Shredding event set for May 18

A Better Shredder will host a free shredding event for the public Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of Pen-Mar...

Reserve officer stops traffic for ducklings in Hagerstown Commons area

When C.A. Millburn saw the mother duck and from 15 to 25 ducklings trying to cross Edgewood Drive in the area of Hagerstown Commons on...

Shiga, county's teacher of the year, speaks at Rotary Club of Long Meadows gathering

Ayako Shiga, Washington County Teacher of the Year and member of the Boonsboro High School faculty, spoke to the Rotary Club of Long Meadows...

Hagerstown budget advances with taxes unchanged

The Hagerstown City Council on Tuesday voted 3-1 to introduce an ordinance for a $133,145,831 budget for fiscal 2013-14 that holds the...

Hagerstown plays host to BMX events this weekend

Hagerstown Fairgrounds Park will play host to hundreds of BMX enthusiasts this weekend when Hagerstown BMX holds Dirt Dreams Series and...

Rotarians prepare spring break meal bags for local students

Concerned about hungry children and their families in Washington County, a group of Hagerstown Sunrise Rotary members and many other...

Annual National Pike Festival is a family affair for Sonny Lemon

For Sonny Lemon, the annual wagon train ride is more than just an opportunity to trace the famous route that opened Washington County to the...

Boonsboro Council to give $45,000 for museum

Boonsboro Town Council members on Monday night agreed set aside $45,000 over the next three years for further development of a proposed...

Boonsboro Green Fest spreads out to promote sustainable living

Recycling is a lot more than just a colored can full of paper and plastic at the curb.

Boonsboro Town Council public budget hearing set for June 3

The Boonsboro Town Council will hold a public hearing June 3 on its proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Horse-drawn wagons highlight National Pike Festival

Karen Davis enlisted friends Stacey Schaab and Beth Przybylski to join her for last year’s National Pike Festival and Wagon Train in...

Clear Spring budget plan calls for no property tax increase

The Town of Clear Spring’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year does not include a property tax increase for residents, but...

Clear Spring High cleans up at Envirothon

The 2013 Washington County Envirothon was held April 19 at the Claud E. Kitchens Outdoor Education Center at Fairview. Fourteen teams from...

Clear Spring Garden Club sponsors backyard tour

Not all alleys are created equal. In urban areas, many are narrow passageways merely allowing for deliveries behind businesses. But in small...

Hancock Middle-Senior High School honor roll

Fifth marking period

Hancock to give $200,000 loan to company to build electronic home plates

The Hancock Town Council voted Wednesday to provide a $200,000 loan to the company planning to build electronic home plates there later this...

Hancock's proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budget is $200,000 more than that for current year

A proposed $1.8 million budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that was reviewed Wednesday during a public hearing of the Hancock Mayor and Town...

Hancock Town Council members discuss possible changes to charter

Election requirements, how to break an election tie and firing a council member were among the issues raised this week as the Hancock Town...

Documentary to shed light on annual Antietam illumination

"Gods and Generals" author Jeff Shaara announced Monday he would match up to $5,000 in contributions to help fund a documentary about the...

MS Walk at Antietam National Battlefield raises $75,000 to help fight disease

Marcy Fleeharty had no idea her great aunt had multiple sclerosis until only days before Saturday’s Walk MS Hagerstown at Antietam...

Children get hands-on experience during Junior Ranger Day at Antietam National Battlefield

A boom bellowed and black smoke poured from the barrel’s mouth, but the caliber of sound the cannon made was only narrowly louder than...

Sharpsburg man unearths live Civil War-era shell

A Sharpsburg man planting trees at his Powell Road home Thursday unearthed a live Civil War-era shell that authorities later disposed of...

Smithsburg still thriving after 200 years

Christopher Steiffel Smith ended up dying in a poorhouse, but the town he founded 200 years ago — Smithsburg — is thriving...

Smithsburg celebrates 200th anniversary during Pride Days

The Town of Smithsburg is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding this weekend during Smithsburg Pride Days, which starts Friday.

Smithsburg Town Council briefs

Smithsburg reaches consensus on speed camera hours

Smithsburg awards bid to Fayetteville Contractors for sewer line replacement project

The Smithsburg Town Council on Tuesday voted to award a bid to Fayetteville Contractors, Inc., of Fayetville, Pa., in the amount of $15,...

Springfield team Tennessee bound

The Springfield Middle School Destination Imagination team qualified for the DI Globals on May 20 to 25 in Knoxville, Tenn. Team members...

Williamsport to add fitness trail with $30,000 grant

The Williamsport Town Council on Monday accepted a $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant through the Maryland State Highway...

Williamsport girl's memory honored with events to raise scholarship fund money

Since her daughter’s death a year ago, Jonna Vinci said she has been hearing stories about what a wonderful person Samantha Kelly was.

Springfield Middle holding fundraisers to benefit DI team trip

Springfield Middle holding fundraisers to send DI team to Globals in Tennessee

90-year-old Orioles fan keeps track of her Birds

Jeannette Pearce, of Funkstown, hasn’t always been a loyal Baltimore Orioles fan. In fact, she never really got into baseball until...

Funkstown seeking grant to make Town Hall ADA compliant

With attendance increasing at community events, Funkstown officials are exploring ways of making the upper floor of its Town Hall more...

Funkstown briefs

Washington County Commissioners to meet in Funkstown Tuesday

Mother's Day event fits some to a tea

Enjoying sips of teas such as ginger-peach and tasty treats like mango-curry chicken salad rounds and blackberry tarts, several Tri-State...