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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Franklin County Art Alliance presents its November meeting open to the public: a demonstration in colored pencil by Theresa Balke tonight at Wilson College's Warfield Auditorium. The Alliance's business meeting will begin at 7:15 p.m. and program will follow. For information call 717-267-1396. Please allow time for parking because of construction on the campus.

North Hagerstown High School Key Club is hosting a UNICEF Haunted House from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. The event will be at North High, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown. Activities include family-friendly events. There will be crafts, mazes for children of all ages. The event is free. For more information, contact Bekah Polis at 301-745-8941 or

More than 40 people per night take advantage of REACH's cold-weather shelter on West Franklin Street in Hagerstown. The shelter opens at 7 p.m. and is open to adults 18 years of age and older, said Jill Parker, resource specialist for REACH. Those staying in the shelter also get three meals, including a bagged lunch to take with them in the morning, Parker said. The shelter operates during all winter months, and closes the first week of April, Parker said. Different area congregations host the shelter each week, providing the meals and volunteers needed.

The tractor pull scheduled for Wednesday night at Washington County Ag Expo has been rained out, expo spokeswoman Joanna Calimer announced. It has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center on Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65), she said. Admission to the tractor pull will be $10. Children age 8 and under will be admitted free. Ag Expo admission passes will be honored, Calimer said. The annual fair had been scheduled to end Thursday.

HAGERSTOWN -- "It's pretty much a miracle that I'm still alive, I think," 14-year-old Alex Marinelli told a crowd gathered Saturday night for a Light the Night walk to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. At 12, Alex was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia that normally strikes adults, said his father, Paul Marinelli. Alex's cancer has been in remission for three years, and he has been involved in the Light the Night walk in Hagerstown for three years. Last year's best fundraising team was St. Mary's for Alex, which raised $6,000.

Almost 10,000 people participated Saturday night in the 83rd Alsatia Mummers Parade in downtown Hagerstown. About 190 floats, bands and other groups made their way down Potomac Street as thousands of spectators came out to enjoy the parade. One of the biggest concerns earlier in the week for James McCleaf, president and chairman of the Alsatia Club, was the weather. In the middle of the week, McCleaf would have said he was less than optimistic about the chances of a dry parade.

A whirl of colors were on display Tuesday night at the Blue Ridge Volunteer Firemen's Carnival in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. The carnival runs through Saturday night behind the fire hall off Pa. 16.

Waynesboro, Pa., held trick-or-treat night Thursday night. Other Franklin County communities will hold trick-or-treat Saturday night.

Clear Spring Road (Md. 68) near Williamsport reopened shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, a Maryland State Highway Administration official said Friday night. The road had been closed between Bottom Road and Potomac Street (U.S. 11) since a water main break Thursday afternoon. The road was excavated between 15818 and 15820 Clear Spring Road and the repairs were completed Friday afternoon, SHA spokeswoman Heather Keels said Friday night.

Quinn Cashell of Chambersburg, Pa., hops her way to the finish line to win the sack race event Thursday night at the Franklin County Fair in Williamson, Pa. The Franklin County Fair, along with the Fulton County Fair in McConnellsburg, Pa., and the Jefferson County Fair in Leetown, W.Va., continues through Saturday.