What happened on September 17, 2008

NEWS

• Md. motorcycle license tags getting smaller By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Obituaries 

• HCC offering Spanish at Fort Ritchie site 

• Terrapins focused on staying focused By BOB PARASILITI

• Fashions for Hope raises money to fight cancer By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Hagerstown City Council considers borrowing $19 million for projects By DAN DEARTH

• Letters to the Editor 

• Washington County Commissioners briefs 

• Board extends teachers contract By JENNIFER FITCH

• Mail Call 

• Duplicate bridge club posts results 

• U.S. Navy band Country Current to perform Sept. 28 

• Found animals 

• Nominations sought for top Williamsport girls, women athletes 

• Man charged with robbing poker game faces additional counts By HEATHER KEELS

• Warriors blank Rebels again By LARRY YANOS

• Briefly 

• Milestones 

• Announcement expected on airline to serve Hagerstown By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Ranson not giving up on fight over impact fees By DAVE McMILLION

• Hubs deal a sweep to Brunswick By CHRIS CARTER

• Concert to benefit Doleman museum in Hagerstown By DAN DEARTH

• Waynesboro board to take on debt for career center project By JENNIFER FITCH

• Art teacher lauded By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Board leaves Washington Co. school bus rules unchanged By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Area Roundup 

• Waynesboro school board extends teachers contract By JENNIFER FITCH

• Community calendar 

• Trim calories without going hungry By LYNN LITTLE

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Around Smithsburg and Robinwood 

• Around Williamsport 

• Juries chosen for 3 charged in rape cases By DON AINES

• Reunions 

• Sunrise Rotary plans dinner, auction 

• Owner of defunct Hagerstown paper plant seeks permit renewal By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Hagerstown woman ordered to trial on charges including attempted second-degree murder By HEATHER KEELS

• Clear Spring man charged with attempted murder in 2007 fire By ERIN JULIUS

• Hagerstown Police seek liaison from the Hispanic community By ERIN JULIUS

• New Rockland Woods Elementary School dedicated By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Washington County Board of Education briefs By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Gas rates to rise slightly in Chambersburg By DON AINES

• Wishing for a vacation from a vacation? By JULIE E. GREENE

• Hedgesville Middle School students accept 'Rachel's Challenge' By TRISH RUDDER

• ABC's Good Morning America to broadcast from Harpers Ferry 

• Hagerstown Trust to merge with The Columbia Bank 

• 13-year-old Tyler Castle racing to become king of speed By JANET HEIM

• New commercial flights at Hagerstown airport include Orlando By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Sharpsburg habitat ruled in violation of weed ordinance By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Pa. board clashes on search for assistant superintendent By JENNIFER FITCH

• M&T Bank in Chambersburg robbed 

• Releasing his inner beer geek By CHRIS COPLEY

• Hagerstown City Council seeks more info on hospital sewer proposal By DAN DEARTH

• Police briefs