Keedysville News

It was like an assembly line Sunday as dozens of workers passed by boxes on the floor, dropping holiday cards into them.

Anne Gibson Snyder is reflected in a mirror at her Middletown home as guests visit her Catepetl art studio during the Valley Craft Network's Holiday Studio Tour on Sunday.

Despite the financial concerns many people face this year, some local groups that provide free Thanksgiving dinners have seen donations remain steady or even increase.

Three local friends, each with her own niche. Diane Putman, the beeswax crafter, said the trio got together three years ago in one room of her historic Keedysville home and invited people in to browse their wares at a Holiday Home Show.

More frequent buses, more direct routes and the eventual addition of service to Hancock, Sharpsburg and Boonsboro/Keedysville are among the transit system changes a consulting company has decided to recommend to the Washington County Commissioners, consultant Michael Felschow said Wednesday.

A calf was found mutilated in a field in Keedysville last week and the owner said the animal's ears and tail were cut off, skin was cut off its nose and it appears its neck was broken.

When 5-year-old Reagan Carbaugh combed his family's 400-acre farm in Clear Spring for a prize-winning woolly bear caterpillar to submit to the The Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack's annual contest, his sister, Val, helped with the search.

These are the following listings for Washington County trick-or-treating: Thursday, Oct.

Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday announced Board of Public Works approval of two recreational projects in Washington County through Program Open Space and the Community Parks and Playgrounds Program.

County and state officials joined about 50 area seniors Tuesday at a ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new site for meals and activities for senior citizens at the Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Dept.

Forty-four years of inseams, neckties and dress shirts is winding down for Jim Baker, who's closing Hoffman Clothiers, a downtown Hagerstown anchor.

Participants in two local annual walks to fight worldwide hunger on Sunday talked about how the event is especially important now, given the tough economic times.

For Tom Wibberley, the war on terrorism began Oct. 12, 2000, when his son died while serving aboard the USS Cole.

The Sunday matinee performance by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra seemed like a family affair, with many relatives in attendance, including those of the musicians.

Park Ranger Dave Weesner climbed to the top of the monument, about 30 steps up, and stood on a platform to get the best possible view.

A horse farm in Keedysville that takes in retired service horses is announcing it can no longer take in new animals.

Residents in the Pleasant Valley area of southern Washington County hope government officials will attend a meeting to discuss their concerns about crime and emergency response times in their area.

Edith Sweigert grew up in Germany, but after living in the United States for more than 50 years, her roots are definitely American.

Each morning, 75-year-old Bonnard Morgan heads out to the woods armed to the teeth against the blacklegged tick, an enemy barely the size of a penciled-in period.

Other people may think that Animals on the Loose are funny, but not me. On the realities of farming, Washington County Extension Agent Jeff Semler says, 'If you have livestock, sooner or later you're going to have deadstock.' And to take it one step further, if you have livestock, sooner or later you're going to have escapedstock.