Pedestrian Bridge

WILLIAMSPORT Williamsport resident Kenton Lafferty said his wife, Bernice, walks the C&O Canal's towpath three times a day ? twice with her dogs and once by herself. When her normal route across the canal temporarily shut down last fall, he said he worried about his wife crossing traffic to get to the towpath near the Cushwa Basin. On Tuesday, Bernice got her old route back. The C&O Canal National Historical Park reopened the 105-foot long, 127-year-old Bollman Bridge leading to Riverbottom Park along the Potomac River in Williamsport.

"If they are sending all of our troops overseas, I was wondering who was over here in the United States protecting us?" "I want to send a congratulations to the students at the Technical High School who were inducted into the National Honor Society on Tuesday night. Great job to those young men and women and their special achievements. " "I was reading about the older man on Madison Avenue that got beat up and robbed by two black males. Now, this is the second time this has happened on this street.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Questions on the need for and the location of a proposed sidewalk linking the Waynesboro Mall and the Wayne Heights Mall were raised Tuesday night at a special meeting of the Waynesboro Borough Council. The meeting, held at the Renfrew Institute barn, included Renfrew officials, homeowners whose properties lie on the proposed route, and Washington Township officials who want the walkway. The biggest section, if the sidewalk is built on the south side of Pa. 16 as has been proposed, would pass through Renfrew property.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA.-Just after 10 a.m. Saturday, the much-anticipated pedestrian bridge was gently lifted to its final destination between the Caperton Train Station and the Martinsburg Roundhouse Center. But a short time later, the huge structure was returned to the ground until a minor adjustment could be made for a secure connection. "It didn't quite fit," said Vaughn Neill, an employee of DMJM Harris, an engineering consulting firm working with CRX on the bridge installation.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A use plan for the Martinsburg Roundhouse Center was unanimously approved Tuesday evening by the Roundhouse Authority - officially declaring that the center will be used for concerts, trade shows, conventions, exhibits and other public events. A portion of the facility also will be leased, the plan states. Bill Hayes, executive director of the Roundhouse Authority, said he compiled the plan from numerous external and internal studies already done about the complex, which consists primarily of three large buildings.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. The installation of a pedestrian bridge over the Capitol Limited rail line from the Caperton Train Station to the historic B&O Roundhouse complex in Martinsburg will require two cranes and the halting of locomotive traffic for about four hours. But the executive director of the Martinsburg Roundhouse Center doesn't expect much of a crowd to be on hand to watch the connecting structure be put in place. "I wouldn't be surprised if its (done) during the night.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com Planes continue to take off and land daily at Eastern Regional Airport outside of Martinsburg, but it could be even longer before weary travelers can drop their bags and grab a cup of coffee at a new terminal. Plans for building the terminal rely on funding from the state's Economic Development Grant Committee. Although committee members awarded the project $1.2 million, a pending lawsuit has halted distribution of the grant, along with 49 others around the state.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. martinsburg@herald-mail.com Heat and bathrooms. That's what $680,000 in federal funding secured by U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd will be used for at the Martinsburg Roundhouse. "We need to work toward getting that habitable," Bill Hayes, executive director of the Martinsburg Roundhouse Center, said Tuesday. "There are several things that will make this habitable. Our intent is to put radiant heat in this floor, so most of this floor will have to be redone," Hayes said as he stood inside the cold, empty Roundhouse.

Editor's note: This is a list of proposed bills and resolutions of local interest in the Maryland General Assembly. For more information, go to the legislature's Web site at mlis.state.md.us . Washington County Delegation bills HB 905 - Makes a violation of the Washington County animal control ordinance a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of up to 30 days or a fine of $1,000 or both. Hearing scheduled at 1 p.m. Thursday in the House Environmental Matters Committee.

If you go ... What: Roundhouse Rail Days When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday Where: Martinsburg Roundhouse Center, 100 Liberty St., Martinsburg, W.Va. Admission: $5; free for those younger than 12 For more info: www.martinsburgroundhouse.com or call 304-260-4141. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Except for a couple of festive days in July, the historic B&O Railroad roundhouse and machine shops in downtown Martinsburg have remained generally quiet, devoid of much activity other than restoration work for the last 10 years.