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Julie Stinar once worked with some of the top names in fashion: Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Tracy Reese.

Julie Stinar once worked with some of the top names in fashion: Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Tracy Reese.

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As debate continues about a Sharpsburg-area man's right to turn his yard into a 'natural grassland habitat,' a Washington County attorney has drafted an amendment to the county's weed-control ordinance that would allow such habitats under certain circumstances.

With a population more than three times that of the town of Sharpsburg, the Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown is one of the largest - and least visible - operations in Washington County.

An electrical fire early Thursday at a Keedysville home caused an estimated $10,000 in damage, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said in a news release.

Boonsboro Police Chief Jeff Hewett was still getting used to his new surroundings when he took time to gaze across the town-owned King farm property toward Shafer Park, where a giant Ferris wheel could be seen above the treetops.

In July 1862, Congress passed legislation that allowed the President to purchase land to be used as cemeteries "for soldiers who shall have died in the service of the country." Fourteen cemeteries were established the first year.

There was scarcely a single patch of shade along Sharpsburg's Main Street Saturday afternoon that wasn't covered in lawn chairs, strollers or blankets as hundreds of people from throughout the Tri-State area braved the heat to witness one of the oldest Memorial Day parades in the United States.

Boonsboro is near the Appalachian Trail. For more things to do and places to stay in Washington County, Md., visit www.marylandmemories.org. Nora Roberts' Inn BoonsBoro: The inn has six rooms and two suites.

Washington County's proposed water and sewer rate increases only amount to a few extra dollars a month, but for seniors and others on fixed incomes, even a small increase can be a burden, some area residents said.

Mock battles, drill inspections and competitions, and a Civil War ball are all on the agenda for Norwood District High School's re-enactment of the civil war, which runs from May 7 to 9. The event is a look back to life in 1862 in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

" It is Sept. 17, 1862, and Gen. Robert E. Lee's army of the Confederacy has taken up position on a ridge overlooking Antietam Creek near the hamlet of Sharpsburg, Md.

Four years ago, Dave Beaver of Sharpsburg began dabbling in amateur radio based on his interest in electronics and communicating with other people.

Julie Kline remembers the years when her brother, Michael Andrew Kline, organized the Sharpsburg Fishing Rodeo.

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A Sharpsburg man accused of setting another man on fire with lighter fluid in March has been charged with first- and second-degree assault, Maryland fire marshals said Friday.

A woman cooked a meal over an open fire in a log home. Volunteers labored in a four-square garden, where herbs were divided into culinary and medicinal types.

A new group has formed to try to get South County's less fortunate people what they need.