Closings

Here is a partial list of closings, postponements or cancellations related to the approach of Hurricane Irene. To add an event to this list, send an email to webupdate@herald-mail.com Cape Air to temporarily halt flights HAGERSTOWN - Starting tonight, Cape Air will temporarily stop flying between Hagerstown and Baltimore because of the approaching hurricane. The airline will resume local operations after the storm has passed, according to a news release from Washington County.

Most Washington County offices and programs will be closed on Monday in observance of Independence Day, according to a county press release. The swimming pool at Martin L. "Marty" Snook Memorial Park in Halfway will be open from noon until 6 p.m. All landfill sites and the County Commuter transportation services will be closed for the holiday. There will not be a Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.

Public schools in Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland and in Franklin County, Pa., are on two-hour delay this morning, school officials announced. Grace Academy in Hagerstown and schools in the Southern Fulton and Central Fulton (Pa.) school districts are closed. A list of closings and delays reported by area schools and school districts: Closed Central Fulton (Pa.) school district Southern Fulton (Pa.) school district Grace Academy Delays Washington County public schools, two hours St. Maria Goretti High School, two hours Boonsboro Christian Academy, two hours Heritage Academy, two hours Highland View Academy, two hours Frederick County (Md.)

Letterkenny plans closings CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Public recycling at Letterkenny Army Depot will end May 10 and golf could face a similar fate by the end of the year as a result of the continuing downsizing of the depot. The borough of Chambersburg, St. Thomas Township, depot employees and members of the public have been bringing cans, bottles and other recyclable materials to the depot for years. Lisa Byers, real estate coordinator for the Letterkenny Industrial Development Authority, said Monday that's one of several activities the Army will cut back on in the next year.

The following agencies in Washington County will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. - Washington County Landfill - Washington County Commission on Aging - United Way of Washington County - State offices in the Washington County courthouse - Washington County offices - Washington County Health Department - District Court of Washington County - Washington County State's Attorney's office -...

More than 11,000 customers in the Tri-State area were without power as of 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday after a rain storm coupled with heavy winds tore through the region earlier this afternoon, said Janice Lantz, a spokeswoman for Allegheny Power. Lantz said the following areas were hit the hardest: Washington County, 3,100 customers Martinsburg, W.Va., 3,600 customers Frederick County, 4,500 customers Other areas in the Tri-State area suffered a few hundred power outages at the most, she said.

Washington County Public Schools will hold two public information meetings this month on the closings of Winter Street and Conococheague Elementary schools, and the proposed plans for a new “West City” elementary school in Hagerstown. A site for a new West City elementary has not been announced, but a school system official told Washington County Board of Education members during a Tuesday work session that officials were in the final stages of land acquisition. The school would be built within a “walkable” community, on 15 to 16 acres with lots of green space, said Rob Rollins, director of facilities planning and development.

Parade route and street closing information for Saturday's Alsatia Mummers Parade in Hagerstown

The slow lane of eastbound Interstate 70 near the U.S. 40 exit east of Hagerstown was closed for about an hour Monday because of a single-vehicle accident, according to Washington County Emergency Services. One person was reported to have back and neck pain from the accident, which was reported at 11:31 a.m. Monday, a 911 supervisor said. The lane reopened at about 12:30 p.m., according to Maryland State Police. - Julie E. Greene

Washington County All county administrative offices will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. Trash will not be collected. The County Commuter will not operate Monday. City of Hagerstown City of Hagerstown offices are closed Monday. Trash, recycling and yard waste collection will be delayed by one day throughout the week. Towns Boonsboro Town Hall is closed Monday. Clear Spring Town Hall is closed Monday. Funkstown Town Hall is closed Monday.

Westbound Interstate 70 near Frederick was closed for about 10 hours following a tractor-trailer rollover that occurred Wednesday night, Maryland State Police said. A tractor-trailer carrying fertilizer overturned on the ramp at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday, state police said in a news release.  The driver and the passenger in the tractor-trailer were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital, the release said. Westbound I-70 was closed until shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, when one lane reopened.

Emergency crews responded to the scene of a multiple-vehicle crash on the Potomac River bridge on U.S. 340 shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Washington County 911 supervisor. Two vehicles were involved in the incident, according to the Maryland State Police. All parties involved refused medical treatment, police said. The crash occurred on the Potomac River bridge at the southern tip of Washington County near the Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia borders. The road was closed for about 30 minutes, police said.

A BMX/skate park that the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks & Recreation Board opened in December 2009 will close at the end of the month, officials said Monday. The lease with R.M. Roach & Sons Inc. (Roach Energy) for the former cold-storage warehouse space at 39 Kelly Island Road is not being renewed, according to Parks & Recreation Director Steve Catlett. Roach Energy notified the parks and recreation board recently that it is going to expand the ROCS store, which is next to the skate park.

Maryland State Police are at the scene of a serious motorcycle accident on eastbound Interstate 70 near Exit 9, according to a state police news release. Eastbound I-70 was closed in the area of Exit 9 as of 2 p.m., troopers said.

Hite Road in Jefferson County will be closed for about two weeks beginning May 8 due to a widening project, the state Division of Highways announced Friday. The road will be closed 24 hours a day starting at Jefferson Orchard Road for approximately 2,000 feet east, the DOH said in a news release. Signs will be in place to alert motorists.

The news had traveled fast.  My husband and I had separated. The parking lot behind the elementary school was filled with minivans waiting for the dismissal bell. Several of the carpool-driving moms came to me with kind words and hugs. One of them, an immigrant from another country, said something I didn't quite understand in her halting English. I heard, "Four bedrooms," and I think she might have been offering a place to stay. Her next words were clear, and in the more than 20 years since she spoke, I've not forgotten them.

North Hagerstown clinched the MVAL Antietam title Thursday with a 20-5 victory over Boonsboroto finish the conference season undefeated. The Hubs opened the game at a frenetic pace, scoring five goals in a four-minute span, and never took their foot off the accelerator. “We wanted to set the tempo of the game at the beginning because we knew Boonsboro has been working really hard, so we wanted to establish a quick lead,” said North coach Rob Compton. North (11-0, 5-0) recorded its first goal at the 22:51 mark on freshman Natalie Karlen's score.

A drainage culvert replacement project expected to take nearly eight months to complete has approval to begin next week, and it will require temporary closure of portions of two roads just north of Smithsburg, according to a Washington County official. Robert Slocum, deputy director of public works, said recently that the overall project, which is to begin about May 6, includes three smaller projects to replace culverts that are in disrepair - one on Leitersburg-Smithsburg Road and two on Stevenson Road, close to where the two roads intersect.