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The Herald-Mail Company has an immediate, full-time opening in its Finance & Administration Department for an Accounting Associate/Financial Analyst. This is an hourly, Monday-Friday position, typically working a day shift. The position is responsible for administering circulation (distribution) data entry, providing a quick and accurate turnaround of Herald-Mail product activity. This individual will also be responsible for financial analysis and forecasting for various Herald-Mail products.

Pulse looks a little different today thanks to the efforts of the Pulse team and Herald-Mail graphic designer Chad Trovinger. It's been a little more than a year since the launch of Pulse, and we wanted to shake things up with a redesign, which we'll do every year or so with help from local teens. What do you think about the new look? If you have a comment or suggestion, send it to Assistant Lifestyle Editor Chris Copley at chrisc@herald-mail.com .

Submitted photo Donald Shade of Welty Road in Waynesboro, Pa., took this photo of his neighbor, Frances Levick, who can't wait to read her Herald-Mail each morning. She takes a break from mowing to read the paper.

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I would bet that Marlo Barnhart has had her name published in The Herald-Mail more times over the past 40 years than anyone. As a reporter, her familiar byline has chronicled the news and the people of our community for four decades. And while she'll continue to write occasional features for The Herald-Mail, her full-time career came to an end last Thursday, when she retired from The Herald-Mail at the age of 62. Marlo spent her entire career with the same newspaper company, and her entire career as a reporter.

9,584. That's how many times the story about Hagerstown's ugly men was opened on our Web site two weeks ago. It was the top story of the week. In fact, it got 3,000 more hits than the next most popular story. People apparently care in Hagerstown if you call them ugly, even if it's tongue-in-cheek. If you missed it, www.totalbeauty.com -- a Web site that says it exists to provide unbiased and comprehensive beauty expertise -- said Hagerstown ranked second out of eight cities for ugly guys.

Back in 1999, when many businesspeople were concerned the Y2K bug would bring their operations to a grinding halt, two Herald-Mail editors decided to look at the new millennium's approach in a positive way. They approached Publisher John League with an idea to start 2000 on a high note, by marking Jan. 1 with the announcement of The Herald-mail's Person of the Year. It was decided that the Person of the Year would be someone who had made a significant, positive impact on Hagerstown and Washington County.

Washington County School Board member Roxanne Ober made history in her first run for office, teaming with Bernadette Wagner to offer the voters a two-for-one deal that touted the duo's combined leadership skills and brainpower. The boards she has served on have racked up some impressive accomplishments. They hired Elizabeth Morgan as superintendent of schools, dealt successfully with the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act and were successful in getting the school system's budget fully funded by the Washington County Commissioners.