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Jesse Puffenberger checks the weather Wednesday morning while visiting the Washington County Ag Expo and Fair. Soggy Wednesday weather made for a quick sprint to the car for this woman on East Antietam Street.

The Hagerstown Suns game against Augusta on Wednesday was rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader today at 5:05 p.m. Gates for season ticket holders will open at 3:30 and for game-day ticket holders at 4:05 p.m.

Cathy Myers of Williamsport holds on to her umbrella Monday afternoon as she crosses North Potomac Street in Hagerstown in the pouring rain. More rain is expected today and Wednesday.

Ashley Grier had birdies on the opening hole each day of the Challenge at Musket Ridge but the end result was a little different on Sunday. After two even-par rounds of 72, Grier finished the Symetra Tour at 3-over-par 75 for a 219 card in her first tour competition since the end of the 2010 season. “All in all, I'm still happy how things went,” said Grier, who enjoyed playing in front of many friends and family. Grier had received a special exemption to participate in the Challenge at Musket Ridge and she responded by finishing tied for 46th in the field of 110 golfers.

The Hagerstown area could get enough rain this week to match or surpass the amount the area received all summer. As of Tuesday evening, the Hagerstown area had received .61 inches of rain Tuesday and 1.79 inches for the duration of the weather event that began Monday, according to local weather observer Greg Keefer's website. The National Weather Service is forecasting more rain tonight and Thursday, with a chance of an additional 3 to 4 1/2 inches of rain during that time, according to its website.

In February when we were pushing snow around, it was hard to imagine this heat and dry weather we are "enjoying" now. It is the combination of these factors that are so devastating. We grow both warm season and cool season crops. The warm season crops such as corn thrive in warm and even hot weather, but they still require moisture. Our cool season crops, such as our pasture grass or your front lawn, go dormant in the hot weather but usually remain green when they get rain.

Friday, July 8, 2011 YOUTH BASEBALL Four losers’ bracket games in the Maryland Little League Baseball District 1 11-12 Tournament were postponed by rain Friday evening. All four games were rescheduled for this afternoon. At 1 p.m., Maugansville will play at Sharpsburg and Hancock travels to Clear Spring. At 5, American hosts Halfway and West End plays at South Mountain. The four games originally scheduled for today were pushed back to Sunday. In the winners’ bracket, Valley will play at Federal and Conococheague travels to National.

It’s common knowledge that cats don’t care for water. Most cats, that is, other than the Williamsport Wildcats baseball team. The Wildcats braved a steady downpour of sleet and snow to put away Boonsboro 11-3 in an MVAL Antietam matchup that was halted in the fifth inning due to the weather. The Wildcats (2-2, 1-1) did most of their damage in a six-run second inning. Tyler Nally got Williamsport on the board by scoring on a throwing error. Chris Kiley followed with an RBI double to score Will Bowen.

Two MVAL Antietam baseball games stopped by rain in the sixth inning on April 3 have both been declared five-inning complete games. By ruling of Edward Masood, the Washington County Supervisor of Athletics, Health and Physical Education, who attended an MPSSAA Appeals Committee hearing on Sunday, both games revert back to the score at the end of five innings in accordance with the National Federation of State High School Associations rulebook (Rule...

Weather forecasts call for high winds and heavy rain across the Tri-State area for most of today. Accuweather meteorologist Brian Edwards said rain is expected to fall steadily Saturday morning and pick up in the afternoon, dropping as much as 0.5 inches per hour over the course of several hours. "We could get some flooding," Edwards said. "I wouldn't rule out a couple of thunderstorms. " Edwards said winds might reach 45 mph, and the storm could drop up to 2 inches of rain before it tapers off Saturday evening.

