Memorable Mount Airy matriarch Irene Stewart recalls Washington roots
Irene Stewart, 100 years old, reflects on a Washington upbringing and a life spent in Mount Airy with her family. She left the capital decades ago, opened Stewart's Camera and Gift Shop in the 1930s, raised eight grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, enjoys library books, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Florida trips by Auto Train, and pranks that keep her family laughing.
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Irene Stewart
Washington
Mount ‘Ury
Damas Aun
Stewart
Wiesh
Mount Aury
George Stewart
Irene
Lancaster and Aitcie
Sam Stewart
Silver Spring
Stewarts
George
Natalie
Stewart's
Airy Estates
Mr. Stewart
DC district declares disaster area as flood relief converges
Washington residents seek federal aid as FEMA sets up a toll free line and dispatches about 190 inspectors to assess flood damaged homes and businesses after Aug 10 12 flash flooding. ExxonMobil donates 310000 to Red Cross while volunteers prep gear and assess areas for professional cleanup.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Phil Linderking
Nating
Capitol
ExxonMobil Corp
American Red Cross
Fairfax
Craig Kirby
D.C
Cleopatra Jones
Leslie Whitlow
New York and Delaware join Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort
New York and Delaware join four state plan to adopt stricter water quality standards for the Chesapeake Bay and its 64,000 square mile watershed. West Virginia in the loop. EPA says the plan aims to remove the bay from the federal impaired waters list by 2010. Virginia officials estimate costs could reach hundreds of millions to billions of dollars as calculations begin this winter to set pollution allowances for each river and the bay.
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Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
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Pennsylvania
Ales
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New
Diane Esher
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Virginia
Potomac
Rappahannock
James
York
Bay
Bill Hayden
State Department of Environmental
Alan Pollock
Jim Gilmore
General Assembly
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Dorchester
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Newport
United
Futons
Frederick
New York, Delaware
Linda Keller Delanter
Marsha Nelson-Duncan
Arthritis Foundation
Charles Delanter
Kevin Jackson
Allfirst Bank
Jack Derr
Arturit
Homewood
Crumland Farms
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Drumland Farms
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