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City of Hagerstown The Hagerstown/Washington County Showcase of Minority/Women/Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities-Owned Businesses and Merchandise will be held Thursday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Hagerstown. The event will showcase businesses owned by women, minorities, seniors and individuals with disabilities in Hagerstown and Washington County, along with the merchandise they sell and the services they provide. Participating businesses will have an opportunity to promote sales and give out pamphlets about their companies.

Monday, July 11 — Green Grove Gardens, Greencastle, Pa., noon to 6 p.m. Monday, July 11 — Lions Center, 310 S. George St., Ranson, W.Va., 2 to 7 p.m.  Wednesday, July 13 — Summit Health Center, 757 Norland Ave., Chambersburg, Pa., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Thursday, July 14 — Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church, 2509 Black Gap Road, Chambersburg, Pa., 1 to 7 p.m.  Thursday, July 14 — War Memorial Hospital, 1124 Fairfax St.,...

Police seek information on Purdy Creek Store robbery SCOTLAND, Pa. - Franklin County (Pa.) Crime Solvers are seeking information about a robbery from a store Tuesday at Chambersburg Mall. Pennsylvania State Police said one person requested assistance from an employee at Purdy Creek Store at about 3:45 p.m., while two other suspects removed cash from the cash register. “Suspect one physically stopped the employee from going towards the cash register,” police wrote in a news release.

Eighty-five vendors lined the hallways of Chambersburg Mall on Thursday for the third annual Here to Help job fair. About a thousand people stopped at an information table to pick up fliers designed for job seekers, according to Pennsylvania state Sen. Richard Alloway II, R-Franklin/Adams/York. Alloway sponsored the event in cooperation with PA CareerLink of Franklin County and the Franklin County Area Development Corp. “The turnout has been tremendous,” Alloway said.

julieg@herald-mail.com The sale of four regional malls, including Valley Mall, to a Pennsylvania real estate trust was completed last Thursday, Valley Mall Marketing Director Julie Rohm said Monday. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) took over Valley Mall, Chambersburg Mall in Pennsylvania, Martinsburg Mall in West Virginia and Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Md., as the Philadelphia-based trust merged with Crown American Realty Trust, according to a PREIT statement.

1. Tuba much fun Erik Jones will conduct the Shepherds-town TubaChristmas on Saturday, Dec. 22. Tuba and euphonium players of any skill level can participate. 10 a.m. player registration, $5; 10:30 a.m. practice. 1 p.m. performance. Practice in Reynolds Hall; performance on the steps of McMurran Hall. Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, W.Va. Call 304-876-5318 or email kcorpus@shepherd.edu . Go to www.tubachristmas.com . 2. A contest to take a bite out of "Food Fight on 11/30" holiday cookie contest Wednesday, Dec. 19. To participate, bring a batch of your favorite homemade cookies to the mall between 1:30 and 2 p.m. on the day of the contest or drop off at Franklin County Visitors Bureau, 14 N. Main St., Chambersburg, Pa., by 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18. Contest 2 to 7 p.m. Chambersburg Mall, 3055 Black Gap Road, Chambersburg, Pa. Go to www.explorefranklincountypa.com . 3. A bluegrass Christmas Speakeasy Boys and Frost Mountain Revival will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Shepherdstown Opera House, 131 W. German St., Shepherdstown, W.Va.

By GUY FLETCHER Staff Writer Hagerstown sisters Brenda McCarney and Krendra Shindledecker always wondered what was all the fuss about shopping the day after Thanksgiving, so Friday they found out for themselves. "We're insane," joked Shindledecker, 34, standing the midst of bustling humanity at Valley Mall in Halfway. "I just wanted to see how crazy it was," said McCarney, 36. Throughout the Tri-State area Friday shoppers swarmed to malls, department stores, discount centers and shops on Black Friday - what is commonly considered the busiest shopping day of the year.

Tom Geiman of Chambersburg knows what it's like to pick up a book and not be able to read it. He was 44 before he learned to read. Geiman was one of about 14 percent of U.S. adults who can't read. But now, Geiman, 61, not only is reading at college-level, but he helped coordinate Saturday's Ride to Read event in Chambersburg. The 61.4-mile motorcycle trek around Franklin County, celebrating the Franklin-Fulton READS program, began at M&S Harley-Davidson in Chambersburg, continued to Mount Holly Springs, Pa., and ended at Chambersburg Mall in Scotland, Pa. Saturday's event was one of many activities in the two-month community reading celebration to promote reading and literacy through the area, said Sally Herritt, treasurer of the Franklin-Fulton County READS program.

Chambersburg Mall was packed with people Thursday, but they weren't shopping for bargains - they were shopping for jobs. Even before the second annual Here to Help Job Fair opened at 9 a.m., hundreds of job seekers flooded into the mall in search of employment. “Jobs are something that excite me. Economic opportunity for people is what drives me,” said state Sen. Richard Alloway, R-Franklin/Adams/York, who hosted the event “Hearing all the stories about people who are struggling to make ends meet really breaks my heart,” he said.