What happened on December 11, 2008

NEWS

• All-County Girls Soccer By CHRIS CARTER

• Service news 

• Movie Reviews 

• Milestones 

• Future still murky for MELP building By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Glenda M. Paxton, 57 

• Ongoing on stage 

• Mail Call 

• The top five things to do this weekend 

• December Hancock calendar 

• Smithsburg Cemetery to hold 'Angels Among Us' service 

• Character Counts! 

• United Way plans Rally on the Square 

• Tickets on sale for: 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Woodrow J. Henry, 85 

• Area Roundup - Dec. 12 

• Marianne Draper 

• MSO scores hometown holiday talent By KATE COLEMAN

• Night life 

• Hancock residents get break on bills By DAVE MCMILLION

• Around Jonathan Street By MADGE MILES / 301-791-7647

• Victims notified when prisoners escape or are released By JENNIFER FITCH

• Classes 

• Franklin Co. budget includes 3.5-mill tax hike By JENNIFER FITCH

• Beginning Sunday 

• Area Schedule - Fri., Dec. 12 

• Milestones 

• Returning your call 

• Holiday decorating contest winners named 

• Fey, Christian the Lion are top viral videos of 2008 By JAKE COYLE

• Young musician keeps in tune with parishoners By MARLO BARNHART

• Around Sharpsburg and Keedysville By HARRY NOGLE / 301-432-2437

• Berkeley Co. announces layoffs By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Williamsport briefs 

• Found animals 

• Monday is deadline to change party affiliation 

• Weekend calendar 

• Helen V. Andre, 90 

• Kenneth E. Knipe, 75 

• Community calendar 

• Lawmakers: Budget shortfall will hurt county By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Ongoing exhibits 

• M. Blaine Spalding, 67 

• Harold P. Byrd, 89 

• Jeffrey H. Moser, 48 

• It is time for cycle of violence to end in the State of Maryland By MARTY PRICE

• Nightclub opening faces road blocks By DAN DEARTH

• Tag teaming for charity By CRYSTAL SCHELLE

• Preps Area Roundup -- Musselman's Stephenson reaches 1,000 points 

• Preps Area Roundup -- Hancock boys win first game 

• Health care a topic at town meeting By TRISH RUDDER

• Potomac's role players key in win over Saints By Jack Hill III

• Cumberland correctional officer reinstated By ERIN JULIUS

• C. Leone Sprenkle, 91 

• Festival of Lights adds light during 'dark time' By TIFFANY ARNOLD

• The five free things to do this weekend 

• Man poses as fundraiser 

• Education center grant hailed as 'terrific' news By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Sharpsburg Elementary teachers honor Clara Ritenour 

• Deputies play Santa's helpers By MARLO BARNHART

• Curtis W. Butts, Sr., 71 

• Anna Virginia Hiett, 97 

• E. Joseph Perna, 82 

• Elizabeth Cason, 85 

• John R. Unger, 61 

• Police briefs 

• Cora C. Forrester, 90 

• Jeanette H. Burrey 

• Robert M. Howe, 43 

• Quintet going strong after 20 years By TIFFANY ARNOLD