Williamsport News

On November 20, 2009 around 22.45 hours the Washington County 9-1-1 center received a call reporting a single vehicle MVA with entrapment and fire on I-70 near the 20-mile marker.

By unanimous votes Tuesday night, the Hagerstown City Council approved the sale of more than $11 million in bonds to fund improvements and projects related to the water-treatment system.

The Maryland State Fire Marshals office says about 60 pounds of dynamite and 100 detonators have been removed from a car in western Maryland.

Several churches and organizations in the Tri-State area are holding free community Thanksgiving dinners.

C&O Canal officials revealed details Thursday about their plans for restoring the Big Slackwater section of the canal towpath during a public meeting on the project.

Neal Corwell plays several instruments, but his preferred musical tool is the euphonium.

Mike Vaughn of Greencastle, Pa., donned his 1950s Navy uniform Wednesday to celebrate Veterans Day at the Williamsport American Legion Potomac Post 202.

Looking to do more for its community, the Williamsport Moose is holding its first community Thanksgiving dinner this month, said Russ Robinson, governor for the local club.

A self-taught quilter, Kendra Grove reached a point a few years ago when she was running out of people to receive her quilts.

The Williamsport Volunteer Fire and EMS Co. responded to more than 100 fire and EMS calls in the Williamsport area in October, according to the monthly report.

Funkstown water customers will see their rates go up 3.6 percent, effective Dec.

Washington County's consolidated 911 center and new emergency communications system are undergoing extensive testing as officials prepare for activation early next year, according to Fire and Emergency Services Director Kevin L. Lewis.

Roxana Barrios, who works at the Sealy facility in Williamsport, Md., carries a mattress panel.

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.

Editor's note: Each Monday, The Herald-Mail will highlight an infrastructure issue or other problem, and will try to find out what is being done to fix or improve the situation.

The City of Hagerstown is increasing water rates for its customers, including the towns of Williamsport, Funkstown and Smithsburg, to cover general inflation, operating costs and several major projects for the water system, Hagerstown Finance Director Al Martin said.

Williamsport, Funkstown and Smithsburg water customers will likely see water rate increases within the next few months.

Their home address might be Maugansville, but home to John and Melissa Miller is wherever they are needed.

Behnam Sari had a question about a couple of the small colorful snakes in one of the cages at Valley Mall on Sunday.

Last year's Funkstown bridge rehabilitation project was selected as 'County Project of the Year' by the County Engineers Association of Maryland for its unique design and construction administration, Washington County Public Works Director Joseph Kroboth said.