What happened on March 17, 2009

NEWS

• Ralph J. Straley Sr., 73 

• Web site of Western Maryland Regional Library, adds new collection 

• Donald L. Reeder, 82 

• Daisy E. Zeigler, 89 

• Senior Calendar for March 23 through 27 

• Recovery Act loans available to area farmers 

• Berkeley Springs briefs 

• Fire doused at Maryland Paper Co. 

• Town of Bath Briefs 

• Seminar titled 'Keeping it in the Family' to be held at Ag Center March 26, April 23 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Ag calendar 

• Police briefs 

• Community calendar 

• Washington Co. School Board OKs budget By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Bill: Owners would pay for care of their seized animals By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Mail Call 

• Hagerstown won't be in coffee-table book By DAN DEARTH

• Talor made By GENARO C. ARMAS

• Area roundup -- Hawks sweep Northern Essex 

• Charles Victor "Charlie" Rowe III, 55 

• Stimulus to help with two Pa. projects 

• Milestones 

• Be artsy, win money 

• It's the music in me BY JOHN MURPHY/SPECIAL TO PULSE

• Washington Co. School Board briefs 

• Top stories for March 16, 2009 

• Lawmakers propose bills to stop online predators By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

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

• Mildred I. Barnes, 92 

• 9-year-old accused of pointing BB gun at bus By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• A tasty supper roast By LYNNE ROSSETTO KASPER/Scripps Howard News Service

• Lisa A. Smith, 45 

• Kenneth L. Parkinson, 68 

• Electrical outlet blamed in Funkstown fire 

• Pa. man not guilty of sexual abuse 

• Hearing set for woman charged in bank robbery 

• Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co. agrees to changes By HEATHER KEELS

• Alvey Richard Mowen Jr., 85 

• 6 random questions with Charlie Gelestino BY KACEY KEITH/Pulse correspondent

• Thomas Dutrow Day Jr., 84 

• City-owned home for sale By DAN DEARTH

• Around Clear Spring BY CHERYL WEAVER

• SueAnn Sullivan, 79 

• Glorietta Michael, 79 

• High-level work By KEVIN G. GILBERT / Staff Photographer

• Dolores B. Atwell, 77 

• Jeffery Lee Ruth, 49 

• Nominations open for BSA National Hall of Leadership 

• "Witch Mountain" is formulaic, predictable By BOB GAVER

• Nancy Lee Seabolt, 67 

• Lois M. Angle, 88 

• Eva C. Stoner, 82 

• Kenneth E. Shilling, 58 

• Bill would change searches of Md. prison workers By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Fourth person charged in Pa. heroin bust By JENNIFER FITCH

• Adele M. Herold, 89 

• Art classes 

• St. James Choir to sing at Kennedy Center By JANET HEIM

• Bull's-eye becomes Blazers' net result for successful run By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Lawmaker seeks funds for Scotland School 

• Response filed to lawsuit against estate of slain Mercersburg man By JENNIFER FITCH

• Shirley M. Swisher, 64 

• No bids offered for cinema property By HEATHER KEELS

• Holstein association holds annual banquet By JOANNA CALIMER

• South High class of '69 planning reunion weekend 

• Correction 

• Frostburg State University 133rd commencement ceremonies 

• John A. Russell, 40