What happened on August 05, 2008

NEWS

• Western Maryland Parkway, West Oak Ridge Drive slated for repairs 

• Mail Call 

• Mercersburg-area home destroyed by fire 

• Terps feel the need for speed By BOB PARASILITI

• 08 Big tomatoes, Little League champs and downtown 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Otakon draws people together By SALLY NEWLIN / Pulse Correspondent

• Washington Township to expand municipal building By JENNIFER FITCH

• Lee hits the books before earning title By Tim Koelble

• Area Results 

• Cultural cartoons By SALLY NEWLIN / Pulse Correspondent

• Around Funkstown By SUSIE HOFFMAN / 301-790-2413

• Area Results 

• Meyers goes six strong to lift Suns 

• Economy blamed for delay in expansion of Sheffield Manor By JENNIFER FITCH

• Around Boonsboro By KRISTY SMITH / 301-432-8615

• Senior calendar of events 

• Poll results 

• Milestones 

• Around Smithsburg and Robinwood By DARYLENE MOWEN / 301-331-5683

• Around Clear Spring By CHERYL WEAVER

• Police briefs 

• Washington County Board of Education briefs 

• Former Martinsburg attorney sentenced to prison 

• Church cooks up an idea to pay for organ By MARLO BARNHART

• Smithsburg mayor breaks tie to reappoint her husband to board By HEATHER KEELS

• Shippensburg man found competent to face attempted homicide, arson charges By DON AINES

• Holstein Field Day held 

• Manchin helps kick off Berkeley County Youth Fair By TRISH RUDDER

• Night Out in Boonsboro 

• Hagerstown man faces assault charges after early-morning incident Tuesday 

• Man charged in death of ex-girlfriend, officer, pleads in separate domestic violence case By ERIN JULIUS

• Area Roundup 

• Car crashes after Pa. police end chase By JENNIFER FITCH

• Washington Co. fire and rescue companies get nearly $2 million in federal grants By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Humane Society official suspects housing market creating more 'strays' By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Pa. woman named executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Chambersburg man waives hearing in child porn case 

• Historic buildings near Hagerstown Regional Airport could be moved By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Hagerstown eyes plan to cut number of take-home vehicles By DAN DEARTH

• Obituaries 

• Pa. teen killed in Fulton County crash By DON AINES

• 81-year-old woman missing after hike in Catoctin Mountain Park 

• Martinsburg City Council eyes spending $1 million on City Hall By DAVE McMILLION

• My summer vacation -- The future of journalism By LAURA BELL / Pulse Correspondent

• Hagerstown teen charged as an adult with armed robbery