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Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith is retiring in the spring due to family health issues. (Courtesy of MCPS)
ROCKVILLE, MD Dr. Jack Smith, superintendent for Montgomery County Public Schools, announced Thursday that he plans to retire in the spring.
He announced the retirement in a video posted to the school district s website, saying he would step down on June 1 because of family health issues. For more than 18 months, my wife has lived in New England and taken care of my two-year-old grandson who has had significant health problems and a massive open heart surgery, Smith, 63, said. My family needs to be together and I need to join my wife in New England.
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Nicholas Rodean, of Frederick, seen holding a red flag and wearing a red hat, turned himself in after being photographed at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Nicholas Rodean, of Frederick, was charged Wednesday with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without law authority; knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on capitol grounds; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the capitol buildings, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Two days after the Capitol attack, Rodean s attorney contacted the FBI and said his client wanted to turn himself in to law enforcement, the release said.
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From Harford County Government: Harford County Government is proud to announce the first annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Celebration presented by the Harford County Human Relations Commission in partnership with the Harford County Chapter of the NAACP.
At 6 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday January 18, this virtual event will air on Harford Cable Network and the video will be posted on Harford County Government s website at http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/3056/Freedom-Celebration. The inspiring celebration which includes music, dance, and historical accounts, honors the life, legacy, and work of Coretta Scott King.
Coretta Scott King was born in 1927 in Marion, Alabama. In the early decades of her life, she was as well known for her singing and violin playing as her civil rights activism. She attended Lincoln High School and graduated as the school s valedictorian in 1945. She enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where she
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January 17, 2021
U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) gave an extraordinary interview on CNN s State of the Union program Sunday, speaking at length about House Democrats impeachment strategy and talking candidly about the New Year s Eve suicide of his 25-year-old son, Thomas Bloom Raskin.
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Raskin talked with host Jake Tapper for the first 21 minutes of the hour-long show, and it was one of the rawest, most emotional interviews involving a member of Congress in recent TV history.
It is clear that the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the renewed push to impeach President Trump and the Raskin family s personal tragedy are linked in the congressman s mind.
UpdatedThu, Dec 17, 2020 at 7:28 pm ET
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Jean Sheridan is among a half-dozen Floridians who shared stories with Patch editor Tiffany Razzano about what it’s like to portray a Santa or Mrs. Claus in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Jean Sheridan)
ACROSS AMERICA Most of you boys and girls out there understand the Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus you see in the malls and elsewhere are just stand-ins because the real deals are busy at the North Pole loading the sleigh and fueling up the reindeer, right?
The coronavirus pandemic has made it an interesting year for the proxies of Santa and Mrs. Claus.