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OBITUARIES
June 13, 2011
Michael Patrick Considine, 29, of Washington, D.C., and formerly of Brunswick, Md., died Friday, June 10, 2011. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at John T. Williams Funeral Home in Brunswick. A Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Petersville, Md., with the Rev. George Limmer as celebrant, assisted by Deacon L.T. Teixeira. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
OBITUARIES
September 13, 2011
Matthew Ray Thompson, 41, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., died Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson, W.Va. The service will be Saturday at 7 p.m. at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, Harpers Ferry, with the Rev. Larry Gesy as celebrant.
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October 10, 2009
Florence Louise Lord, 82, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Monsignor Patrick Fryer, celebrant. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery.
OBITUARIES
February 3, 2013
Martin Lawrence Hoffman Sr., 62, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at his residence. A funeral liturgy will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, Harpers Ferry, with the Rev. John Ledford as the celebrant, assisted by Deacon David Galvin.
OBITUARIES
October 6, 2011
Barbara Edna Larrow, 60, of Charles Town, W.Va., died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The service will be at noon Saturday at St. James Catholic Church in Charles Town, with the Rev. Larry Gesy as celebrant. Arrangements are by Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home.        
NEWS
June 29, 2010
Mary T. Roberts, 97, of Vienna, Va., died Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Manassas Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Berkeley Springs, W.Va., with Father Leonard A. Smith celebrant. Burial will be in Alba-Regia Memorial Chapel, Berkeley Springs. Arrangements by Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Berkeley Springs.
OBITUARIES
January 3, 2013
Josephine Klein Knight, 83, of Inwood, W.Va., died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at St. Catherine's Nursing Home in Emmitsburg, Md. A Mass of Christian burial will be noon Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at St. Leo Catholic Church, with the Rev. Brian Shoda, celebrant. Burial will be at St. Leo Catholic Church Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home.
OBITUARIES
October 1, 2012
Martha L. Thompson Anderson, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at City Hospital. Family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home with a vigil service at 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Ed Hall as celebrant. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery.
OBITUARIES
April 15, 2013
James Robert Roland, 95, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Friday, April 12, 2013, at Berkeley Springs Rehabilitation & Nursing. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Berkeley Springs. A Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Berkeley Springs, with the Rev. Fr. Leonard A. Smith as celebrant.
OBITUARIES
January 10, 2011
Philip Anthony Constantino, 62, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at his residence. The family will receive friends Thursday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at South Berkeley Chapel in Inwood, W.Va. A Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Leo Catholic Church with the Rev. Brian Shoda as celebrant. Interment prayers will be said at St. Leo Cemetery.
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By ROXANN MILLER | roxann.miller@herald-mail.com | May 18, 2013
Tina Schaubroeck of Greencastle walked around the track at Kaley Field with a renewed pep in her step during the American Cancer Society's 19th Annual Greencastle Relay for Life on Saturday. “I just found out this past March that I am free of breast cancer,” said the 41-year-old teacher at Mowrey Elementary School in Waynesboro, Pa. After being diagnosed in December 2011 and losing most of 2012 to cancer treatments, Schaubroeck is determined to make every second of her life count.
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NEWS
By MATTHEW UMSTEAD | matthewu@herald-mail.com | May 17, 2013
The choral performance of “This Could be the Start of Something Big” on Friday night by Barbara Ingram School for the Arts students kicked off “A Celebration of Firsts” presented by the school's foundation at Hager Hall in Hagerstown. The fundraising event featured performances by the school's seniors and recognized the work of retiring principal Michael T. Thorsen. Through ticket sales and sponsors, the performance-packed event raised about $30,000 for the school and the artist-in-residence program, said foundation executive director Mimi Dickinson.
NEWS
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts | May 16, 2013
In 1949, Anna Brugh Singer traveled to Hagerstown to dedicate the addition of two wings to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, including the Singer Memorial Gallery. She and her husband, William, had originally given the museum to Hagerstown and Washington County in 1930. To establish the museum's collection, the Singers gave generously of their own art collections and encouraged gifts from friends and associates who helped to foster the museum's growth over its first 25 years.
