Meeting Room

The Washington County Commissioners' meetings will be moved in the next two weeks while elevator maintenance is completed in the County Administration Building. Today's meeting will be in the conference room of the County Administration Annex, 80 W. Baltimore St. in Hagerstown. The public session begins at 9:30 a.m. On July 18, the meeting will be at the Department of Water Quality Building, 16232 Elliott Parkway, in the public meeting room. Open session is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. There will be no meeting July 25. Meetings will resume Aug. 1 in the commissioners' meeting room, on the second floor of the Administration Building, 100 W. Washington St. in Hagerstown.

Gaming panel to announce recipients The Washington County Gaming Commission will announce Fiscal Year 2007 funding allocations from the Gaming Fund during the Washington County Commissioners meeting Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. The gaming commission allocated $2,884,489.46, which represents gaming funds collected during the fiscal year that ended June 30. Fifty percent of that - $1,442,244.73 - will be distributed to the Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, whichdistributes the funds to fire and rescue companies throughout the county, according to a county commissioners press release.

Three commissioners criticize staff By SCOTT BUTKI / Staff Writer Washington County Commissioners William J. Wivell, Paul L. Swartz and John L. Schnebly Tuesday criticized recent "staff" actions, and two of them later singled out County Administrator Rodney Shoop. Last week the three commissioners said they were not told of county plans to build a 3,000-square-foot addition, including a meeting room, at the county annex building. The site is less than two blocks from an existing meeting room at the County Administration Building.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Jefferson County officials are continuing to work on plans for a new judicial center downtown and said Thursday they hope to have the facility open for business possibly by late next year. County officials have talked for years about building a court facility to meet the county government's growing space needs and there have been several proposals. Growing caseloads in courts are helping to drive the need for the facility. Jefferson County Commission members were presented with a plan Thursday morning for a 41,000-square-foot judicial annex to be built behind the Jefferson County Courthouse and former Jefferson County Jail, which also is being renovated for government office space.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - The Jefferson County Commission has scheduled two public hearings for next month: · The County Commission will hold a public hearing on June 8 at 9 a.m. to discuss a petition for exemption from school impact fees from Four Seasons @ Huntfield, an active adult community. The meeting will be in the county commission conference room at 124 E. Washington St. · A public hearing on a proposed noise ordinance in Jefferson County will be June 9 at 11:30 a.m. in the meeting room of the Old Charles Town Library, 200 E. Washington St. Anyone wishing to make oral or written comments may do so at the meetings.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -The Frances Leiter Center will hold a general information program from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at Grove Family Library meeting room in Chambersburg. The program will education the community about Frances Leiter Center, and invite people to help promote its services to the community. Light refreshments will be available. RSVP is required. Call the Frances Leiter Center at 717-264-8552 before Friday, March 14. The Frances Leiter Center is operated by the Children's Aid Society.

Tuesday, Sept. 2 - Berkeley County Chapter, meeting room, 205 E. King St., Martinsburg, W.Va., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 - Washington County Sheriff's Department, 500 Western Maryland Parkway, Hagerstown, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 - Valley Mall, 17301 Valley Mall Road, Hagerstown, noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 - Martinsburg Mall, Community Room, 800 Foxcroft Drive, Martinsburg, W.Va., noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 - Sears, Valley Mall, 17301 Valley Mall Road, Hagers-town, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Sept.

Neurologic program set for today Potomac Neurology, in cooperation with Washington County Hospital, will offer a free community education program titled "Managing the Stress of Neurologic Disease" at 7 p.m. today at Robinwood Medical Center. The program is appropriate for individuals or the families of those with neurologic diseases or concerns such as epilepsy, headaches, Parkinson's, stroke, multiple sclerosis, memory disorders or Alzheimer's. Presented by Terry Marshall, RN, the program also will offer participants an opportunity to have questions answered by neurologists Dr. Joel Rosenthal and Dr. Nechama Bernhardt.

Partnership for Affordable Housing will be sponsoring a homebuyer education class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Jefferson County Community Ministries meeting room at 238 W. Washington St., Charles Town, W.Va. Cost is $75 per person or couple. Homebuyer education is required for some USDA and WVHDF mortgage loans and for Homebuyer Assistance Programs. The class is also available to the general public interested in learning about the home-buying process and what to know before buying a home.

The Washington County Commissioners will meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss a personnel matter, according to a county press release. The meeting will be at 9 a.m. in the commissioners meeting room on the second floor of the County Administration Building, 100 W. Washington St. in Hagerstown. Tuesday had been scheduled as a commissioners' vacation week. The commissioners will not meet Tuesday, Aug. 1, due to the change, according to the press release. On Tuesday, Aug. 8, the meeting will be at the Department of Water Quality Building at 16232 Elliott Parkway, in the public meeting room, due to maintenance on the elevator at the County Administration Building.