What happened on October 03, 2008

NEWS

• Obituaries 

• Public shows support for historic Chambersburg ballfield By DON AINES

• Angel Food program now taking Oct. orders in W.Va. 

• Allegheny Energy announces leadership changes 

• As Congress debates, what else can government do? 

• Community calendar 

• Police briefs 

• Letters to the editor 

• Bush signs historic financial bailout bill 

• Nearly 40% of Washington County students eligible for free or reduced lunch By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Pennsylvania community briefs 

• Police briefs 

• Over-friendly natives By JASON HAMILTON, 27, Ranson, W.Va

• Fire at Hagerstown mental health facility ruled arson 

• Warriors get their fill of 'Cats' Reyes By TIM KOELBLE

• Milestones 

• Fashion show in Hagerstown to raise money for Women's Club 

• Sweeteners entice lawmakers to vote for bailout 

• Inwood man pleads guilty to cocaine base distribution 

• Southwestern beer bread 

• Leaning Tower vacation 

• Found animals 

• Story behind 'RV' the movie? By DIANA BOWMAN, Hancock

• Gustafs, meet Gustav By BRENT GUSTAF, 26, Greencastle, Pa

• Jefferson Co. Sheriff's Dept. deputy suffers burns in fire 

• Statement by President Bush on passage of bailout bill 

• Washington Township, siblings at odds over mountain land By JENNIFER FITCH

• Washington County library events 

• Knights top Gaels to stay unbeaten By LARRY YANOS

• An edible heritage 

• Hundreds of Washington Countians take advantage of flu clinic By DAN DEARTH

• Tax breaks, big and small, added to bailout 

• Program eases burden for Md. National Guard members and families By DAN DEARTH

• Mail Call 

• Dental nightmare on the road By ERNST ARNOLD, Hagerstown

• Hagerstown seeks World War II vets for free D.C. trip By DAN DEARTH

• The bailout bill as approved by the U.S. Senate (PDF) 

• Around Maugansville By MELITA WISHARD / 301-790-0079

• Area Roundup 

• Classes 

• Protecting the nest egg - Local experts weigh in on economy 

• This vacation could have been a pilot for 'Survivor' By TINA GRIM, Sharpsburg

• Jefferson, Berkeley counties oppose power-line routes By DAVE McMILLION

• Needless to say, a vacation horror By JOAN BEERS, 32, Mercersburg, Pa

• The flu - The adaptable infection By JULIE E. GREENE

• The RV finally gets to come home By RONALD SNYDER, Mercersburg, Pa

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

• Tri-State legislators explain votes on bailout 

• Mother Nature wrecks trip By CANDACE REYNOLDS, 54, Hagerstown

• West Virginia community briefs 

• Go, Do, Learn 

• Weekend Calendar 

• Washington County churches plan events 

• Jefferson County residents petition for vote on newly passed land-use laws By DAVE McMILLION

• Which candidate will tell us that the party really is over? 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Tri-State area lawmakers, residents have mixed reactions to bailout bill's failure 

• If it sounds too good to be true ... By VICKIE LAYTON, Hagerstown

• Embrace, don't fight the rules By LISA TEDRICK PREJEAN

• Pa. creek work continues in Washington Township By JENNIFER FITCH

• Death came calling By JULIE E. GREENE

• Visiting the 'stolen car capital' By NANCY WALLECH, 75, Hagerstown

• Tots in tune with Maryland Symphony's Little Maestros program By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Leopards' Rishell takes over By JACK HILL III / Staff Correspondent

• New Hagerstown theater group invites public 

• Previews of this week's prep football games 

• Report: Opposition's distortion, distrust of county government led to failure of charter home rule By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• To go to Sturgis or not to go, that is the question By NICK RUSSELL, Williamsport

• Redick gets his turn at W.Va. state meet 

• Fulton County woman killed when car crashes into truck 

• Statement by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett on today's bailout vote 

• Club meetings, fundraisers, reunions 

• Former North Hagerstown principal named group's Woman of the Year for 2008 By MARLO BARNHART

• Around Sharpsburg and Keedysville By HARRY NOGLE

• Hagerstown man charged with arson in apartment fire By HEATHER KEELS

• Lucky to be alive By KIM REECHER, Hagerstown

• Houseboat horrors By MIKE CRANCE, 59, Southeast of Hagerstown

• AARP driver class scheduled at Halfway fire hall 

• Upcoming classes 

• A fishing trip that went so, so wrong By JULIE E. GREENE

• Berkeley Co. plan to access water at quarry site could be in question By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Berry to perform in benefit concert at Inwood church 

• Prep Statistics 

• HSWC spokesperson: 'It's work, but it's such a good feeling' By JANET HEIM

• Hello, World! 

• Statement by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito on financial bailout vote 

• The kindness of strangers By JOYCE BOEHL, Falling Waters, W.Va

• CASD cuts energy consumption by 17.5 percent in 2008 By DON AINES

• Woodsboro man pleads guilty in shooting death of estranged wife 

• Do-nothing vacation not so relaxing By KIM MARTIN, Hagerstown

• Sudden illness at the slots By BRENDA CLINTON, Mercersburg, Pa

• Terps' Gronkowski living a fantasy By BOB PARASILITI

• Pa. Congressman Shuster votes for mortgage bailout bill today 

• Q&A on increasing FDIC insurance limit 

• Citigroup objects to Wells Fargo's $15.1 billion takeover of Wachovia 

• Martinsburg man indicted in fatal Aug. 14 crash 

• 'Last Resort' for a reason? By JACKIE DROOGER, 50, Waynesboro, Pa

• Nightmare vacations By JULIE E. GREENE

• Love thy mother By RACHEL NICHOLS, Mercersburg, Pa

• Crowd sounds off on noise issues at Berkeley County motocross track By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Martinsburg middle school teacher charged with battery By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Why am I asked for my Social Security No. during traffic stop? 

• Chambersburg man accused of sexual assault enters no-contest plea to burglary charge By DON AINES

• Pa. cyber schools offer alternative education By JENNIFER FITCH

• Help! I'm trapped in the outhouse! By MARY ANN GRANDINETT, 54, Fairplay

• Md. officials: State cuts won't affect Washington County roads projects By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Skateboarders without helmets at Pine Hill skatepark will be ticketed By JENNIFER FITCH

• Wood stove to blame for shed fire in St. Thomas