Dumpster

scottb@herald-mail.com The City of Hagerstown's annual spring Dumpster program starts this week and the revised bulk item pickup program will begin about one month later, Hagerstown officials said last week. While the bulk trash program has changed, the spring Dumpster program for city residents has not. The Hagerstown City Council decided in January to dispose of the curbside bulk trash pickup program, replacing it with one in which residents must schedule and pay for bulk items to be picked up. For more than a decade, Hagerstown residents each spring and fall disposed of unwanted appliances, furniture and other bulky items free through the city's curbside bulk trash pickup program.

The City of Hagerstown announces its annual spring Dumpster program for city residents. Proof of residency is required. The dumpster program will run from Monday, April 14, through Saturday, April 19, at the intersection of South Potomac Street and West Memorial Boulevard, across from Bester Elementary School. Entry can be made from South Potomac Street by making a right hand turn into the alley just past New Deal Truck Parts & Service. Dumping hours will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

BOONSBORO -- Fourteen years ago, when Jenny Sarnecki moved from Montgomery County, Md., to Boonsboro, she brought her blue recycling bin with her. She filled it with recyclables and set it out at the curb. "Nobody picked it up. I was shocked," Sarnecki said. "A neighbor said, 'No, we don't recycle here.'" Since then, she said, conservation efforts within the community have been lackluster. People who chose to recycle took items to a Dumpster provided through a Washington County program.

Hagerstown residents who have broken or worn out TVs, microwaves, computers and other electronics will have an interesting dilemma this month: Throw them away for free or pay $8 to recycle them? After having a few one-day electronics recycling programs the past two years, Washington County began a regular electronics recycling program in March. County residents can take their electronics to Forty West Landfill to be recycled, for a fee. But the City of Hagerstown is holding its spring Dumpster program the week of April 14, in which city residents can take bulky items such as furniture and electronics to a specific site to discard for free, with most items going into the landfill.

By LISA GRAYBEAL Staff Writer, Waynesboro GREENCASTLE, Pa. - A Hagerstown woman was charged with cruelty to animals last week after a small dog was found in a dumpster in Greencastle in October. Lisa Marie Widmyer, 29, of 17441 Cindy Lane, Hagerstown, is scheduled to be arraigned before District Justice John Ommert on March 24 at 9:30 a.m. The cruelty to animal charge was filed last week after an investigation by Georgia Martin, humane society investigator for the Antietam Humane Society in Waynesboro, Pa. She is charged with a second-degree misdemeanor for "willfully and maliciously torturing a domestic animal," according to allegations in the criminal complaint.

Garbage collection schedule to change Hagerstown is going to pick up large trash items earlier that usual this year, and residents will be able to haul such items to a Dumpster more often, the City Council decided Tuesday. The council said the first curbside bulk-trash pickup should be done in March instead of April. The city typically does a second bulk-trash pickup in October. The bulk-trash pickups are usually followed by the city's Dumpster program, under which the city makes a Dumpster available to residents.

The City of Hagerstown will hold its annual fall residential bulk trash curbside cleanup schedule beginning Sept. 23. All trash is to be placed in front of the residence by the curb by 7 a.m. Any trash cans or containers set out will be picked up as trash. Collection will only be for the following items: Appliances, furniture, beds, mattresses and similar items that are not normally picked up by the weekly trash haulers. Items that will not be collected are: Building materials, concrete, dirt/rock/sod, brush, paint, oil, batteries, tires, yard waste (limbs/grass/leaves)

SHARPSBURG - Trash collection in Sharpsburg will shift to Wednesday mornings beginning Dec. 1, when a new company takes over the town's garbage collection contract, Sharpsburg Mayor Hal R. Spielman said. The Sharpsburg Town Council voted Monday to rebid the contract to Williamsport-based Greenscape Trash Service, provided the company submits additional necessary paperwork. Greenscape submitted a bid of $44,898 per year for garbage collection and Dumpster pickup, which was about $20,000 less than the other bid the town received, town attorney Charles Wagaman said.

shappell@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - A Hancock man was rushed to Washington County Hospital Friday after falling nearly 25 feet from the roof of a business northeast of Hagerstown. Robert Churchey, 55, fell from a third-story roof at Eichelberger's Home Improvement at 20021 Leitersburg Pike just after 11 a.m. Churchey, who was taken to the hospital by ambulance, was listed in fair condition Friday at Washington County Hospital, a hospital spokesman said. Longmeadow Volunteer Fire Co. Capt.

“First of all, I'm not registered as a Republican or a Democrat. I'm simply unaffiliated, but I do vote, every election. Somebody keeps calling in to Mail Call, and I have to assume it's the same person, because hopefully there's not that many people so ill-informed to make the comments made - but somebody keeps saying that since the House representatives were taken over by the Republicans, all these bad things are happening. Just ... actually, the entire Congress is what changes things.

BOONSBORO -- Fourteen years ago, when Jenny Sarnecki moved from Montgomery County, Md., to Boonsboro, she brought her blue recycling bin with her. She filled it with recyclables and set it out at the curb. "Nobody picked it up. I was shocked," Sarnecki said. "A neighbor said, 'No, we don't recycle here.'" Since then, she said, conservation efforts within the community have been lackluster. People who chose to recycle took items to a Dumpster provided through a Washington County program.

The City of Hagerstown's annual spring Dumpster program continues through Saturday, April 19, at the intersection of South Potomac Street and West Memorial Boulevard, across from Bester Elementary School. Entry can be made from South Potomac Street by making a right hand turn into the alley just past New Deal Truck Parts & Service. Proof of residency is required. Dumping hours will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. No dumping after 3 p.m. Saturday will be permitted.

The City of Hagerstown announces its annual spring Dumpster program for city residents. Proof of residency is required. The dumpster program will run from Monday, April 14, through Saturday, April 19, at the intersection of South Potomac Street and West Memorial Boulevard, across from Bester Elementary School. Entry can be made from South Potomac Street by making a right hand turn into the alley just past New Deal Truck Parts & Service. Dumping hours will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Hagerstown residents who have broken or worn out TVs, microwaves, computers and other electronics will have an interesting dilemma this month: Throw them away for free or pay $8 to recycle them? After having a few one-day electronics recycling programs the past two years, Washington County began a regular electronics recycling program in March. County residents can take their electronics to Forty West Landfill to be recycled, for a fee. But the City of Hagerstown is holding its spring Dumpster program the week of April 14, in which city residents can take bulky items such as furniture and electronics to a specific site to discard for free, with most items going into the landfill.

Editor's note: Tim Rowland is on vacation. This column was originally published Dec. 28, 2006 Are you well-organized? Is your desk neat and crisp, with every pencil holder and every project in its proper place? If someone dropped by your home unannounced, would you be fine with it because not so much as a bobby pin is out of place? Are you well-disciplined, with every closet and every cupboard free of clutter? Then you are a LOSER. I take great satisfaction in telling you that.

SHARPSBURG - Trash collection in Sharpsburg will shift to Wednesday mornings beginning Dec. 1, when a new company takes over the town's garbage collection contract, Sharpsburg Mayor Hal R. Spielman said. The Sharpsburg Town Council voted Monday to rebid the contract to Williamsport-based Greenscape Trash Service, provided the company submits additional necessary paperwork. Greenscape submitted a bid of $44,898 per year for garbage collection and Dumpster pickup, which was about $20,000 less than the other bid the town received, town attorney Charles Wagaman said.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A man charged with pointing a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic pistol at a Martinsburg Police Department officer early Thursday turned himself in to police Friday after a felony warrant was issued for his arrest. Jeffrey Allen Miller, 32, of 675 Broad Lane in Falling Waters, W.Va., was arraigned on one count of wanton endangerment by Berkeley County Magistrate Joan V. Bragg, who set a $50,000 cash-only bond for Miller, according to magistrate court records. On Thursday at 12:45 a.m., Sgt. Shannon Armel stopped a 1980 Cadillac DeVille in the 300 block of North Queen Street for driving erratically, police said.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. charlestown@herald-mail.com Two Berkeley County men have been charged following a burglary spree in the last several months in which as many as 10 homes were targeted, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department. Joshua Leonard and Jason Springer, both of Nadenbousch Lane, each have been charged with seven counts of burglary, Deputy S.D. Myers said. An investigation is continuing, Myers said. Leonard, 19, of 1596 Nadenbousch Lane, and Springer, age unavailable, were being held on $20,000 bond Sunday night in the Eastern Regional Jail, a spokesman there said.

The City of Hagerstown will hold its annual fall Dumpster program for city residents from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, through Friday, Oct. 14, and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Proof of residency is required. The program helps residents dispose of household waste, furniture, mattresses, bikes, lawn mowers and building materials. It is not for commercial haulers. The following items are not permitted: Tires, batteries, paint, chemical waste, hazardous waste and items that contain Freon such as refrigerators, air conditioners and dehumidifiers.