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Key marker for Democratic success -- sidewalks
WASHINGTON -- Lots of ways exist to analyze who won what in the 2012 election, but one simple rule of thumb provides many of the answers: If a place has sidewalks, odds are the residents voted Democratic. President Obama won America’s large...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
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New 4-lane stretch of W.Va. 9 to open Wed. with little fanfare
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe new four-lane route for W.Va. 9 from Charles Town to the Virginia state line will open sometime between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday "with not much fanfare,” state Department of Transportation spokesperson Brent Walker said Tuesday. A...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Earl Ray Tomblin
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New four-lane route from Charles Town to Virginia state line to open Wednesday
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe opening of the new four-lane route for W.Va. 9 from Charles Town to the Virginia state line is slated for Wednesday after the high winds and heavy rainfall from Superstorm Sandy delayed the highway’s completion. J. Lee Thorne, District 5...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Highway Transportation, Travel, Transportation, Road Transportation
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Tags: Popcorn, Elections, Voting, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC
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Tight presidential race may come down to knocking on doors
Los Angeles TimesAfter billions of dollars spent, more than a million advertisements aired and hundreds of thousands of new voters registered in key states, this is how close elections are won: volunteers amped up on too much coffee and too little sleep, trudging from...Tags: Elections, Voting, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Orlando
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Weather delays opening of new section of W.Va. 9
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comFriday’s planned opening of the new four-lane route for W.Va. 9 from Charles Town to the Virginia state line has been canceled due to this week’s storm, state highways officials announced Wednesday. Depending on weather conditions, the...Tags: Weather, Highway Transportation, Weather Reports
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Knowledgeable newcomers seek Jefferson Co. House seat
richardb@herald-mail.comPolitical novices Democrat John Maxey and Republican Paul Espinosa, are running against each other to represent the new 66th Delegate District in what is, geographically, Jefferson County’s largest political jurisdiction. Created by the state...Tags: Elections, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Pembroke (Giles, Virginia), Metal and Mineral, Voting
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New four-lane route for W.Va. 9 to Virginia to open Nov. 1
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comTen years after construction was halted by lawsuits, the new four-lane route for W.Va. 9 from U.S. 340 near Charles Town to the Virginia state line is slated to open Nov. 1. J. Lee Thorne, District 5 engineer/manager for the West Virginia Division of...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Highway Transportation, Travel, Science and Technology
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Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks
Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...
Tags: Gloucester County, Highland County, Greensville County, Franklin County (Virginia), Smithfield
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First Lady Visits Virginia Tuesday
First Lady Michelle Obama is speaking in our state Tuesday. She'll be at an event at the Loudoun County Fairgrounds, west of Washington, D.C. The doors open for the event around two-45 this afternoon, but the First Lady won't begin speaking until...
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Mildred Baltz, 102
Mildred “Neale” Baltz died Saturday, Oct. 6, at age 102. Neale was born on a dairy farm in Bealeton, Va., one of nine children of Wayland Dunaway Neale and Mary Virginia James Neale, on Oct. 23, 1909. The Neale children drove a horse-...
Tags: Columbia University, Coral Gables, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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High hopes in Harpers Ferry
julieg@herald-mail.comEditor's note: It has been 150 years since the Civil War moved into Washington County and North and South met Sept. 17, 1862, on a battlefield along Antietam Creek. The following story is part of a package of stories that look back at the Battle of...Tags: Elections, Jefferson County (Pennsylvania), Slavery, U.S. Army, Armed Forces
Dec 7, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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Oct 31, 2012
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Oct 18, 2012
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Oct 13, 2012
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Oct 10, 2012
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Oct 7, 2012
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