What happened on December 18, 2007

NEWS

• Obituaries 

• Merrill Lynch opens local office By JANET HEIM

• Artist named ragtime making 1,000 points of peace By TRISH RUDDER

• Mail Call 

• Last Hagerstown yard waste collection set for Wednesday 

• Area roundup 

• Tri-State college students settle down for a long winter's break By ELLY POPPER / Herald-Mail intern

• Money sought for Quincy water service By DON AINES

• W.Va. man dies in trench collapse By DAVE McMILLION

• School coordinator helps students stay warm in winter By JANET HEIM

• Man hurt in trench cave-in in Jefferson Co. By DAVE McMILLION

• Comprehensive plan focuses on development By DAN DEARTH

• Best and worst gifts 

• Wishing won't end fight between city and county 

• Milestones 

• 'The Addiction' By E.L. SYVERSON / Pulse Correspondent

• Allegheny Power donation to aid recycling at HCC 

• Thousands of customers still without electricity By HEATHER KEELS and ASHLEY HARTMAN

• Police briefs 

• Christmas trees a centuries-old tradition By JEFF SEMLER

• New pay structure for Washington Co. employees By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Boonsboro wins Constitution contest By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Skatepark starting to hit its form in Pa. By ASHLEY HARTMAN

• Washington Township OKs budget, locks up on 16th officer By ASHLEY HARTMAN

• Berkeley planners deny request for 74-acre subdivision By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Preps Boxscores 

• Christmas traditions 101 By DYLAN THACKSTON / Pulse Correspondent

• Ag calendar 

• Found animals 

• Gunnar's geese By JOE CROCETTA / Staff Photographer

• Letters to the Editor 

• Charles Town water customers facing possible rate increases By DAVE McMILLION

• Holiday dinners 

• Good book, riveting movie By LAURA BELL / Pulse Correspondent

• In the holiday spirit By JOE CROCETTA / Staff Photographer

• Community calendar 

• NFL week 15 - Favre, Dolphins romp By ROBERT KELLER / Pulse Correspondent

• Oh, thank heaven ... No injuries in Hagerstown Hummer crash By HEATHER KEELS

• Chapter 3: "Music of the Soul" By SARA MARTENS / Pulse Correspondent

• Trippin' to Washington County Hospital emergency room not bad By TIM ROWLAND

• York County man to oversee Pa. Region 6 ag operations 

• Man guilty in slaying could avoid more jail time By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Ranson celebrates mayoral milestone By DAVE McMILLION

• Wheelchair stolen from Hagerstown store By HEATHER KEELS

• Santell saves South By CURT HORNBECKER / Staff Correspondent

• Pulse contributors 

• Smoke alarms save Hagerstown family By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• The classics are still good reads By SHOVAL RESNICK / Pulse Correspondent

• Fugitive arrested in Martinsburg, W.Va. 

• Driver in fatal June crash cited for negligent driving in Frederick By HEATHER KEELS

• It's time to pick the NFL playoff teams By RYAN BARRY / Pulse Correspondent

• Discovery Station in Hagerstown hosting holiday event 

• Pa. Ag Heritage Center gets first tenant By DON AINES

• W.Va. man critically hurt when car strikes pole By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Retrial begins for man in Washington County slaying By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Pa. man charged in girlfriend's death By DON AINES

• Washington County's PTA group declared inactive By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Hagerstown Civil Air Patrol cadets assist in wreath layings at Capitol, Arlington 

• Coolfont materials donated to Re-Use Center By TRISH RUDDER