What happened on August 20, 2008

NEWS

• Franklin County Central Court briefs 

• Backyard workshop planned at Washington County ag center 

• Community calendar 

• Jefferson County employee raises on hold By DAVE McMILLION

• U.S. gets scare in softball, but beats Japan to reach gold medal game 

• Five for the seesaw 

• Notable new books at Washington County library 

• Hagerstown man faces charges after woman stabbed 

• Wednesday roundup: Light lightning, Bolt streaks to second world record in sprints 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Bryant leads U.S. past Australia and into basketball semifinals 

• Phelps, 'enjoying the ride,' leaves Beijing 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Washington County Commissioners briefs By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Hagerstown woman faces charges in connection with shooting 

• Middleway, W.Va., woman wins gas tax giveaway contest 

• Milestones 

• Lagat reaches 5,000-meter final 

• Hagerstown to consider changes to municipal elections By DAN DEARTH

• Letters to the editor 

• Washington County library to start infant storytime in September 

• Washington County campaign notes 

• Pangborn permit received By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Waynesboro schools superintendent search nears end By JENNIFER FITCH

• Found animals 

• Area roundup 

• Mail Call 

• Washington County senior site activities for Aug. 25 to 29 

• Sharpsburg residents charged after suspected marijuana found in home 

• Registration under way for Women's Golf Challenge in Hagerstown 

• Hagerstown council approves $200 to refurbish sundial 

• Breast cancer awareness fundraiser set for Sept. 12 

• Waynesboro school board eyes homeschool participation policies By JENNIFER FITCH

• Rail traffic on Washington-Baltimore line halted this morning after person struck by train 

• Little Heiskell bridge club posts results 

• Corrections 

• Mountain fire in Berkeley County rekindled 

• USM-Hagerstown students taking more classes By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Rotary Club of Hagerstown-Sunrise announces new board for 2008-09 year 

• Quench your thirst, spare your waistline By LYNN LITTLE

• Police briefs 

• At least two BOE members want college-level track at North Hagerstown High By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Around Williamsport By JOAN KNODE / 301-223-7229

• W.Va. PSC judge hears Habitat's request for exemption from water connection fee By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• REACH auction set for Oct. 5 at Hagerstown Community College 

• South Hagerstown class of 1968 planning reunion 

• Franklin County senior site activities for Aug. 25 to 29 

• Mother Seton's 234th birthday to be celebrated with Mass 

• Russian artist's work on display at downtown Hagerstown gallery 

• Sheep stylin' at Jefferson County Fair By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Deaths of two men in Waynesboro home ruled accidental By JENNIFER FITCH

• Antrim Township to reveal results of management survey By KATE S. ALEXANDER

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

• Sixth-graders, freshmen in Washington County get head start on school By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Jefferson Boulevard's eastbound right-turn lane to close today for work 

• Aleshire: Changes to Washington County preservation ranking system harm isolated farms By JOSHUA BOWMAN

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

• Funkstown home invasion case moves forward By ERIN JULIUS

• Federal Little League saves best for last By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Case forwarded against Hagerstown man charged in robbery at illegal poker game By ERIN JULIUS

• Ridenour's first pitch throws back to Hagerstown's first pitch at Series By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Principal named for Barbara Ingram School for the Arts By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Hagerstown could limit place and time of abortion protests By DAN DEARTH

• Obituaries 

• Rib tickler By JULIE E. GREENE