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mailto:andrear@herald-mail.com More than 200 years of history were represented at Fort Frederick State Park near Big Pool on Saturday. The park's Muskets in Maryland event featured living history re-enactments, tours and demonstrations staged to educate the public about the strenuous daily lives of Maryland settlers and the stone fort's use during the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War and Civil War, Park Manager Ralph Young said. He expected between 800 and 1,000 visitors to the two-day event.

EASTON, Md. -- With one mighty swing, Crosse Barvinchack put Federal Little League's 11-12 All-Stars on the path to the Maryland State Tournament championship. And the mighty swings just kept on coming for Barvinchack and Federal. Displaying the kind of jaw-dropping power that has highlighted Federal's run through district and state tournament play, Barvinchack hit two home runs and Josh Moats and Dalton Jobe got in on the act as Federal defeated Easton 9-1 for the state championship Friday night at the North Easton Sports Complex.

Rabies has been confirmed in at least one of three cats that attacked humans in the College Road area, the Washington County Health Department said Tuesday in a press release. College Road runs between Lappans Road (Md. 68) and Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65). The attacks occurred over the weekend, and two individuals are undergoing post-exposure rabies treatment, according to the release. Other people are undergoing evaluation to determine their possibility of exposure, the release said.

View all of the photos for purchase! For a 26-point stretch of Game 1 of Thursday night's MVAL Antietam volleyball match between city rivals North and South Hagerstown, the Rebels played well enough to throw a little scare into the home-standing Hubs. Then North scored 58 of the final 72 points in the match to roll to a 25-15, 25-4, 25-10 victory. "Game 1, I was happy with our play," South coach Chuck Weaver said. "We're a young team, and I thought we had good ball control and we played well even though we're in (North's)

HAGERSTOWN -- The Hagerstown Police Department is seeking a male who allegedly stabbed a Hagerstown man Friday night on Susan Alley off the 400 block of Jonathan Street in Hagerstown, according to a police department press release. Police responded to the 400 block of North Potomac Street at 9:23 p.m. for a report of a man bleeding, Sgt. C.F. Woodring said. The man, an unidentified 24-year-old Hagerstown resident, had been stabbed two times on Susan Alley, Woodring said. The suspect fled the scene after stabbing the man, Woodring said.

Two scientists say they've written a research paper questioning the government conclusion that an Army microbiologist at Fort Detrick was the sole perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people and sickened others. Epidemiologist Martin Hugh-Jones at Louisiana State University said the article will be published in the Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense. Journal editors didn't respond to queries about a publication date. The article, co-written by Dallas chemist Stuart Jacobsen, maintains anthrax spores were coated with chemicals indicating a higher degree of manufacturing skill than Bruce E. Ivins possessed.

Six different players scored for the North Hagerstown Hubs as they beat the Smithsburg Leopards 8-5 on Thursday night in a Washington County high school girls lacrosse game at Coach Carroll Reid Field. “We did great,” North coach Katie Eck said. “We had three games where we lost by only one goal. We had worked so hard. It was evident by our play tonight. It was nice to have a game go our way. We have a very balanced offense. We are definitely improving on looking to our teammates.” Eck also complimented the Hubs’ defense.

As high crimes and misdemeanors go, the celebrated robocall heard 'round the world — or at least around Washington County — is small potatoes. And that might be part of the problem. At worst, legally speaking, it appears that someone might have faked the authorization line in a telephone blast attacking Washington County Commissioner Kristin B. Aleshire, a Democrat, of three trumped-up charges a day before the general election earlier this month. It is telling that effectively lying about (or at best, seriously distorting)

For those who have never had hay fever and are suddenly sniffling, sneezing and reaching for the Claritin, you're not alone. "This has been one of the more difficult seasons in a long time," said allergist Dr. Paul Mauriello, of the Allergy & Asthma Center in Hagerstown and Chambersburg, Pa. Mauriello said in April, local pollen counts ranged between 1,000 and 3,000 pollen grains per cubic meters of air. "Anything over 200 is considered high,"...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two jaguars at the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo were in quarantine Monday after at least one of them attacked and critically injured an animal care worker. The woman was attacked around 11 a.m. Sunday while working in the interior den area of the jaguar enclosure, the zoo said in a statement. When she called for help, staff moved the animals from the interior den to the exterior exhibit area, the statement said. The woman was given first aid by staff and emergency medical technicians before being brought to Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore.