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The renovation of the AC&T Travel and Convenience Store on Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65) and Lappans Road (Md. 68) is nearly finished, according to store manager Amanda Huntzberry. Huntzberry says that the project should be finished in about two weeks. "We've remodeled the inside of the store and upgraded our fuel systems outside," she said. Huntzberry work to upgrade the store began in September 2010. Parts of the parking lots and the store have been blocked off at different times since then.

Although the building has been constructed, Washington County residents may have to wait a while before workers begin making doughnuts. Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Spokesman Ted Lansdale said recently the building's completion date is on hold and an opening date has not been set. The Washington County Planning Commission approved the store's site plan in February. The combined Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins store includes a drive-in window. It is located in the parking lot of the Foxshire Plaza on the Dual Highway.

Maugansville war memorial nears completion By DAN KULIN dank@herald-mail.com MAUGANSVILLE - Six years after deciding Maugansville should honor its veterans, the Maugansville Ruritan Club has almost finished building a war memorial in front of the town community center. "When we had the anniversary of World War II we thought we should have a World War II memorial. But then we thought why not make it for all conflicts?" said Robert Walton, a member of the Ruritan Club's war memorial committee.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - As the reconstruction of Roland Avenue nears completion, Chambersburg is wrapping up one of its busiest years ever for street reconstruction and repair, but borough officials say 2007 will be much less ambitious. "When it's all said and done, we'll probably be in excess of $2 million," Borough Manager Eric Oyer said of the 2006 street work. Putting that in perspective, he said, "the value of road work in '06 is almost the value of all the road work we did in the 1990s.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The southern section of Chambersburg's Rail Trail is nearing completion and the contractor says the project will be finished on schedule and within budget by early October. Chris Hann of George S. Hann & Son Inc. of Fort Littleton, Pa., said Tuesday the section from South Street north to Lincoln Way West is "95 percent done" with the only remaining work being the painting of crosswalks where the trail crosses streets. Along its 1.1-mile length, the trail will vary from 8 feet to 12 feet in width, Hann said.

More than $9.9 million in bonds can be issued and sold by the City of Hagerstown to complete 21 projects, including improving the Edgewood Drive/Dual Highway intersection, widening Eastern Boulevard and doing streetscape improvements along Jonathan Street, City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday. Council members voted on the ordinance without discussing it. According to a written copy of the 15-page ordinance, the bonds can be issued "in one or more series from time to time," but cannot exceed $9,965,000.

The University System of Maryland at Hagerstown nursing school's tradition is for graduates to hang out their uniforms upon completion of their training.

Construction crews work Wednesday on the earthen foundation of the northbound on-ramp of Exit 17 in Chambersburg, Pa. The long-delayed $15.6 million interchange on Interstate 81 is scheduled for completion in summer 2005, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

FREDERICK, Md. - Nearly 80 new jobs will be created in Western Maryland as a result of new construction and renovation at Frederick Community College. On Tuesday, Gov. Parris N. Glendening announced Board of Public Works approval of a $5,409,730 construction contract, which includes a state grant of $3.297 million for constructing, furnishing and equipping the new Business and Technology Center and renovation of the college's lecture hall. The contract was awarded to McAlister-Schwartz Company of Rockville, Md. Construction will begin this month and completion is expected in August 1999.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Hagerstown Suns will have to work overtime to complete the 2003 season. The Suns will face Greensboro in a season-ending doubleheader today beginning at noon after Sunday's game was rained out in the top of the third inning. The scoreless tie will resume at noon in the completion of a nine-inning game. The nightcap, the final game of the season, will be seven innings. Hagerstown was eliminated from playoff contention on Saturday in a 4-2 loss to the Bats.

It's taken about nine months, but Becky Walter's Boonsboro girls finally are on the verge of becoming the first Washington County program to put the whole “puzzle” together in a single school year. The Warriors have just one more Maryland Class 1A team title to capture at the outdoor state track and field championships, which begin Thursday at Morgan State University in Baltimore. “One of our goals at the beginning of the year was to win in cross country and then indoors and outdoors,” said Walter, whose girls already have claimed two of three titles.