LIFESTYLE
May 16, 2013
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Longmore celebrated their 60th anniversary on May 5. The couple, who wed at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Old Town Alexandria, Va., on May 2, 1953, marked the day with family and friends at Dutch's Daughter Restaurant in Frederick, Md. Mr. Longmore was born Feb. 10, 1928, in Elmer, N.J., the son of James Albert Longmore and Lilliam M Fox. He grew up in New Jersey and enlisted in the U.S. Army during the final months of World War...
NEWS
May 16, 2013
Student achievement was recognized at the annual Washington County Public Schools Celebration of Excellence on May 15 at North Hagerstown High School. The highest achieving students in the Class of 2013 were recognized. Students honored have achieved a 3.7 or higher grade-point average through the halfway mark of their senior year, with 146 students having achieved a GPA of 4.0 or higher. A total of 298 students were recognized and are listed below: Brianna Adams - South Hagerstown High School Victoria Albert - Clear Spring High School Serge Aleshin-Guendel - Boonsboro High School Zeyzhan Aliyeva - Washington County Technical High Ethan Allnutt - Boonsboro High School Dylan Appel - Clear Spring High School Sydne Arnold - South Hagerstown High School Lisa Artz - Williamsport High School Morgan Bain - Washington County Technical High Khalib Baker - South Hagerstown High School Khyri Baker - South Hagerstown High School Alexandrine Bakuaya - South Hagerstown High School Jared Banzhoff - Smithsburg High School Daniel Barr - Smithsburg High School Hudson Barrett - Hancock Middle-Senior High School Ashleigh Baxter - Smithsburg High School Halima Bayoh - North Hagerstown High School Scott Bennett - Boonsboro High School Nicholas Berchock - Williamsport High School Shayna Bickford - South Hagerstown High School Shannon Bishop - Clear Spring High School Meghan Blair - Washington County...
NEWS
May 14, 2013
On Sunday at 2 p.m., the community is invited to an outdoor Sunday afternoon worship service, Blessing of the Seeds, to celebrate and bless the 2013 Growing Project at the farm near Wolfsville, Md.  In its eighth year, the project is supported by nine churches: Grossnickle, Hagerstown, Welty, Harmony, Beaver Creek, Myersville and Manor Churches of the Brethren, Holy Family Catholic Church and Christ Reformed United Church of Christ, Middletown, Md. ...
NEWS
By ALICIA NOTARIANNI | alnotarianni@aol.com | May 4, 2013
Mildred Hays never set out to make it to 100 years old. But then, as a mother of 10 children and widowed in her mid-30s, she didn't have much time to think about it. “I was just doing everyday living,” she said. “But I'm thankful to be 100.” Hays hit that milestone April 28, and on Saturday, about 160 family members gathered at Virginia Avenue Church of God to celebrate with her. Many were locals, while others traveled from Montana, Massachusetts, Michigan and Florida.
SPORTS
By SAM STEWART | Staff Correspondent | May 3, 2013
The six-year wait for a conference title is over for Waynesboro's baseball team. For six years, the Indians have been nesting in the depths of the Mid-Penn Colonial - always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Now, the Indians stand taller than anyone else in the Colonial as they clinched their first division title since 2007 with an 8-1 victory at James Buchanan on Friday afternoon. “It feels good,” Waynesboro coach Greg Chandler said. “It's a great win for our whole school, not just our baseball team.
NEWS
By JULIE E. GREENE | julieg@herald-mail.com | May 2, 2013
The band played, many of the students wore Boonsboro Warrior blue and white, and dignitaries, including the state superintendent of schools, praised the young people for their academic, athletic, and extracurricular accomplishments. Maryland State Schools Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery visited Boonsboro High School on Thursday morning to applaud its students and staff for the school being recognized as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School. Boonsboro High was one of six Maryland schools, and one of two high schools, to receive the 2013 designation in December.
NEWS
By ROXANN MILLER | roxann.miller@herald-mail.com | April 27, 2013
It was a day of education and fun Saturday at Renfrew Institute's Earth Celebration Day and Festival of Art. Now in its 23rd year, about 40 exhibitors and environmental artists set up on the lawn at Renfrew Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. About 500 people attended Saturday's event. Renfrew Park is the most beautiful park in Waynesboro, said Melodie Anderson-Smith, executive director of Renfrew Institute, and she said it's the perfect place to bring people outdoors to celebrate the Earth.
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