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By Lorraine Mirabella

Oct 13, 2014

Matt Snyder attended Sandymount Elementary School and West Middle School before graduating from Westminster High School in 2003. In October of that year, he enlisted in the Marines Corps. In March of 2006, he was killed while serving in Iraq.

Some organizations in the county are continuing to keep the memory of those lost alive. The Town of Mount Airy lost two of its residents during the attack on the Pentagon. In honor of these two men, the town will be holding its annual Patriot Day Ceremony at 7 p.m. at Pine Grove Chapel on Main Street.

Roaring Run Lions have their sixth annual Vera Bradley/Longaberger Basket Bingo, to benefit many community causes, Sept. 13 at Reese Fire Hall

The family of a Westminster Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 is hoping to kick-start a nationwide effort to educate children on the differences between Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Mission BBQ's newest location in Columbia is scheduled to officially open to the public on Monday.

Navy will host the inaugural Veterans Classic at the Naval Academy men's basketball event on Friday, Nov. 14. The Midshipmen will welcome 2014 NCAA tournament teams Michigan State, Tennessee and Virginia Commonwealth to Alumni Hall in what they anticipate will be the first of an annual event running through 2017.

Column presents history of Memorial Day, with items of interest in Laurel. The Laurel Chapter of the American Rosie the Riveter Association hosts guest speaker Bruce Hoener, of the Mid Atlantic Air Museum, at its June 28 meeting.

This year's Memorial Day ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens will be the first since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the start of the long wars in Afghanistan in Iraq, in which there is no new Marylander killed overseas to add to the rolls.

Alan Walden, the former WBAL radio anchor, has been emceeing the Memorial Day event at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens for 25 years and is a huge supporter of the military. He lives in Cross Keys.

Harshman's training paid off, as she won three gold medals and broke two world records at the Arnold-America Jump Rope Competition.

A proposed change in the number of half-days and the time set aside for parent-teacher conferences drew critics to the Howard County Board of Education meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, to speak out against the proposed calendar and advocate for suggestions from the calendar committee disregarded by Superintendent Renee Foose and her cabinet.

Hiss United Methodist Church honors Dianne Thompson.

In downtown Towson, an increasingly vibrant area where criminal activity seems to take on greater meaning than elsewhere in the county, a dedicated Citizens on Patrol group now hopes to contribute to that successful collaboration.

At the Parkville Senior Center, the Adopt-a-Senior and Food Drive is underway again.

A new property at 415 Pennington Avenue in Havre de Grace will be getting an 80 percent property tax credit.

Carroll County town honors service of native sons and daughters

Given the level of coordination the school system has shown in putting student days off together in blocks, there's reason to believe they'll be able to find a way to close schools on Veterans Day sooner rather than later.

The members of the Havre de Grace High School marching band have performed at high-profile events in prior years, but they performed on what their director called "the biggest stage we've ever been on" Monday when they took part in the Veterans Day parade in New York City.

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In front of an American flag at half-staff in Veterans Park, Aberdeen officials and local veterans gathered to honor those who served in the military Monday.

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Several veterans who attended the Veterans Day ceremony in Havre de Grace Monday had not heard about the event in advance, but they stopped to listen to speakers honor veterans and their service to the country.

A few dozen veterans and their families braved the crisp November wind to honor Bel Air men and women who risk their lives for the good of their country.

On the job as a member of the Coast Guard, Ryan Kazmarek said he learned responsibility and discipline. But off-duty, the Dundalk man struggled with a "work hard, party hard lifestyle" that led him to alcoholism and — after he left the service — homelessness.

Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Anthony G. Brown marked Veterans Day by releasing a five-part plan for former members of the armed forces, including a tax break and help with employment and housing.

Workers for Giant Food and Safeway supermarkets in the Baltimore-Washington area could vote on a new labor contract as early as Wednesday.

Towson American Legion No. 22 and Towson Elks host annual Veterans Day ceremonies at Wayside Cross in downtown Towson and Vietnam Memorial at Towson Courthouse Gardens on Monday.

In honor of Veterans Day, Howard County is expanding options for wounded veterans who seek healing in nature. County Executive Ken Ulman announced Tuesday that the county is partnering with a therapeutic services group for veterans to improve accessibility at one of Howard's best fly-fishing spots.

Resurrection-St. Paul School in Ellicott City celebrates Veterans Day with a breakfast for veterans and a celebratory mass. The school is partnering with the Armed Forces Foundation for a week of "Operation Caring Classroom."

The Catonsville campus of CCBC hosted a Veteran's Day ceremony Monday

Mission BBQ is teaming up with Charm City Cakes for a Veterans Day salute

With many weekday motorists off due to the Veterans Day holiday, state and local transit departments reported no unscheduled road closures at 9 a.m.

Rest of the week likely to be colder

Post-military service can be a period of anxiety and uncertainty. So many men and women return and ask themselves: what now? The Labor Department is here to help answer that question with an array of programs designed to clear pathways into the middle class.

The members of Cub Scout Pack 238 arrived at the Bel Air Memorial Gardens Sunday morning, prepared to honor the veterans buried in the cemetery, but a living veteran honored their efforts as well.

On Monday, many around the country will be taking time to recognize those who have served in the nation's military, and Harford County will be no exception.

This schedule will be in effect Monday, Nov. 11

Mixed emotions led Allan Stover to come clean with the military about having enlisted at 14 — and, ultimately, to found Veterans of Underage Military Service, a nonprofit created for the thousands who served before they were old enough.