Saturday morning's rain dampened some Martinsburg Heritage Day events, but it had little effect on the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the “for the kids, by George” children's museum at the Caperton Train Station in Martinsburg. The museum, designed by Lisa Dall'Olio of Grove & Dall'Olio Architects of Martinsburg, is a fun and engaging hands-on “total immersion” experience. Children can touch and play with the exhibits, which are designed to teach the history of the region from the time before the Europeans arrived through the middle of the 20th century, including the region's railroad history.

Friday, May 10, 2013 PREP BASEBALL The South Hagerstown baseball team came out hot until a heavy rainstorm cooled it off. The Rebels scored in every inning and starting pitcher Airin Martin had a perfect game through three innings for a 12-0 lead against Watkins Mill before it was halted by rain on Friday in a Maryland Class 3A West playoff opener. The game is scheduled to resume today at noon with the winner traveling to meet Damascus on Monday.  Leadoff hitter Timmy Kitchen had three hits and Colby Johnson hit a two-run home run in a five-run third inning.

The Hagerstown Suns game against Augusta on Wednesday was rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader today at 5:05 p.m. Gates for season ticket holders will open at 3:30 and for game-day ticket holders at 4:05 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 PREP BASEBALL CLEAR SPRING - Storms put a damper on Clear Spring's hot start, as Wednesday's MVAL Antietam baseball game was suspended with the Blazers leading 4-1 in the bottom of the third inning. Williamsport drew first blood in the first, as Brandon Toloso singled and scored on a wild pitch. Clear Spring responded with four runs in the second. Jared Brant doubled and scored on another double by Dylan Appel, who scored on a wild pitch.

The third annual rain barrel workshop will be Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Claud E. Kitchens Outdoor School at Fairview. More than 100 families have participated in past workshops. The workshop provides individuals and families an opportunity to complete the simple assembly of a rain barrel kit and learn more about conservation and water recycling. Admission is free; the cost of each rain barrel kit is $40. Registration is requested so sufficient materials will be available for everyone wanting to assemble a rain barrel.

A storm system that dropped nearly two inches of rain on Hagerstown on Wednesday and early Thursday has cleared the Tri-State area, but colder temparatures, high winds and possible snow are in the forecast. Flood warnings are in effect in some neighboring counties. Hagerstown received 1.74 inches of rain from the front, according to Hagerstown weather observer Greg Keefer's website, i4weather.net . On Thursday, the National Weather service is predicting a chance of light rain or snow showers for Washington County.

Hagerstown area residents can look forward to a high temperature of 52 degrees Tuesday after the latest dose of winter weather on Monday that spread a mix of sleet, freezing rain and rain across the area. The mercury is expected to reach 57 degrees Wednesday and there is a chance of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the HMTV 6 forecast. The wintry mix that spread across the area Monday sent out road crews and promoted school systems across the Tri-State area to either delay classes or close school.

Hagerstown and the surrounding area woke up Tuesday to a white Christmas, much of which had melted by the evening as another storm was expected to bring a wintry mix, including ice, that would make travel treacherous Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. On Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded a winter storm watch for the region to a winter storm advisory, as up to two-tenths of an inch of ice accumulation is expected in the Hagerstown area and along the Interstate 81 corridor through Wednesday night, meteorologist Jared Klein said.

More than 600 teddy bears are bound for Newtown, Conn., thanks to a quickly launched project at Martinsburg High School to give the grief-stricken community “a big Bear-Hug” for Christmas. High school theater teacher David Ryan said he announced the project Saturday at the school thespian group's public performance of “A Seussified Christmas Carol.” A handwritten note was attached to each bear Thursday afternoon by students who helped pack them into more than 50 boxes, according Ryan.

The remnants of what once was Hurricane Sandy were a weakening presence in the Hagerstown area by Tuesday, but the lingering effects of the storm could be seen in downtown Hagerstown, where closed storefronts and empty parking spaces were common sights.  It didn't help that a light steady rain fell nearly all day while temperatures hovered in the low 40s. With many offices in the area closed, popular lunch spots such as the Brickyard Grill on...