by Geoff Fox In 1982, Mattel and Filmation released a cartoon series that would be a commercial of sorts for a new line of action figures being released that year called “Masters of the Universe.” Growing up in the 1980s, there’s a chance you sat in front of the TV[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox Each summer since 2021, Washington County has had an ice cream trail that promotes locally owned ice cream shops throughout the county and this year the tradition continues. The 2026 Washington County Ice Cream Trail began Tuesday, June 2, and runs through Tuesday, September 22, which is[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox As the summer season is just getting under way, that means National Night Out is just around the corner. The annual community event will take place on Tuesday, August 4, beginning at 6 p.m. in Widmeyer Park. As always, the night of fun and activity is a[Read More…]

by Kate Shunney The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin watches the water supply of the nation’s capital closely, and in even greater detail the last two years as a persistent drought hangs on in Maryland, West Virginia and parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Conditions in the areas that[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox Maryland State Police are continuing their investigation into a tractor-trailer accident that tied up traffic on Interstate 68 in the early hours of Sunday morning, June 7. According to a Maryland State Police spokesperson, troopers from the Hagerstown Barrack responded to westbound I68 around 1:54 a.m. near[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox County Commissioners were set approve the Annual Fiscal Year 2027 Program Open Space project list that was presented and recommended by the Washington County Recreation and Parks Advisory Board during their Tuesday, June 9, meeting. The meeting occurred after The Hancock News went to press. One of[Read More…]

Washington County’s top election officer alerted the public and press last week that county voters will see an error in a sample ballot packet sent out to educate voters on their options to vote in the gubernatorial primary election on June 23. The primary election lets members of political parties[Read More…]

by Lisa Schauer The family of the late Ruth Ann Shives has donated $10,000 to Hancock War Memorial Library. “She was a lifelong lover of books, especially mysteries,” said daughter Heidi Kenyon of Colorado. “We all had library cards,” said Kenyon, who grew up in Hancock with sisters Anna and[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox After the Civil War ended, the United States military entered numerous skirmishes and battles out west with various Indian/Native American. One is more well-known than the others. That was the Battle of Little Big Horn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand. The battle, which took place in[Read More…]