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WVU Extension offers food business classes in W.Va.'s Eastern Panhandle

   Business and food safety experts from across the state will teach two one-day workshops to help entrepreneurs learn food...

Rhubarb is peculiar and poisonous, but easy to make safe and tasty

Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series of stories on getting children (and other picky eaters) to try...

Home cooking: Vegetable soup

Glenda Norris is a member of Hagerstown Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America, a group of needleworkers who meet monthly in the...

Chefs' Walk set for June 1

Cumberland Valley School of Music will present the fifth annual Neighborhood Chefs' Walk Saturday, June 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. along...

Serving up downtown success: Local owners, chef offer tips for building a long-lasting restaurant

What is the secret to operating a long-lasting, successful restaurant in downtown Hagerstown? Some restaurants keep their doors open for...

Home cooking: Braised pork

Glenda McBee Bonfili is a member of Sons and Daughters of Italy. She is of Italian descent.

Health go learn: Monday, May 20

Free yoga classes in Hagerstown

Support groups: Week of May 20

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Md. 0077

Skin cancer screening in W.Va. on May 25

Dr. Erik Hurst will offer free skin cancer screenings from 9 to noon Saturday, May 25,in the Dorothy McCormack Center on the City Hospital...

Bike Month events in Hagerstown begin Monday, May 13

The City of Hagerstown hosts several events in May, designated National Bike Month. Participants must wear bicycle helmet and sign a...

Columnists

Lisa Prejean

Lisa Prejean

It's time for soon-to-be graduates to soar - May 17, 2013 - It is hard to imagine that one week from today my son will graduate from high school. Where did the time go?

Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson

Soup with a Mexican kick and cheesy goodness - May 15, 2013 - This is a wonderfully easy recipe to prepare. And better yet, it’s a soup that’s loaded with flavor. If you are concerned...

Lynn Little

Lynn Little

Smoothies are nutritious, delicious, any time of day - May 14, 2013 - A smoothie is a blended and sometimes sweetened beverage made from fresh fruit and perhaps chocolate or peanut butter. They can also...

Melissa Tewes and  Joe Fleischman

Melissa Tewes and Joe Fleischman

Feel like salmon? Try Pacific - December 9, 2011 - By Joe Fleischman

Chad Smith

Chad Smith

One goal for success:Eat an elephant one bite at a time - May 17, 2013 - A major reason why many people never achieve more than minor fitness success is they are trying to accomplish too many things at one time.

Alicia Notarianni

Alicia Notarianni

Reflections, aspirations as Mother's Day approaches - May 9, 2013 - My mom died in 2006. She had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood, just 10 months earlier.

Kate Coleman

Kate Coleman

Boston tragedy hits close to home - May 2, 2013 - The news had traveled fast. 

Amy Dulebohn

Amy Dulebohn

Daughter outsmarts mom in potty training - May 16, 2013 - As I was getting ready to write this column, I thought it had its beginnings in April 2012. But, upon further reflection, I realized it...

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Hagerstown Bridge Club club posts Wednesday, May 15 results

Twenty-eight pairs competed Wednesday, May 15, in a club game during a meeting of the Hagerstown Bridge  Club.

Movie showtimes for May 17 to 19

For Friday through Sunday

Rude Mechanicals auditions set for May 29 and May 30

Shepherd University’s Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players announce auditions for Sophocles’ Greek tragedy “...

Little Heiskell Duplicate Bridge Club announces Friday, May 10 results

Ten pairs competed Friday, May 10, during a meeting of the Little Heiskell Duplicate Bridge Club. 

Hagerstown Bridge Club posts May 8 results

Twenty-five pairs competed in an International Fund game Wednesday, May 8, during a meeting of the Hagerstown Bridge Club.

Movie showtimes for May 10 to 12

For Friday through Sunday

Hello, World!: Friday, May 10

Jessica Andrews and Paul Whitmore II of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., announce the birth of a daughter, Chloe Lynn Whitmore,...

'Life' lessons offered via frugality

Jennifer Ward is affectionately known to friends and relatives as a tightwad.

Know your rights: Nursing Home Quality Reform Act created a Bill of Rights for those in long-term care

For most people, home means familiar faces, rooms filled with years of memories and a measure of control over one's life.

Creature comfort: Teen collects donated stuffed animals and books to give to sick children

When a child is sick, nothing is more comforting than a good book and a stuffed animal. It is on this simple philosophy that Hagerstown teen...

Audubon Society hosting family walk May 11 in Berkeley County

 The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will offer a bird walk for families with young children from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at...

Hello, World: Friday, April 26 edition

Stefan and Jennifer (Andrews) Shingleton of Clear Spring announce the birth of their second daughter, Elena Lynn Shingleton...