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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Elections, Politics, Howard University, Dwayne Johnson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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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: Kensington, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Frostburg State University, The Herald-Mail, Good Friday
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No. 12 Broadneck girls run past No. 15 Catonsville in Class 4A-3A semifinal
Broadneck's Ellen McNulty had seven goals and an assist and Aislinn Probst scored four goals and added two assists to lead the No. 12 Bruins (17-3) to a 15-5 win over No. 15 Catonsville (16-3) in the Class 4A-3A state semifinals at Franklin on Saturday...
Tags: Annapolis, High School Sports, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Scranton, Talbot County
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Head of investigations at corrections department retires
Jesse Ballard III, the head of internal investigations at the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, will retire in June to take a federal job, the state agency said Friday. The move comes as the department continues to handle the fallout...
Tags: Annapolis, Politics, Baltimore County, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Politics, Government, Baltimore County
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Parrott speaks to Tea Party about Annapolis session, death penalty petition drive
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comHagerstown Tea Party supporters gathered at the Beaver Creek Country Club on Thursday night to hear Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, talk about the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and a drive to collect petitions to...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Personal Weapon Control
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MARC to add weekend service to Washington
Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months. The expansion — put on hold in 2008 when the recession hit...
Tags: Harford County, Cecil County, U.S. Congress, Purple Line (Maryland), Politics
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Federal agency says lowering legal limit could cut DUI deaths
Even moderate drinking before driving could become illegal if a federal safety panel's recommendation Tuesday is enacted eventually by the states. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that states cut their thresholds for drunken driving...
Tags: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Politics, Government, Highway Transportation, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Saint James hires Prete as boys basketball coach
koelble@herald-mail.comThe Saint James boys basketball program has its new head coach, and he comes from a school with a national background. After 11 years as an assistant coach at Montrose Christian, Dan Prete is ready to once again guide his own program. Saints athletic...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), College Sports, The Herald-Mail
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Perez clears committee, now faces larger fight
WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans quickly squared off Thursday over the confirmation of Labor Secretary nominee and Marylander Tom Perez -- preparing for a fight that is likely to intensify after a Senate committee voted along party lines to advance...Tags: Barack Obama, Lamar Alexander, Labor Markets, Politics, Steny Hoyer
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Allegany County, New Year's Day
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Roads, bridges, transit projects announced with gas tax hike
The Baltimore SunThe gas tax increase Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law Thursday will pay for weekend MARC service between Baltimore and D.C., roads and bridges throughout the state and construction on the Red and Purple lines to begin as soon as 2015. The first...Tags: Harford County, Prince George's County, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Purple Line (Maryland), Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland)
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