by Geoff Fox This Friday is Black Friday, the day when stores are crowded as shoppers look for great deals on everything from toys to clothes to electronics. If you’re going to brave the crowds to find the deals, take advice from someone who has been on the other side[Read More…]
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Health officials voice concern about surge in measles and whooping cough cases
by Kate Evans The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO are warning about the substantial rise in cases of measles and whooping cough (pertussis) in the United States and globally. Health officials say inadequate vaccination rates globally has brought these childhood diseases back to the U.S. after[Read More…]
What’s happening at Hancock High School?
December 2-6: – Scholastic Book Fair December 3: – Interested 10th graders return to Boyd J. Michael III Technical High School for a visit December 5: STEM night and Book Fair open in the evening, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. December 6: 2-hour early dismissal December 6: Middle School dance, 5:30 –[Read More…]
Maryland’s two-week deer firearms season opens Saturday, November 30
Maryland’s two-week firearms hunting season for sika and white-tailed deer opens Saturday, November 30 and runs through Saturday, December 14. The two-week season includes Sunday hunting in all but three counties, affording hunters more weekend opportunities to hunt and contribute to managing Maryland’s deer population. “The two-week firearms season remains[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, November 18, through Sunday, November 24 November 18 Traffic enforcement, Hancock area. One stop. Service to advise, Hancock area. Subject advised. 911 hang up, first block Fulton Street. Accidental. Suspicious item, 100 block West High Street. Item[Read More…]
Emergency Communications Specialist assists in baby delivery
Washington County’s 911 Communications Center announces the remarkable efforts of Emergency Communications Specialist (ECS) Bethani Mummert, who helped facilitate the successful delivery of a baby girl during a 911 call. ECS Mummert received a 911 call reporting a woman in active labor on November 13. Demonstrating exceptional professionalism and composure,[Read More…]
ZED by Duane M. Abel
Truax retiring after 57 years in the barber business
by Geoff Fox Gene Truax has been cutting men’s hair in Hancock for the last 48 years, and on this Wednesday before Thanksgiving, he will be hanging up his scissors for the final time, retiring after 57 years as a barber. Truax got his start as a barber after finishing[Read More…]
Tree Festival planned
Hancock’ s 2nd Annual Festival of Trees is returning this December. It will be hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7, from 4 to 8p.m. at 200 Douglas Street. The event is free for the public. In addition to[Read More…]
Getting ready for Saturday night
