NEWS
By CHRIS CARTER | May 27, 2008
WAYNESBORO, PA. -- Hundreds of people filtered into Memorial Park on Monday to remember fallen soldiers. For Dennis Gift, that meant honoring his big brother. It was a solemn day for Gift as he spent his first Memorial Day without his older brother, Leroy, who died three months ago. "No matter how long you prepare for death, it's still hard," said Dennis Gift, 61. "He was my big brother. " Last year, Dennis Gift could honor Leroy on Veterans Day. Since he died Feb. 25, Dennis now remembers him on Memorial Day as well.
NEWS
By MATTHEW UMSTEAD | matthew.umstead@herald-mail.com | July 28, 2012
Like his mother, it was in Vincent Luke Santucci Jr.'s nature to help people. Santucci, who along with his mother and girlfriend were fatally shot Friday night in Quincy Township, Pa., was “the big brother” to two older sisters and a younger brother, and took care of his mother, too, his father, Vincent L. Santucci Sr., said Saturday evening. “He was a kind person, loving son and brother,” Santucci said. As a chef in Chambersburg, Pa., for several years, Santucci said his son, to whom he referred as Luke, took “pleasure and pride” in preparing food that patrons would enjoy.
NEWS
June 16, 2003
Monday, June 16 9 p.m. on Lifetime "More Than Meets the Eye" The true story of Joan Brock, a teacher at a school for the blind who remained optimistic after she suddenly lost her own sight, is told in this new movie. Carey Lowell stars as Brock, Dylan Walsh as her husband. 10 p.m. on ABC "The View" The long-running daytime talk show gets a special evening edition. Topics will include a quiz on health issues that will allow viewers to participate online.
NEWS
November 3, 2009
On a day off from school, left, Jacob Pence, 8, is busy working hard stuffing leaves in a bag for his grandmother while brothers Charlie, 6, and Henry, 2, play in Hagerstown on Tuesday afternoon. On a day off from school Charlie Pence helps mom Kris Pence make room for more leaves that his big brother Jacob Pence collected to stuff in a bag at his grandmother home in Hagerstown on Tuesday afternoon.
LIFESTYLE
By MARIE GILBERT | marieg@herald-mail.com | March 21, 2012
Since she began singing more than 25 years ago, Lana "Shawty" Spence has gotten use to being compared to Janis Joplin - the rock icon who has gone to the big concert hall in the sky. With vocals that are powerful and bluesy, Spence understands the similarity and considers it a compliment. It was her voice, after all, that landed her a brief stint with Joplin's band, Big Brother & The Holding Company. "But I'm past the point of singing 'Bobby McGee'," the singer noted. "So, folks, don't ask, OK?"
OBITUARIES
January 3, 2011
-DEC. 28, 2010 Ethan Allen Harsh-Greer, infant son of Amanda Marie Harsh and Heith Allen Greer, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. Besides his parents, he is survived by his big brother, Joshua Logan Harsh; grandmothers, Andrea Harsh and Sharon Greer; and grandparents, Steve and Alva Hetzer. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Harry Harsh. Services will be Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Douglas A. Fiery Funeral Home, 1331 Eastern Blvd.
NEWS
By JULIE E. GREENE | July 15, 2007
The Summer of Love was about love - a physical love and a metaphorical love. It also was about a bigger picture, one of speaking up against authority at a time when youth were being drafted to fight a war in a foreign country while their own country was changing around them with progression in civil rights, women's rights and gay rights, according to musicians of the time and music professors. Patrons at The Maryland Theatre this Thursday night will get to hear some of the popular songs of the time by some of the musicians who played in the historic outdoor concert of the Summer of Love, the Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, Calif.
NEWS
By JULIE E. GREENE | julieg@herald-mail.com | May 29, 2011
Boonsboro remembered the fallen Sunday during a solemn Memorial Day service. Then the southern Washington County town’s downtown was filled with sounds of celebration as onlookers cheered, applauded and waved as a parade of musicians, Cub Scouts, cheerleaders and public servants came down Main Street. Many of the people in the parade, including politicians and children, tossed candy to the spectators as they made their way down the parade route. Children darted around adults and parked vehicles to pick up Tootsie Rolls, chocolates, licorice and other candies.
NEWS
July 8, 1997
After a five-year effort, Franklin County, Pa., has its own chapter of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. It's a development local citizens should applaud, because what this group does can have a profound and positive effect on young people's lives. That's not just pie-in-the-sky happy talk. Several years ago, the organization's methods were the subject of an in-depth study by Public/Private Ventures, a Philadelphia organization that studies public policy. The PPV study looked at 959 youngsters aged 10 to 16 who applied to the program in 1992 and 1993.
NEWS
February 22, 1997
More than 100 youngsters are safer today after a Saturday's Hagerstown Kidcare ID program at K-Mart in the Valley Plaza. "I'm doing it for protection - just to be on the safe side," said Angie New as she stood in line with her 3-month-old son, Tyler. Lauran Barrett, 2 1/2, was initially hesitant but got braver watching big brother Ryan go through the paces without fear. "It's for safetyI sake," said Lauran's mom, Lisa Barrett. Ann Shryock, community development vice president for the Jaycees of Hagerstown, called turnout for the six-hour program terrific.