Maryland voters can participate in statewide in-person early voting for this year’s General Election starting Thursday, October 24. Early voting continues through Thursday, October 31. Voters in Washington County can cast an early ballot in person in three locations: –Washington County Election center at 17718 Virginia Avenue in Hagerstown, –Smithsburg[Read More…]

Volunteers who help prepare and serve food for their nonprofit organization are encouraged to attend a webinar on food safety offered by Penn State Extension from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 7. “Cooking for Crowds: A Volunteer’s Guide to Safe Food Handling” is a condensed, three-hour food safety[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox Washington County Commissioners approved $175,000 for Sideling Hill Overlook Park west of Hancock on Scenic Rt. 540 and will move it into the county’s park system. The commissioners made the approval during their October 15 meeting. In a text message to the Hancock News, Commissioner Wayne Keefer[Read More…]

by Kate Evans Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) — an acute, infectious, often fatal viral disease that attacks white-tailed deer  — is getting the attention of DNR officers and hunters as fall sets in. The disease is characterized by extensive hemorrhages and oral lesions and has been found in white-tailed deer[Read More…]

by Lisa Schauer Local children competed in a pumpkin derby at Widmeyer Park on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon, October 13. The Town of Hancock Parks and Recreation sponsored the pumpkin derby, set up in the parking lot at Hancock War Memorial Library. Martha’s House held a pumpkin derby workshop and[Read More…]

Hancock Middle-Senior High School held its first Career Chat program last Friday, October 11, in the school’s auditorium and a meet and greet in the cafeteria. Career Coach Susan Mott said 104 students in grades 8 through 12 participated in the first of three such chats to be held this[Read More…]