What happened on December 22, 2009

NEWS

• Va. inland port creates about 7,000 jobs By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• City Council OKs Doub Farm annexation By DAVE McMILLION

• Mentzer Gap Road residents want speed limit enforced By JENNIFER FITCH

• What teens really want for Christmas By ASHLEY VIAR

• Kathleen Yvonne Mellott, 72 

• Maugansville Troop 64 holds quarterly Court of Honor 

• Rottweiler mix doing well with new family 

• Milestones 

• Snow-removal bills piling up for county By DAVE McMILLION and HEATHER KEELS

• Get the fashion message? By LAKIN THOMAS

• Mail Call 

• Tree removal 

• Police briefs 

• Mail Call 

• Christmas spirit shared with W.Va. children By RICHARD F. BELISLE

• Milestones 

• Good Samaritan volunteers honored 

• The American farmer helps make the holidays bright By JEFF SEMLER / Special to The Herald-Mail

• Trojans stay perfect, beat Bishop McDevitt 

• Leah Lucille Jakoby, 92 

• Washington County Public Schools closed Wednesday 

• Giants stay in playoff hunt, beat Redskins 45-12 

• Community calendar 

• Community calendar 

• Troop 4 holds Court of Honor 

• Ag calendar 

• Around Funkstown By SUSIE HOFFMAN

• Library offering vouchers for E-Learning courses 

• Top stories for Monday, December 21st 2009 

• Course targets women interested in farming 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Around Clear Spring By CHERYL WEAVER

• What Do You Think? 

• School personnel union skips contract meeting By DAN DEARTH

• Callaham retiring from Greater Hagerstown Committee 

• Zumba classes offered 

• Local organization aims to limit liquor licenses By HEATHER KEELS

• Alice Margaret Brake, 71 

• DECA party canceled, but gifts go forward By TRISH RUDDER

• Margaret Elizabeth Bowman, 93 

• Florence E. Horst, 97 

• Economic struggles bring larger crowds to toy giveaway By BRIDGET DiCOSMO

• Around Williamsport By PAULA GREEN SHUPP

• Earl E. Kirby, 69 

• Well-suited for retirement By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Scouts sell Christmas trees in county, Waynesboro 

• County residents win awards at 94th Farm Bureau meeting 

• Getting to know Jennah Suder By DEVON JACOBS

• Asphalt plant plans get support from Berkeley Co. planners By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Around Smithsburg and Robinwood By DARYLENE MOWEN / 301-331-5683

• Beatrice Annabelle McCumbee, 87 

• Burger helps make wishes come true By JANET HEIM

• Traffic stop nets 14,000 packs of cigarettes 

• Man has day in court on murder solicitation charge BY BRIDGET DiCOSMO

• Douglas (Larry) Cornell, 67 

• Pa. dairy farmers to get help for low milk prices 

• Three achieve Eagle Scout rank in Troop 8 

• Chewsville Troop 62 holds quarterly Court of Honor 

• Evelyn Belle Smith, 85 

• Explorer post being established in Pa. By JENNIFER FITCH

• Christmas Eve, Christmas services 

• Pa. Nonbelievers Inc. files discrimination complaint By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Oldest Dodge dealership in W.Va. driven out By RICHARD F. BELISLE

• Private investment gives inland port momentum By MATTHEW UMSTEAD