What happened on December 30, 2008

NEWS

• Around Clear Spring By CHERYL WEAVER / 301-842-0087

• Charges against ex-inmate dropped By ERIN JULIUS

• Hagerstown gets emergency vet By MARLO BARNHART

• McConnellsburg disbanding police force By JENNIFER FITCH

• Milestones 

• Kids get free lunch for holidays By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Glenn E. "Gene" Marks Jr., 65 

• Grace A. Otzelberger 

• George C. Lewis, 63 

• Mail Call 

• Stray horse found in Hancock 

• Eagles girls rally, Campers rout By JACK HILL III

• Gallery honors volunteer of year 

• Ag calendar 

• Ethel S. Hunter, 82 

• Plan now for spring gardening By JEFF SEMLER

• Doris J. Sheppard, 78 

• Community briefs 

• New Year's Eve bash at Apollo 

• Mary E. Thomas, 92 

• Pulse contributors for Dec. 30 

• Found animals 

• Antrim on the brink of tax removal By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Rockets put Gaels away in the second half By CURT HORNBECKER

• Puppy love By TAYLOR ECKEL / Pulse Correspondent

• House fire reported in Jefferson Co. 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Nevada tries to bust Terps By TIM BOOTH

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

• Vandals uproot trees By DAN DEARTH

• Million-dollar fire destroys home 

• Lennis J. Hull, 71 

• Barbara T. Balut, 67 

• Preps Area Roundup -- Hubs advance to tourney final 

• WWII Roundtable seeks members By DAN DEARTH

• Wildcats draw spot in title picture By TIM KOELBLE

• The other side of the fence 

• Lillian M. Cover, 90 

• Obama top story in local survey By HEATHER KEELS

• Roger C. Smith, 45 

• Cheer coach guilty of gaming charges By ERIN JULIUS

• Dolores M. Weibel 

• Chocolate Lab missing in Hancock 

• Marie T. Davis, 88 

• Franklin County briefs 

• Police briefs 

• Fire displaces Hagerstown family 

• Sharyn L. Farace, 61 

• Gloria O. Martz, 87 

• Christmas scenes 

• The predator and the prey 

• Pa. 'Makeover' episode to air Jan. 18 

• Leanna S. Burkett, 57 

• W.Va. court briefs 

• 2008: What a year!