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Top 10 Presidential Cars
KickingTiresElection season kicked into high gear last night as the country prepares to peacefully elect a new leader. While everyone is grading the first of three presidential debates from last night and how President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt......Tags: Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, Passenger Cars, Toyota Motor Corp., Politics
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Trice: Obama-inspired quilt exhibit had troubled past
When Jim Smoote II completed his quilt, called "Obama 44," in time for an exhibition that opened in Washington for the 2009 presidential inauguration, he expected that the exhibit — like others he'd been involved in — would travel widely to...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King Jr., DuSable Museum of African-American History
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Rohrersville Band to open season May 19
The Rohrersville Cornet Band of Washington County will open its 277th season Sunday, May 19. The spring concert in the band hall on Main Street in Rohrersville will begin at 3 p.m. Holly Feather will direct the band as it performs concert favorites...Tags: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Fine Arts, Artists, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Poetry
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Bishop visits Sharpsburg church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg welcomed Bishop Ralph Dunkin of the West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to its worship service April 21. Bishop Dunkin joined Pastor Karen Erskine Valentine and...
Tags: War of 1812, Ocean City, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Religion and Belief, Christianity
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First Fridays in Orlando, Eustis
I've been going to the monthly First Fridays at FAVO since its inception in 2011, and it has now grown to 19 once-upon-a-time-motel rooms full of artists. The quality of work has increased, too, with some professional artists in the lineup now. This month...
Tags: Rollins College, Music, Fine Artists, Artists, Winter Park
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Happy birthday, Gladys
Happy birthday to Gladys Short, who turns 89 Wednesday. Except for a brief time in Florida, Mrs. Short has lived in the Williamsport area all her life. Horsepower will return cannons to Doubleday Hill On Saturday at 10 a.m., the refurbished...Tags: Human Interest, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Animals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arts and Culture
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Rosenthal: Rejuvenation of South Side the fair thing to do
President Grover Cleveland pressed an electric switch, powering the pumps for massive fountains. The jets of water in turn cued the unfurling of flags. What was described as "profound silence" gave way to a cacophony, and the World's Columbian...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Loop, Barack Obama, DuSable Museum of African-American History, Jackson Park
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Museum announces winners of annual raffle
On March 21, during the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts’ annual membership meeting, the museum held its annual raffle drawing, selecting 12 winners from more than 2,400 ticket entries. The museum raised more than $19,000 through the raffle to...Tags: Charity, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture
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ON THE TRAIL : All aboard the nature train
The first passenger train rides of the season roll Saturday out of the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson. Why not combine it with a hike or bike ride along the nine-mile, paved North Judson Erie Trail, a former railroad bed that runs between...
Tags: Transportation, Connecticut Valley Railroad, Railway Transportation, Indiana Hoosiers, Mother's Day
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U.S., county celebrated bicentennials in 1976
"Rediscover America 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, United States of America-Washington County, Maryland, 1776-1976" was the full name of an event that would involve most of the members of the Washington County Historical Society and the community, as a...Tags: French and Indian War, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), George Washington, Human Interest, Gerald Ford
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Bush's long-shot campaign to be seen as Truman
The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was more than an opportunity for the five living U.S. presidents to compare notes on what Stefan Lorant called "the glorious burden" of the office. It also was the beginning of Bush'...
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Lioness Club to meet
The Hagerstown Lioness Club will hold its regular meeting Thursday, May 2, at the Academy Theater Banquet and Conference Center in downtown Hagerstown. The guest speaker will be Denny Warrenfeltz. Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Wars and Interventions
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