What happened on June 25, 2008

NEWS

• Fireworks celebrations scheduled around Tri-State area 

• Obituaries 

• A whirl of colors at Blue Ridge Summit carnival 

• Around Williamsport By JOAN KNODE

• Milestones 

• Some issues facing the next Hagerstown City Council By BOB MAGINNIS

• Found animals 

• Fallen tree closed road near Funkstown for hours By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Children's authors to speak in W.Va. 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Halfway does it all to beat American By NEIL WRONA / Staff Correspondent

• Williamsport Community Band to perform July 4 

• Valley rises to the occasion to win By CONNER GILBERT / Staff Correspondent

• Duplicate bridge club posts results 

• Blast from the past 

• Federal dominates South Mountain By LARRY YANOS

• Mail Call 

• Pennsylvania briefs 

• Area Roundup 

• Around Smithsburg and Robinwood By DARYLENE MOWEN

• Speakers lined up for Storied Evenings in Shepherdstown 

• Suns beat BlueClaws in 12 innings 

• Washington County Commission on Aging honors retired and senior volunteers By JOSH SHAW

• Senior year memorable for Jamison, Constable By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Inwood, W.Va., man killed in crash near Martinsburg By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Washington County Ag Expo to have carnival rides, games By JOSH SHAW

• State seeks dismissal of inmate's request for post-conviction relief in 1979 escape try in Hagerstown By ERIN JULIUS

• Pa. man charged with rape waives hearing By DON AINES

• Waynesboro school budget includes tax hike By JENNIFER FITCH

• Miami-spiced coconut rice recipe By BEVERLY MILLS, with ALICIA ROSS

• Kidnapping reported outside convenience store in Berkeley County 

• Banana-wielding man tries to rob Frederick County convenience store 

• Milk - The superfood for building healthy bones By LYNN LITTLE

• Washington County school system seeks to complete $7.3 million in projects over summer By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Williamsport High Class of 2008 

• Hagerstown's Northwood Swim Club turns 50 by MARLO BARNHART

• Hagerstown Community College held annual Honors Convocation 

• All-Washington County Baseball By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Sharpsburg comes out swinging against National By CHRIS CARTER

• Area Results 

• Youth ballet group names new officers 

• Hagerstown fire officials on lookout for illegal fireworks By HEATHER KEELS

• Class members sought for North Hagerstown, Boonsboro reunions 

• Antrim Township inches closer to nuisance ordinance By KATE S. ALEXANDER