Martinsburg High School Class of 2012 is the largest yet

Martinsburg High School Class of 2012 is the largest yet

With 381 graduates, the Martinsburg High School Class of 2012 is the largest yet, interim Principal Trent Sherman told a capacity crowd...  more...

Opening-day participation strong for Allegiant Air

Opening-day participation strong for Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air on Friday began a new chapter of commercial service between Hagerstown Regional Airport and Orlando, Fla.  more...

$45 million technology business park would create new tax revenue

$45 million technology business park would create new tax revenue

It might take about $45 million to turn a large tract near Hagerstown into a technology business park, including the cost of building...  more...

Maryland Court of Appeals grants convicted murderer new trial

Maryland Court of Appeals grants convicted murderer new trial

Maryland’s highest court ruled this week that Merle W. Unger Jr., convicted of the 1975 murder of Hagerstown police Officer Donald...  more...

Sharpsburg prepares for 145th Memorial Day Commemoration

Sharpsburg prepares for 145th Memorial Day Commemoration

Sharpsburg officials have been preparing all week for Saturday’s 145th Sharpsburg Memorial Day commemoration.  more...

More than 721,000 Marylanders projected to travel Memorial Day weekend

More than 721,000 Marylanders projected to travel Memorial Day weekend

With gas prices dropping and economic conditions slowly improving, the number of Marylanders traveling over the Memorial Day weekend is...  more...

Memorial Day observances

Memorial Day observances

The following area ceremonies are planned in observance of Memorial Day:  more...

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Maryland State Police conducting additional patrols and checkpoints

Maryland State Police in Hagerstown will be conducting additional impaired-driving enforcement activities, including saturation patrols...

Weekend calendar - May 26

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Widmyer Park will not open Memorial Day weekend

The Hancock Municipal Pool in Widmeyer Park will not open as scheduled this Memorial Day weekend, a town official said Friday.

Sun Air seeks to take over routes from Hagerstown to Baltimore

A small Florida airline is hoping to take over federally-subsidized commuter flights from Hagerstown to Baltimore — if the price is...

Former Hagerstown woman charged with rape and sex abuse

A former Hagerstown woman is being held without bond on charges that she allowed her boyfriend to have sex with a preteen child over a...

Greencastle man wanted in 2011 armed robbery is arrested on drug charges

A former Hagerstown man wanted in a 2011 armed robbery was arrested this week on drug charges by the Washington County Narcotics Task Force,...

Village Mill Drive in Maugansville has reopened

Village Mill Drive in Maugansville reopened to traffic at noon Friday, the Washington County Division of Public Works, Engineering and...

Two Hagerstown men indicted in Club Twisted shooting

A Berkeley County grand jury on Thursday indicted two Hagerstown men on charges stemming from  the November 2011 shooting of a...

Keedysville man arrested after girlfriend's personal property burned

A Keedysville, Md., man was arrested Thursday on charges stemming from a domestic dispute last week in which his girlfriend’s clothing...

Officials determine no explosives in suspicious package

After about 2 1/2 hours of careful inspection, rescue officials Wednesday night determined that a suspicious package found at a driveway...

RG Steel to begin Sparrows Point layoffs in June

RG Steel is idling operations in Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia, the struggling steelmaker announced Thursday as it warned employees of...

Utility customers can defer smart meters

The Maryland Public Service Commission has ruled that utility customers can defer installation of so-called smart meters until the panel...

Man fatally shot in central Pa. state park

(AP) — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man at a central Pennsylvania state park.

Franklin County briefs

Emergency resolution passed for repairs to building

Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioners to apply for shelter grant

The Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioners Thursday offered their assistance to two organizations seeking to create housing for disadvantaged...

Youth Aid Panel helps out young offenders in Waynesboro area

The only Youth Aid Panel remaining in Franklin County, Pa., takes on cases every month to help first-time criminal offenders clean up...

Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioners briefs

Commissioners pass resolution for fire cleanup, repairs

Bridge reopens in time for Memorial Day weekend at Twin Bridge campground

It was a fitting kickoff to summer as two new bridges opened to traffic just in time for the Memorial Day rush to Twin Bridge Meadow...

Progress made in talks between Waynesboro Area School Board, teachers' union

Negotiators for the Waynesboro Area School Board and its teachers’ union expressed optimism for a contract resolution after meeting...

Seminary to buy former Scotland School for Veterans Children

The board of trustees of a theological seminary based in Findlay, Ohio, voted last week to move forward with the purchase of the former...

'Food fight' on tap in Franklin County

A “food fight” in Franklin County, Pa., on Tuesday did not get very messy, but it did provide promotional opportunities to a...

Fannett-Metal School District facing budget woes

The smallest school district in Franklin County, Pa., is grappling with some huge problems related to finances as it faces possible...

Camping gear available to rent at Pa. state parks

First-time campers may borrow gear as part of a Pennsylvania program involving Caledonia State Park and 18 other parks.

First Friday event scheduled June 1 in Greencastle

The Greencastle Chamber of Commerce will host its next First Friday event on June 1.

Martinsburg man indicted on embezzlement and fraud charges

A man accused of stealing $250,000 from a land development company that he and a sheriff’s deputy owned was indicted Thursday on...

Health of animals seized from Morgan County property being assessed

Authorities are assessing the health of 29 animals seized last week from a southern Morgan County property near the Virginia line, Morgan...

Cause of Laurel Ridge fire still undetermined

The cause of a fire in the Laurel Ridge subdivision on May 19 that destroyed a two-story home and damaged two others is still undetermined,...

Berkeley Springs High School class of 2012 'planning for their futures'

For the first time in its 123-year history, a Berkeley Springs High School graduate was appointed to theU.S. MilitaryAcademy in West Point,...

Musselman High School principal offers advice to grads

Musselman High School principal Holly M. Kleppner had “two pieces of advice” for the Class of 2012 before graduates received...

Martinsburg man indicted on embezzlement charges

A man accused of stealing $250,000 from a land development company that he and a sheriff’s deputy owned was indicted Thursday on...

29 animals seized from southern Morgan County property

Authorities are assessing the health of 29 animals seized last week from a southern Morgan County property near the Virginia line, Morgan...

Person wounded in shooting at Jefferson County park

A person who was shot in Jefferson Memorial Park on Wednesday night has non-life-threatening injuries, Charles Town Police Detective...

Berkeley County grand jury indicts Baltimore attorney

A Berkeley County grand jury Wednesday indicted a Baltimore attorney, who is accused by multiple clients of failing to provide the legal...

Recreational vehicle catches fire, holds up Interstate 81 traffic

A recreational vehicle caught fire Wednesday night along southbound Interstate 81 near the Tabler Station Road exit, according to...

Woman's death in Martinsburg leads to discovery of marijuana-growing operation

The death of a 25-year-old woman early Wednesday at a Martinsburg home led to the discovery of “two extremely large piles of drying...

Cause of Shenandoah Junction fire not yet determined

The cause of a fire in a home last week in Jefferson County has not been determined, but it appears to be accidental in nature, according to...

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Jason Hammel stars in Orioles' 8-2 win over Royals

Jason Hammel stars in Orioles' 8-2 win over Royals

The size of the crowd at Camden Yards on Friday night even surprised Orioles manager Buck Showalter.

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