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The new Ruth Ann Monroe Primary School has two classroom wings, designed to allow prekindergarteners and kindergartners to share one wing, with first- and second-graders sharing the second wing. Before the school year began Aug. 24, Principal Ellen Hayes had already shaken up that idea a little, for the benefit of teachers and students, she said. “I think it's very important for teachers at various grade levels to talk to other teachers in different grade levels so we can keep the continuum going with the curriculum,” Hayes said.

Hydraulic fluid leak coats city streets Hydraulic fluid coated Maryland Avenue and several other South End streets this morning, reportedly leaking from a trash truck that was in the neighborhood on its rounds before dawn. Hagerstown City Police coordinated cleanup efforts with firefighters, Civil Defense crews and fire police who were called in to direct traffic. Sand was expected to be spread on the roadways to absorb the petroleum-based fluid and then swept up and hauled away, a spokesman said.

Authorities offer tips to prevent home invasion Giannaris' generosity touched many lives Authorities on Wednesday continued to investigate a home invasion by armed intruders at the home of the late Nick Giannaris, and an investigator with the Washington County Sheriff's Office said there was no apparent link between the home invasion Monday night and Giannaris' death Tuesday morning. Nothing was reported stolen in the incident, which occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Monday at the Meadowbrook Road home of Giannaris, Sheriff's Office Detective Greg Alton said Wednesday.

Police log for July 20, 2000 Tour bus, pickup truck collide in Pa. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - One person was injured Tuesday evening in a collision between a tour bus and a pickup truck on Wayne Avenue in Guilford Township, Pa., according to Pennsylvania State Police. Police said a passenger in the bus, Phyllis Peters of Romney, W.Va., was treated at Chambersburg Hospital for minor injuries after the 6:15 p.m. accident. There were 48 passengers on the bus, police said.

14 stores found to be noncompliant in Martinsburg alcohol check   Fourteen stores were listed as non-compliant after the Martinsburg Police Department and the Alcoholic Beverage Commission conducted a compliance operation targeting clerks who were selling alcohol to minors, according to a news release from the police department. Clerks who sold alcohol to minors were cited for unlawful sale of alcohol by a alcoholic liquor licensee, the release said. The compliance operation was conducted using a minor under the age of 21, the release said.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Sisters June Fahnestock and Beda Stouffer were walking side by side down an aisle at the 22nd annual Franklin County Builders Show Friday, the first day of the three-day weekend event in the Franklin Center shopping center on U.S. 30. Both were carrying large plastic bags filled with the "freebies" they were collecting from vendors as they made their way through the show. It's a scene that will be repeated over and over in the weekend event.

Boonsboro briefs 1/3 BOONSBORO - People who want to pay tribute to a loved one or honor someone can do so by helping to pay for one of the town's new pedestrian lights, town officials said Tuesday night. The town is buying 22 new lights for $14,520 to complement the Main Street streetscape project. The concrete bases for the lights will cost at least $660 each, said Town Manager Jake Jones. People can have a small plaque installed on a light base for $1,500, Jones said.

by Ric Dugan / staff photographer see the enlargement Remodeling a bedroom for 10-month-old daughter Abby is just one of a number of renovation projects Doug and Christy Garner have planned for the home they bought in Hagerstown last month. Attending the Home Builders Association of Washington County's 13th annual Home Show Saturday afternoon, the Garners said, they got some ideas for their home, made contact with potential contractors and learned how to organize their remodeling through a free seminar.