What happened on September 01, 2009

NEWS

• James Eugene "Jimmy" Gaver Jr., 18 

• Smithsburg briefs 

• State cuts funding to Smithsburg By DAVE McMILLION

• Truman "Jesse" McCowan, 64 

• Margery L. (Tully) Scott, 91 

• Former allies, foes mark 70th anniversary of WWII's outbreak 

• Thelma Shade, 77 

• What Do You Think? 

• R. Lucille Sweger O'Toole, 89 

• Ag calendar 

• Trial begins for woman charged in son's death By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Community calendar 

• Area roundup -- Shepherd cracks soccer top 25 

• Washington County superintendent to make rules on hiring coaches By DAN DEARTH

• Mail Call 

• How to pick the perfect tree to plant in your yard By ANNETTE IPSAN

• Thousands flee path of Calif. wildfire 

• Lakewood edges Suns 

• Restaurant inspections for June 2009 

• Claude Antoine Laurent Aoussat, 86 

• 9/11 victims, local heroes remembered at City Park ceremony By HEATHER KEELS

• Raymond E. Smith, 92 

• Pa. budget conference committee making little progress 

• Franklin County ag briefs 

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

• Ravenwood Lutheran Village to hold annual Farm Day Sept. 12 

• Top stories for Monday, Aug. 31 

• Franklin, Fulton jobless rates decline during July By JENNIFER FITCH

• Teed off 

• Registration deadline nears for literary festival 

• Diggin' his work 

• Found animals 

• Pet Watch 

• Milestone 

• Washington County SAT scores decline By DAN DEARTH

• Jefferson Co. man accused of setting brother's home on fire By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Around Clear Spring By CHERYL WEAVER / 301-842-0087

• North Hagerstown tries to stay on title path By ANDREW MASON

• Taking it to the Edge BY KRISTYN PANKIW / Pulse correspondent

• Proposal pares Hagerstown utility rate hikes By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Police briefs 

• Bonita R. Prather, 71 

• Miss Maryland Agriculture crowned 

• Washington Co. revising weed control ordinance By HEATHER KEELS

• Virginia "Ginny" A. Bivens, 89 

• Benefits for downtown Hagerstown developers OK'd By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Margaret "Betsy" Blanche Martin, 75 

• Letters to the Editor 

• Kitchen fire displaces Smithsburg family 

• Changes to Washington Co. animal rules considered By HEATHER KEELS

• Noah Daniel Holloman, 45 

• Marie June Smith, 89 

• Josephine Creek 

• Getting to know Brittany Ray By HARLEY HARRISON / Pulse correspondent

• Restaurant inspections for July 2009 

• James Duff Steptoe 

• Fund benefits young bicyclist struck by car By ERIN JULIUS

• Probable cause found in Hagerstown rape case 

• Shelby Jean Alter, 53 

• Preps Area Roundup -- Grace, Heritage, Broadfording all sweep 

• Teen pleads guilty in Victor Cullen escape