What happened on August 23, 2008

NEWS

• Colorful Judge John R. Walker retiring from Pa. bench By DON AINES

• Couple charged in standoff at Hancock motel By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Police briefs 

• Departing Pa. Sen. Terry Punt moved by kind words at GOP gathering By CHRIS CARTER

• No putts about it in Grier's Gettysburg opener By TIM KOELBLE

• Hagerstown Bridge Club posts results 

• Weekend Calendar 

• As mailboxes get picked up, some in city inconvenienced By DAN DEARTH

• Religion: Speakers and Topics 

• Government retiree volunteers to help write Berkeley County grants By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Plant blast rocks neighborhood By DON AINES

• Hagerstown Greens will close for 2 days for maintenance 

• Antrim terminations met with surprise, support and criticism By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Keel-hauler oops 

• Church groups, restaurants come to aid in time of crisis By MARLO BARNHART

• Area Results 

• New Jefferson Co. high school opens Tuesday By DAVE McMILLION

• Barack Obama picks Joe Biden for veep 

• Correction 

• Wansiru first Kenyan to win Olympic men's marathon 

• Meserole named senior minister at church in city 

• Northern Avernue attic fire ties up traffic 

• Area bands raise money for Franklin County Fire Chiefs Association By CHRIS CARTER

• United Way sets $2 million goal By MARLO BARNHART

• Americans sweep Olympic 1,600 relays 

• Federal mandate -Little League All-Stars played to win, but played for the fun of it first By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Hagerstown police seeking suspect in home invasion 

• Morgan County Commission briefs By TRISH RUDDER

• Religion: Vacation Bible School 

• Man wanted by federal authorities is arrested 

• Officers' union considers suits over strip searches By MARLO BARNHART

• M&T Bank Pa. branch robbed for third time 

• Religion: Specials 

• Religion: Music 

• Minimum wage increase may help workers, hurt employers By ARNOLD S. PLATOU

• Verdict mixed in child-scalding case By DON AINES

• Hagerstown's Augustoberfest brings full-bellied melodies By ALICIA NOTARIANNI

• Berkeley County Schools sets early dismissal Aug. 29 

• Berkeley Co. deputy resigns over health insurance costs By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Shorebirds use easy way to top Suns 

• Farmer says possibility of power line on his land 'like a punch to the gut' By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Counsel - 'At-will' employees don't have contracts, still have some legal recourse 

• Letters to the editor 

• Scenes from the Hancock standoff 

• Morgan County Commission briefs By TRISH RUDDER

• Berkeley County woman charged with DUI with a minor in vehicle 

• Obituaries 

• Former St. Maria Goretti High School basketball coach Cokey Robertson honored By MARIE GILBERT

• Developer reveals plans for Coolfont By TRISH RUDDER