What happened on December 20, 2007

NEWS

• Obituaries 

• Smithsburg police officer killed By HEATHER KEELS

• Hagerstown antique shop is dream come true By JANET HEIM

• Spending OK'd to study Pa. career center plan By DON AINES

• Chambersburg offers joint plan for career center By DON AINES

• Waynesboro businesses using downtown grants By ASHLEY HARTMAN

• Chambersburg school board reviews budget By DON AINES

• The high price of trees? By KEVIN G. GILBERT / Staff Photographer

• Frederick Symphony Orchestra doubles up on popular holiday pops concert By JULIE E. GREENE

• Autopsy results indicate Falling Waters man died from blunt chest trauma By DAVE McMILLION

• Martinsburg city councilwoman expected to resign By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Upcoming classes 

• Patience, toys in high supply at Salvation Army toy giveaway By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• United Way makes push 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Tickets on sale for 

• Waynesboro budget to hold line on property taxes By ASHLEY HARTMAN

• Blazers earn rivalry bragging rights By JACK HILL III / Staff Correspondent

• Hagerstown man charged with arson By HEATHER KEELS

• Renfrew student program receives financial boost 

• Police Briefs 

• Ongoing exhibits 

• Mail Call 

• Hickory Elementary gets Blue Ribbon award By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Showtimes for Friday through Sunday 

• Area Roundup 

• Found animals 

• Hen creates holiday music on harps By TIFFANY ARNOLD

• Being trashy is just a part of my overall creativity 

• Disaster aid available for dairy farmers 

• Ongoing stage shows 

• Music to pay the bills By JULIE E. GREENE

• Churches open for Christmastime tour By JULIE E. GREENE

• Tickets on sale for YMCA gala 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Preps Boxscores 

• Annaffiare owner turns in liquor license By DAN DEARTH

• Milestones 

• Man rescued from pickup in W.Va. creek By DAVE McMILLION

• Community calendar 

• Washington Co. United Way short of its $1.9 million goal By HEATHER KEELS

• Loop briefs 

• Holiday dinners planned in area 

• Deadline nears for comment on Jefferson zoning plans By Dave McMILLION

• Muslims celebrate day of sacrifice By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Hagerstown man gets his wheelchair back By HEATHER KEELS and ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Hagerstown man pleads guilty to raping 11-year-old girl, two women By MARLO BARNHART

• New Boonsboro library included in federal budget By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Basketball girls spread holiday cheer for Stonewall Haven residents in Martinsburg By DAVE McMILLION

• Retired businessman donates model PT-19 to Hagerstown museum By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Greencastle-Antrim expels two students By ASHLEY HARTMAN

• Smithsburg police officer was well-liked By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Night life 

• Leopards learn experience matters By CHRIS CARTER / Staff Correspondent

• Berkeley Co. background checks to be reviewed after charges go unnoticed By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Weeks before death, woman granted protective order By HEATHER KEELS and ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Chambersburg man sentenced in robberies 

• Hagerstown asks for funding for park projects By DAN DEARTH

• New children's librarian gets 'dream job' at Waynesboro library By BILL KOHLER

• Night of violence ends in shootout By HEATHER KEELS

• Brockways inducted into Ship Hall 

• Pa. water authority to allow connections By DON AINES