by Geoff Fox After installing the sign along Pennsylvania Avenue at Town Hall, a few years ago, town officials are looking to relocate that sign and install a newer, electronic sign. Town Manager Mike Faith presented town officials with three bids for the new sign during the November town meeting.[Read More…]
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The Hancock Journal – town’s earliest newspaper?
A partial front page of an 1858 Hancock newspaper published under the name of The Hancock Journal was lent to us years back. The paper was just getting started, as this issue was the 24th in Volume 1 – meaning the paper was in its 24th week in its first[Read More…]
Hancock library to host holiday movie, craft and family events
The Hancock Veterans Memorial Library will host a matinee showing of the holiday movie “Elf” on Saturday, December 10 starting at 2 p.m. The special event is for families to celebrate the holiday season. The library will have a matinee showing of the movie along with refreshments and a take-home[Read More…]
Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr.
Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr. 1925-2022 Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr., 97, passed away Friday, November 25, 2022, at his home in Warfordsburg, Pa. Born February 8, 1925, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Noah and Ethel (Little) Ensor, and the widower of Thelma Vivian Ensor. He proudly[Read More…]
Signs of a new travel plaza…
The truck plaza at the former truck stop property is coming along with crews putting finishing touches on the paint in both the convenience store that will also house IHOP and Little Caesar and the Burger King. Signs for all three restaurants are in crates waiting to be put up.[Read More…]
Christmas tree ready for Saturday
Hancock Public Works set up the tree for this Saturday’s tree lighting, which is part of the Miracle on Main Street event co-sponsored by Hancock in Motion and Main Street Hancock. Miracle on Main Street begins at 3:30 p.m. with the tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. Both wind up at[Read More…]
Mobile home destroyed in Hancock brush fire, barn burns in Flintstone
by Geoff Fox What started as a brush fire on Webb Lane east of Hancock turned into a structure fire that claimed a mobile home on Sunday, November 20. The call came in shortly after noon Sunday for a field fire threatening a structure. A neighbor discovered the fire. When[Read More…]
Valley Art Assoc. to host holiday exhibit, musical event
The Valley Art Association, which promotes arts and artists in the tri-state Cumberland Valley, will host December events at their headquarters at The Mansion House Art Center & Gallery in Hagerstown City Park. Members of the Valley Art Association will exhibit their works in the “Winter Nights, Winter Lights” installation.[Read More…]
Gingerbread Houses & Elf University
Martha’s House will be hosting a Gingerbread House decorating event on Tuesday, December 6, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. for dinner and decorating beginning at 6 p.m. Registration is required for this special holiday event. Call Deb Cohill at 301-331-6605 to sign up. Participants must be old enough to[Read More…]
DNR accepting recipes for Wild Maryland cookbook
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is once again putting out a call to all wildlife and cooking enthusiasts to submit their favorite recipes for its Wild Maryland online cookbook, this time for the holiday season. The department encourages Maryland’s hunters, anglers, and foragers to submit their best holiday[Read More…]
