Grocery Store

The amount of water Conococheague Little League is said to have used in five months could run a convenience or grocery store, a county official said Wednesday. The league used 775,800 gallons at three sites from March 2006 to March 2007, Williamsport Clerk/Treasurer James R. Castle said. However, the league only uses water for the five months when games are played, league President Walter Williams said. At The Herald-Mail's request, Washington County Administrator Gregory Murray, the county's former water and sewer director, put 775,000 gallons in more familiar terms.

 You can learn how to be a healthful shopper during a free grocery store tour led by a registered dietitian from Chambersburg Hospital. The dietitians will lead tours through the Giant Foods store on Norland Avenue in Chambersburg. "We want to use these tours to help educate our community on making healthy choices at the grocery store," said Julie Charnosky, clinical nutrition manager at Chambersburg Hosptial. "We can show you tools that are already in place to help you make healthy choices.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - After threatening to commit suicide, a woman wanted in connection with a Martinsburg bank robbery agreed Thursday to turn herself in to police in Owings Mills, Md., police said. Kerri Lynn Davis, 30, of Winchester, Va., surrendered to police at a Giant grocery store after "a lengthy conversation" on the phone with Martinsburg Police Department Detective Sgt. George Swartwood, police said. An arrest warrant has been issued charging Davis with bank robbery.

By the time you read this column, the sun will have set on the 2011 Washington County Ag Expo & Fair. As I have mentioned previously, as a boy I enjoyed attending and competing at the Great Hagerstown Fair. But as we know, it had a sad ending in the early 1980s. It seems to me that many in the community have lost touch with the fair and I am not sure why. It seems like the community in general is not nearly as supportive as it is in other places or as it was in the past.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - A 25,000-square-foot Food Lion on the west side of Waynesboro could bring with it another large commercial business as well as nine stores in a retail center. Early sketch plans for the 6.56-acre tract show the grocery store sitting off Pa. 16 behind a 1.1-acre outparcel. Between the grocery store and the West Branch of the Antietam Creek are retail businesses each approximately 1,300 square feet. Timber Development of Longwood, Fla., has been working with the site just west of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles club.

Teen missing from Hagerstown medical facility A 16-year-old girl has been missing since Jan. 4, when she walked away from a medical facility in Hagerstown, according to a Washington County Sheriff's Department press release. The missing girl, Katelyn Neil, is about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 166 pounds with brown eyes and straight brown shoulder-length hair that possibly is dyed red, deputies said. She last was seen wearing a black coat, blue jeans, a gray sweater and pink boots.

I am a post-Jell-O generation hold-out. My mom lived and learned to cook during the 1950s and '60s, the heyday of the congealed salad and dessert. So at every picnic, party and family get-together of my youth, there was Jell-O in all its jiggly glory. I learned how to concoct gelatin dishes in a spectrum of colors and forms just from being in the kitchen. I can whip up a lemon Jell-O with sparkling grape juice, a strawberry twist with whipped cream and cream cheese, and a lime delight with apples, celery and nuts.

marlob@herald-mail.com Two years ago, Robert and Charlotte Martin were having dinner at a fast-food restaurant on Northern Avenue when a man approached Charlotte with an amazing confession. The man told them he used to work at a grocery store on Potomac Avenue in the 1930s and 1940s and remembered Charlotte from when she shopped there as a young married woman. "He recognized her and told her he thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world," Robert said.

Some stores in Washington County were fast running out of essential bad-weather supplies such as generators and flashlights Monday, but grocery store shelves for the most part held what people were seeking. After a hectic weekend of grocery shopping in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, the rush appeared to slow down at some area grocery stores Monday. The Martin's grocery store on Wesel Boulevard had bottles of water, bread, batteries, ice packs, paper towels, toilet paper and milk all in stock, but it was running low on water, paper towels and toilet paper.

Save the date for next year's Green Fest To the editor: All we've heard since May 12 has been how wonderful the fourth annual Boonsboro Green Fest was. Make no mistake about it, we sincerely appreciate the positive feedback, but those compliments have been grossly misdirected. All the kudos should go to the 142 vendors, 55 sponsors, more than 100 volunteers and 3,500 attendees who made the Green Fest the most successful ever. They and many other participants over the years are the ones who are responsible for the success of what has become the largest community, earth-friendly event in Western Maryland.