Boonsboro News

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller's visit to the Eastern Panhandle on Friday and Saturday will be rescheduled, his office announced Thursday.

Punxsutawney Phil might have seen his shadow Tuesday morning, but the notion of six more weeks of winter didn't keep eighth-graders in Washington County from 'shadowing' their parents or other adult role models at their workplace.

A local retiree has found his niche in combining biology with art. He's been busy since last fall constructing sets of wooden dinosaur models by hand to give to area elementary schools as teaching tools and for entertainment.

The investigation into a reported break-in at a Boonsboro residence Monday led to the arrest of two men who police officers allege were caught in the act of burglarizing the house, according to Maryland State Police.

Ava Hargett is a big reader. She's also a dog-lover, so she was excited to see the Wags for Hope Reading Education Assistance Dogs at the C. Burr Artz Library.

The market value of residential properties in the Tri-State area has fallen during the recession, but those decreases will not necessarily translate into lower real estate tax bills - or reduced revenue - to county governments.

Mental health services are to be provided at Boonsboro High School and Boonsboro Middle School soon, possibly next month, according to the executive director of Washington County Community Partnership for Children & Families.

There could be a gap of a month or more between when the Washington County Free Library's downtown Hagerstown location closes for renovation and when a temporary downtown branch opens, Art Callaham, president of the library system's board of trustees, said Tuesday.

Washington County Sheriff Douglas W. Mullendore will seek re-election this year.

A group of parents has vowed to appeal the Washington County Board of Education's decision to reassign their children to a different school.

If he's found guilty, he could be imprisoned for up to 20 years. A Boonsboro, Md., man was arrested and charged with the threat of arson, Sunday night.

Whether lower property assessments will lead to lower tax bills won't be determined until later this year, when local tax rates are set.

The president of a church in western Maryland says the wind blew so hard over the weekend it blew the cross off the steeple.

About 50 people attended a public hearing Tuesday to oppose parts of a plan that would reassign roughly 1,350 of Washington County's 10,000 elementary students to different schools.

A refurbished brush truck, new traffic detection equipment, and the traditions of Boonesborough Days and the Great Boonsboro Rescue Co.

A cross on top of a steeple at Trinity Reformed United Church broke due to the recent high winds and fire crews removed the structure from the building Sunday afternoon, said a spokesman for the First Hose Company of Boonsboro.

As 2009 fades into the background, some people are hoping that health and financial concerns will fade along with it.

Several signals along Sharpsburg Pike and three intersections elsewhere in Washington County are to receive upgraded video equipment that detects traffic movement, a Maryland State Highway Administration official said.

Paul Morgan might be a man of few words, but when the Rev. Anne Weatherholt needs something done, he is one of the parishioners she knows she can count on.

Keedysville officials are hoping a $2.8 million water system upgrade will start in early spring, said Assistant Mayor Barry Levey, who is chairman of the Water Board.