Months ago, a question was raised to city and county officials: What's to become of the former Massey auto building at the rear of the soon-to-be-reopened Washington County Free Library? The largest of three blighted yet “historic” structures on a 2.77-acre tract purchased by the county in 2010, the Massey building had plywood on its East Baltimore Street-facing windows and numerous broken windows around the other three sides. Several county commissioners, city council members and Hagerstown Mayor David S. Gysberts expressed concern about doing something to improve the building's appearance if demolition was not an option.

Officials hope to complete the first phase of the new public library building in Hedgesville, W.Va., by obtaining about $700,000 in financing through the Berkeley County Building Commission. Fundraising for the branch library continues, but the financing would expedite completion of the two-story building, Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library director Pamela Coyle said last week. The library system has asked the building commission to help facilitate financing because they are prohibited by law from borrowing the additional money, Coyle said.

The Maryland State Highway Administration advises motorists in Washington County to expect overnight lane closures starting Monday as SHA resurfaces eastbound I-70 between U.S. 40 (Dual Highway/National Pike) and Md. 66 (Mapleville Road) east of Hagerstown. Weather permitting, the project will be complete by June 30, the SHA said in a news release. The $1.2 million project includes milling, resurfacing and restriping the 2 1/2-mile section of highway, which serves an average of about 30,000 eastbound vehicles per day. The SHA said motorists should anticipate single-lane closures Monday through Thursday nights between 7 p.m. and 4 a.m. as well as possible single-lane closures Sunday mornings between midnight and 11 a.m. SHA will use signs, cones and barrels to guide motorists through the work zone.

The Martinsburg-Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce's Workforce Development Committee is examining local workforce needs by asking the business community to complete a business and industry workforce needs survey. The results of the survey will guide the chamber's efforts to facilitate the development of a more comprehensive picture of elements such as growth and development of businesses, education and training needs, and other areas where the chamber might be of assistance. It is the chamber's goal to inform the business community of the resources that are available and bridge any gaps that might exist.

Delays in completing Berkeley County's public recreation center in Inwood, W.Va., have prompted officials to nix a plan to hold summer camps for children there this year. Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks & Recreation Executive Director Steve Catlett said Tuesday that uncertainty about when the W. Randy Smith Recreation Center will be completed factored into the decision to  postpone until 2014 the launch of the camps at the center. Catlett said officials decided to make the announcement the month before people registered for the Berkeley Summer Energy & Explorer Camps at the new $2.1 million facility.

A familiar cast of characters helped the Washington Nationals complete a lopsided, season-opening three-game sweep of the payroll-slashing, talent-trading Miami Marlins. Now should come more of a test: A visit to the reigning NL Central champion Cincinnati Reds starting Friday. In Washington's 6-1 victory over Miami in the finale Thursday - the combined series score was 11-1 - Jayson Werth tacked on a three-run homer, Ryan Zimmerman's three hits included a two-run double, Bryce Harper had two more hits, and right-hander Jordan Zimmermann went six innings.

A draft of the follow-up study that looks at the economic feasibility of two additional sites for a new ballpark for the Hagerstown Suns has been sent to the city for review, a Ripken Design official said Wednesday afternoon. Dan Taylor, project manager with Ripken Design, said a copy of the report was delivered to Jill Estavillo, the city's economic development manager. Taylor said he expects the city to review the draft over the next “week or two” and then report back to the firm with any requested revisions or changes.

It's the place where kids want to be and the place where their parents can feel good about it. And, according to club leaders, the Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle offers services to nearly 1,000 members ages 6 to 18 from the three-county area. The Martinsburg unit has 600 members, Jefferson County has 350 and Morgan County has 250, said Stefani Pierson, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle. On Wednesday, the club's corporate board of directors hosted a one-hour open house to showcase recent improvements made at the Martinsburg club, which meets in a city-owned former armory building at 105 W. John St. The event included a tour of a new ceiling in the gymnasium, new commercial kitchen and other improvements completed in recent years, Pierson said.

Another extension has been granted to the contractor for the Washington County Free Library system's central library, delaying its opening likely until mid-summer, library officials said Tuesday. Three approved extensions had been granted through the end of May, but another is needed, library Board of Trustees member John Schnebly said at the State of the Library meeting and budget presentation, which was attended by the Washington County Board of Commissioners and the Hagerstown mayor and City Council.