Hancock Panthers made their best showing so far this season in Friday’s home non- conference play against the Clay-Battelle Cee Bees from Blacksville, W.Va. Clay-Battelle cinched the game 38-26 but not without major work by the Panthers to earn a home win on September 29. Hancock’s varsity team rolled up[Read More…]
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Maryland Department of Labor sets rate for new Family and Medical Leave Insurance system
The Maryland Department of Labor has announced the initial contribution rate for the new Family and Medical Leave Insurance State Plan. The rate will be 0.90% of covered wages, and will be equally divided between employees and employers with 15 or more workers. The contribution rate is the rate applicable[Read More…]
Penn State Extension offers webinar on food safety for volunteers
Volunteers who help prepare and serve food for their non profit organization are encouraged to attend a webinar on food safety offered by Penn State Extension from 6 to 9 p.m., November 2. “Cooking for Crowds: A Volunteer’s Guide to Safe Food Handling” is a condensed, three-hour food safety course[Read More…]
Maryland Fishing Forecast for early October
Maryland’s Fishing Report from the Department of Natural Resources includes a forecast for the week ahead. The western region finally received substantial rain, which should help with stream flows and cooling water temperatures this week. Anglers will begin to see fish becoming more active. The fall trout stocking program will[Read More…]
Outdoor movie night set here for Halloween season
by Geoff Fox The Sanderson Sisters are coming to Hancock… kind of. On Friday, October 20, Interfaith Service Coalition, local business, and the Hancock Police Department are partnering for a special movie night where the Disney movie “Hocus Pocus” will be shown in the parking lot behind Martha’s House starting[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of September 25-October 1: September 25 Disorderly conduct, 300 block Pennsylvania Avenue. Subjects advised. Service to advise, West Main Street. Subject advised. Parking complaint, Wash ington Street. Service to advise, 200 block East Main Street. Subjects advised. September 26 Assisted[Read More…]
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Little Orleans resident gets a centennial surprise in Hancock
by Lisa Schauer Gladys Potts’ family and friends threw her a surprise party at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Hancock on Sunday afternoon, October 1. With her 100th birthday approaching this Friday, Mrs. Potts thought she was going to help make apple dumplings for a fundraiser, like every year. Instead,[Read More…]
Medieval Days pull Hancock into the past
by Lisa Schauer Joseph Hancock Jr. Primitive Park was the scene for the annual Hancock “Medieval Days event held on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. Troupes of historical reenactors engaged with the public, demonstrating what life was like in Europe from the ninth century until the Renaissance. Costumed[Read More…]
McKinley named to county’s community funding board as Hancock representative
Hancock will have a voice on the county’s Community Organization Funding Committee thanks to Commissioner Wayne Keefer and his approved nominee for a seat on the board. Washington County Commissioners unanimously approved Shannon McKinley for the board during their September 26 meeting. Keefer said the committee is sometimes confused with[Read More…]
