The Hagerstown Community College Foundation recently received a $25,000 donation to establish the Rick Lowman ’69 and Melanie Files Scholarship, an endowed fund that will provide financial support to students beginning in the fall of 2025. This scholarship aims to assist students in achieving their academic and career goals by[Read More…]
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How to handle after-Christmas returns
by Geoff Fox With the Christmas rush over and all the presents have been given and opened, there might be a few of those gifts that have to go back to the store. The pants might be too small. A toy is missing pieces. The shirt might not be the[Read More…]
Barr joins board of Maryland Association of Counties
Commissioner President John F. Barr of Washington County was installed along with his peers as a 2025 Maryland Association of Counties Board Member/Officer. Commissioner President Barr is rejoining the board, having previously served as association President in 2016. “It is an honor to rejoin the MACo Board of Directors and[Read More…]
ZED–New Year’s 2025
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts releases calendar of events for January 2025
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown has announced their exhibits and activities set for January and beyond. Exhibitions Through January 12: “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e” — Japanese woodblock prints by famed artists and decorative items illuminate the lives of women during the Edo[Read More…]
Maryland hunters take 30,833 deer during two-week firearms season
Maryland hunters reported harvesting 30,833 deer during the two-week firearm season from November 30 through December. 14. The firearms season harvest was almost 9% higher than last year’s official count of 28,312 deer. “The two-week firearm season continues to be our most popular deer season,” Wildlife and Heritage Service Director[Read More…]
Embattled gas pipeline project to connect Fulton County gas supply to Eastern Panhandle is now a go
by Kate Shunney Plans to connect a natural gas pipeline in Fulton County, Pa. to a regional supply line in Berkeley Springs are now taking shape on both sides of the Potomac River after years of legal wrangling. Horizontal drilling under the Potomac to run the 8-inch gas pipeline could[Read More…]
Panther boys’ basketball shoots into season with mixed record
Hancock’s Boys Varsity Basketball team kicked off their season on December 12 against Northern Garrett, falling to the Huskies 71-48 despite a big scoring run in the second quarter with 21 points and steady shooting to the end. Senior Jacob Anderson was the game’s high scorer with 15 points, followed[Read More…]
Hancock Lions Club hosts annual community Christmas dinner at the Legion
by Lisa Schauer Seventeen turkeys were roasted, carved, served and delivered, along with all the trimmings, to around 300 people for a complementary community Christmas dinner hosted by the Hancock Lions Club at Hancock American Legion Post 26 on Saturday, December 21. For over 20 years, the Hancock Lions Club[Read More…]
Howard Ray Messerly, Sr.
Howard Ray Messerly, Sr. 1950-2024 Howard Ray Messerly, Sr., age 74, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2024, in Chambersburg, Pa. Born Saturday, December 16, 1950, in Toledo, Ohio, he is survived by his wife Patricia Ann Messerly who he married on Sunday, September 10, 1985. Howard was a lifelong[Read More…]
