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Governor names Bel Air man to Harford school board vacancy
Arthur Fong Kaff of Bel Air has been appointed to the Harford County Board of Education to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden death in September of the board's president, Dr. Leonard Wheeler. Gov. Martin O'Malley announced the appointment Kaff on...Tags: Harford County, U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), City University of New York
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Women warriors
Thousands of military jobs have opened up to women in recent years, but not those in the front-line combat units. That may soon change, however, as a result of a lawsuit brought late last year by four women veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,...
Tags: Iraq, Minority Groups, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, American Civil War (1861-1865)
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Why can't Md. veterans carry concealed weapons?
As a 25-year retired veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves, a year of which I served on active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, I find Maryland lawmakers' unwillingness to support veterans' right to carry concealed handguns disheartening....Tags: U.S. Army, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control
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Notebook: Rabil to host Holiday Magic Gala to benefit learning-disabled kids
Boston Cannons midfielder Paul Rabil, a former All-American at Johns Hopkins, is hosting the second annual Paul Rabil Foundation Holiday Magic Gala on Thursday, Dec. 6 at Sammy's Trattoria Restaurant in Baltimore. Entertainment will be provided by...
Tags: U.S. Army, Injuries and Wounds, College Sports, High School Sports, Boston Cannons
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Army major charged with child sex abuse in Harford
A U.S. Army major recently stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground has been charged with a child sex offense and was ordered held without bail at the Harford County Detention Center on Wednesday. The 39-year-old officer, whose address is given as the...Tags: U.S. Army, Lawyers, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Abusive Behavior, Prosecution
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Rescue the Coast Guard
Before superstorm Sandy pounded the shores of the East Coast, it had already claimed its first American victims. With the storm still a day from landfall, the U.S. Coast Guard received a distress signal from the tall ship Bounty located approximately 90...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Navy, Defense, National Security
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Raymond Griffith Sinclair Jr., BGE executive
Raymond Griffith Sinclair Jr., a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. executive who was a decorated World War II Marine, died Monday of congestive heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 92.
Born and raised in Collingswood, N.J., Mr. Sinclair was...Tags: Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Heart Failure, World War II (1939-1945)
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Paul W. Ramey
Paul Wilson Ramey, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers who was a founder of AIDS Action Baltimore, died of cancer Dec. 29 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 55 and lived in Hampden.
Born and raised in Woodstock, Va., he was a 1975 graduate...Tags: Technology, Fort Detrick (military base), Catonsville, Europe, Washington, DC
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Back Story: Redwood St. was named for hero of WWI
The drivers whizzing along Redwood Street through the heart of the city's old business district, which was once lined with brokerage houses, banks, the stock exchange and the old Merchants Club, probably have no idea for whom it is named. Late last year,...
Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), France, World War I (1914-1918)
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King dinner and breakfast events in Anne Arundel honor works of residents, organizations
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast, scheduled for Jan. 18 and Jan. 21, respectively, will recognize more than a dozen area residents for their work in human relations, community...Tags: Charity, Civil Rights, Severna Park, United States Naval Academy, Culture
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Veterans quietly manage ear pain
On his two deployments to Iraq with the 18th Airborne Corps, Spc. Jon Michael Cripps spent more time keeping the Army's computers running than he did in combat, but he can't forget what he heard. The constant roar of generators, along with the hum of...Tags: Hearing Impairment, Medical Procedures and Tests, Earache, Iraq, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Obama needs Hagel in the Pentagon
Absent from the discussion about whether former Senator Chuck Hagel would make a good secretary of defense is any focus on lessons learned from personal factors like combat in war, as well as loyalty to the president. As I was grousing about this, my...
Tags: Robert Gates, Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia
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