Motorists

Conditions encountered in the field are forcing work on West Antietam Street by the City of Hagerstown's Water and Sewer Department to continue until this afternoon. West Antietam Street will remain closed to all traffic between South Burhans Boulevard and West Washington Street. Motorists will be forced to detour around the closure using other city streets. Motorists approaching the work zone will encounter cones, barricades and other traffic-control devices. The work should be completed and the street reopened to traffic by 4 p.m. today.

The West Virginia Division of Highways is reminding motorists of upcoming delays on Raleigh Street in Martinsburg, beginning as early as Nov. 26. Milling and paving will be done to the road from Race Street to King Street. There will be no parking allowed along the street during construction. Traffic will be under the direction of flaggers. Motorists should use an alternate route if possible. All work is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, weather and schedule permitting.

Charlie Sprecher, 82, left, Dick Bachtell, 69, and Abe Williams, 74, wave to motorists passing through the square in Smithsburg Monday afternoon. The trio have been coming to the square daily and spend about two hours waving to people.

A truck follows the curve along Pine Stump Road near Scotland, Pa., in Franklin County Wednesday morning. A light snow overnight caused slippery conditions for motorists in the county, including a multi-vehicle tangle on Interstate 81.

North Locust Street will be closed at 6:30 a.m. today between Washington Street and Broadway as part of Hagerstown's street resurfacing project, according to the City Engineering Department. Motorists will have to take a detour around the construction. The work is expected to last until 5 p.m.

The city of Hagerstown will pave East Baltimore Street today and Friday. Sections of the roadway will be closed to all traffic during the day to allow the work to be completed. The city asks motorists to use alternate routes.

Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Address: 18306 Col. Henry K. Douglas Drive, off Md. 65, Hagerstown. Phone: 1-800-950-1MVA E-mail: MVACS@mdot.state.md.us Web: www.mva.state.md.us Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for all services; Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon for driver's license services only. Road tests are performed by appointment. To schedule an appointment, call 1-888-212-4709. At the Maryland MVA, residents can get and renew driver's licenses, get Maryland identification cards and get and renew tags, among other MVA services, including voter registration.

HAGERSTOWN Between Nov. 1, 2005, and Jan. 31, 2006, the Hagerstown Police Department issued 70 traffic citations to motorists who were stopped for driving a vehicle with expired registration and towed 25 of those vehicles from the scene, according to police records. The Herald-Mail filed a request Jan. 31 with the City of Hagerstown requesting details about the procedure the police department follows in determining whether to issue a traffic citation, data relating to Hagerstown City Councilwoman Alesia D. Parson-McBean's traffic stop on Jan. 20, a list of motorists cited for expired registration violations during a three-month period and a list of motorists warned but not cited for registration violations during the same time period.

Police watching for school bus light violators By RICHARD F. BELISLE / Staff Writer WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Washington Township Police will make a special effort beginning Monday to crack down on drivers who ignore the flashing lights on school buses, Officer Robert Wertz said Friday. The department expects to have two or three cruisers patrol areas where most school bus drivers complain that motorists fail to stop for their flashing lights when picking up or discharging schoolchildren.

Pennsylvania State Police in Franklin and Fulton counties have begun publishing the names of motorists nabbed driving faster than 90 mph in the hope that doing so will help deter speeding in their areas and bring awareness to the problem, troopers in those counties said. In May, troopers in Franklin County clocked six people - ranging in age from 17 to 72 - barreling down Interstate 81 at speeds greater than 90 mph, said Trooper 1st Class Edward Asbury of the Chambersburg, Pa., barracks.