What happened on December 22, 2006

NEWS

• Obituaries 

• Police briefs 

• Two local John Deere dealers announce merger By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Service news 

• County backs off on planning director's dismissal by DAVE McMILLION

• Woman falls from cliff near C&O Canal by KAREN HANNA

• Seasonal serenade 

• Last horses taken from farm 

• Court briefs by KAREN HANNA

• Commuter study to help market area by TARA REILLY

• Developers, residents sound off on Raco issue 

• Her illustrations bring Christmas book to life by ERIN JULIUS

• Mail Call 

• Found animals 

• More Than The Score 

• Weekend Calendar 

• Christian Light Bookstore to move by TARA REILLY

• Hagerstown firefighters receive intensive training By JENNIFER FITCH

• Terps turn to Heyer power by BOB PARASILITI

• Officials will get 2 percent pay hike in 2010 and 2011 by DON AINES

• Letters to the Editor 

• Man could face life in slaying by PEPPER BALLARD

• United Way's challenge by MARLO BARNHART

• Sheriff's deputy is a Smooth Operator 

• Ford stays big in large SUV market by MALCOLM GUNN/Wheelbase Communications

• Lutheran churches plan mission to Katrina victims 

• Preps Boxscores 

• Area Roundup 

• Mail Call 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Woman hopes to join Hagerstown Fire Department By JENNIFER FITCH

• Fire leaves Greencastle family homeless by DON AINES

• Armed robberies investigated in Pa. by DON AINES

• Teens pick up spirit of Christmas by ERIN JULIUS

• You Said It 

• Blazers battle back to befuddle So. Fulton by CHRIS CARTER/Staff Correspondent

• School offered black belt test 

• Phi Theta Kappa inducts 59 at HCC 

• Building plans pulled in wake of bribery charges by MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Berkeley County signs off on $5.3 million for upgrades by MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Group makes Iraq Christmas brighter by DON AINES