteers. Recently, he helped the school start a student...
Tags: Prince George's County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Elections, Belair-Edison, St. Mary's County
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Washington County making effort for Disparity Grant money
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comMaryland’s disparity grant program was created more than two decades ago to provide state aid to less wealthy areas of the state. The policy was aimed at giving counties that have lower revenues from local income tax an opportunity to get money...Tags: Taxation, The Herald-Mail, Wicomico County, State Income Tax, Personal Income
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