What happened on December 23, 2006

NEWS

• Engagements 

• Firm submits plans to clean up 270 acres at industrial site by MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Hello, World! 

• John Deere dealers merge to offset slump in ag market by KATE S. ALEXANDER

• 'The office stuff gets old' by JENNIFER FITCH

• Holiday concert by candlelight 

• Correction 

• Senior centers 

• Hagerstown bridge club posts results 

• Police briefs 

• Community calendar 

• Preps Boxscores 

• Finding comfort in an unseen friend by DEE MAYBERRY

• Cleanup continues at Wal-Mart site by MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Area Roundup 

• Woman faces 77 animal cruelty charges by PEPPER BALLARD

• Anniversary 

• She brings cheer to children around the world by KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Martinsburg attorney indicted on criminal contempt charge 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• AARP to offer driver safety program 

• Weekend Calendar 

• Wildcats' 'D' denies Liberty by CHRIS CARTER / Staff Correspondent

• Letters to the editor 

• Lending a hand for Christmas by YVETTE MAY / Staff Photographer

• Speakers and topics 

• Schoolhouse vandalized by MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Obituaries 

• Weddings 

• Economic disaster is ahead in Venezuela By GEORGE MICHAEL

• Refining skills by JENNIFER FITCH

• Pa. man indicted on charges of meth distribution by DON AINES

• Elks assemble Christmas baskets for needy families 

• Tri-State area Christmas Eve services