Letter to the Editor - May 17

Please join me in voting ‘yes’ to referendum question

Letters to the Editor - May 11

Community Foundation says thanks to many

Letters to the Editor - May 16

A vote for referendum is a vote for quality jobs

Letters to the Editor - May 10

People should be made to pay for their crimes

Letters to the Editor - May 15

Please vote to keep Montgomery Township dry

Letters to the Editor - May 9

City, county need to move beyond ‘strategic planning’

Letters to the Editor - May 14

Donors thanked for participation in online fundraiser

Letters to the Editor - May 8

Most melanoma is curable if caught early

Letters to the Editor - May 13

What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal?

Letters to the Editor - May 7

Mayor supports renewal of police excess levy

Letters to the Editor - May 12

Police chief supports Zook in Pa. judicial race

Letter to the Editor - May 6

Elected representatives should lead by example

Mail Call - May 17

“I’d just like to say kudos to the humane society for expanding their clinic. My wish for them has been for years that they...

Mail Call - May 14

“Thank you to the nice woman who planted such wonderful flowers in front of the old library in downtown Boonsboro. We appreciate you,...

Mail Call - May 16

“I’d like to say I think the old hospital grounds where the old hospital used to be would be a perfect place to have the...

Mail Call - May 13

“How does one go about arranging a green burial in this county? My husband and I would like that option when we die. Cremation is...

Mail Call - May 15

“People wonder what’s wrong with Washington. Well, it’s the people themselves, that re-elect people like this former...

Mail Call - May 10

“As a Department of Public Safety retiree after 30 years, this repeal of the death penalty has far-reaching opportunities for...

Poor IRS; it didn't mean to target tea parties

Well, this would explain my $25,000 tax bill. Looks like I picked the wrong year to start up a right-wing militia group.

It's rich that the IRS wants us to believe it never targets anyone

Well, this would explain my $25,000 tax bill. Looks like I picked the wrong year to start up a right-wing militia group.

If at first you don't succeed, work on your execution

Like me, Del. Neil Parrott seems to believe that any publicity is good publicity.

With study done, we wait for action

Consultant studies are a two-way street. First, the study has to be worth something; second, the group for whom the study was performed...

Email deadbeat considers faking death to get out of message obligations

It seems to me that there ought to be a mechanism allowing one to file for email bankruptcy. And I say this as a person whose inbox is...

Thank you for the chance to bomb in 'Blonde'

I was a thespian in high school, which I was never proud of because I though it had some sick, negative sexual connotation to it. Enough...

Local Blogs

The Cartoon View

Editorials

Government is trampling upon our right to freedom

In a democracy, the first rule of power is to know when not to use it. The sad results produced by leaders lacking this restraint are...

Improving literacy is a worthy goal

Much has been written about the need for higher education. But before we can succeed at higher education, we must succeed at lower...

With goals in hand, county must move forward in pursuit of economic growth

Washington County’s new economic goals were finalized recently, with a five-part plan that emphasizes infrastructure, workforce...

City must give Sora, or someone, a chance

After listening to a disjointed Hagerstown City Council once again stumble over its ideas for downtown a couple of weeks ago, we find...

In new role, Sen. Shank representing county well

Washington County lawmaker Christopher Shank moved to the Maryland Senate from the House of Delegates, where he had a well-earned reputation...

Commissioners should adopt bold scholarship plan

The Washington County Commissioners will never face an easier decision: In exchange for a relatively small expense, the county could finally...

Without downtown benefits, new stadium is a tough sell

When plans began to circulate last year for a new multiuse stadium in downtown Hagerstown, the goal was twofold. First, the stadium would...

Guest Editorials

George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck

According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as...

Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge

“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change....

David Hanlin: Giving kids a chance

Readers of this column are aware that I have a concern about children in Washington County being prepared to start kindergarten. According...

Lloyd Waters: Jimmy Dean, his mama and those IOUs

Jimmy Dean shared his life story in his autobiography “Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham.” Born in 1928 in the midst...

Art Callaham: O'Reilly's book on Kennedy a good read

I was never a “Kennedyphile” — lifelong southern conservative Republicans usually are not. Sure, I was a starry-eyed 15-...

Allan Powell: The feminine touch in finance

One can but admire a woman brave enough to pick a professional career in which she will be surrounded and greeted with patronizing glances...

Tom Firey: How to cut federal spending

Sequestration is beginning to inflict real pain on America; so say government spokesmen and special interest groups inside the Beltway.&...

Jake Womer

Jake Womer

No matter how you look at it, it's still the news - August 4, 2012 - I love the classic movie channel for the personal discoveries that it allows a movie fan. Now and then, I’ll see a film I had only...

Liz Thompson

Liz Thompson

Turn on Channel 6 and check out HMTV6 - July 28, 2012 - If you are an Antietam Cable Television subscriber, please turn on Channel 6 and check out HMTV6, our latest effort to bring news and...

Crystal Schelle

Crystal Schelle

Teens just like cats, sometimes - July 21, 2012 - I once had a high school teacher tell my class that trying to get a group of teens to follow directions is like trying to corral a bunch...

Tony Mulieri

Tony Mulieri

Thrill of competition even better than thrill of victory - July 14, 2012 - Have you ever walked into a situation and thought to yourself, this is too good to be true?

Joel Huffer

Joel Huffer

'Yogi-isms' just good advice - July 7, 2012 - About eight months ago, we got a new email system at The Herald-Mail, a switch that put all Schurz Communications properties “on the...

Linda Duffield

Linda Duffield

Emails in proper form help us to better report news - June 30, 2012 - Around here, we get a lot of emails.

Meg Partington

Meg Partington

When wading through tons of clutter, keep a 'do-not-toss' box for sentimental memories - June 23, 2012 - The emails from Kim Reno, the chief financial officer at The Herald-Mail Co., contained good news and bad news.