Rite Aid

Rite Aid pharmacy planned downtown Rite Aid plans to build a pharmacy on North Cannon Avenue between East Franklin and East Washington streets, according to Hagerstown planning officials. The store would be on the east side of Cannon Avenue at the site where Twigg Cycles Inc. and two residential duplexes are now, said Deborah Everhart, the city's economic development coordinator. "We don't have any definite information at this time," said Rite Aid spokeswoman Jody Cook.

HAGERSTOWN -- Two men, one carrying a gun, walked into the Rite Aid pharmacy at 825 W. Hillcrest Road on Monday night and demanded money and prescriptions, according to a Hagerstown Police Department spokesman. The men obtained an unknown amount of money in the 8:40 p.m. incident and it is unclear if they stole any drugs, said Sgt. Jim Robison. The men were wearing dark clothing with hoods and one of the men was wearing a white mask, Robison said. The men fled the store off Pennsylvania Avenue in an unknown direction, Robison said.

RANSON, W.Va. - Rite Aid will join the tenant mix at Potomac Towne Center on W.Va. 9 in Ranson, the developer of the complex announced Wednesday. Rite Aid plans to open its newest pharmacy in summer 2008. Carl M. Freeman Companies is the developer for the 14,564-square-foot building, located on a 2.4-acre pad site at The Boulevard, phase 2 of the center in Jefferson County. Rite Aid is one of the nation's leading drugstores, operating more than 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The Rite Aid drugstore in Waynesboro Mall will close Sept. 26, the victim of a dwindling market, a corporate spokeswoman said Tuesday. Allison Costello, who spoke from Rite Aid's corporate headquarters in Camp Hill, Pa., did not know when the Waynesboro store opened or how many people worked there. Queries to store employees were directed to corporate headquarters. The store is one of five Rite Aid stores in Franklin County, Pa. Costello said all of the store's prescription files were sold and transferred in July to the CVS Pharmacy at 40 S. Broad St. in Waynesboro.

Construction of a new Rite Aid pharmacy on North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown has been stopped indefinitely, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. "We went back and reevaluated the project, and at this time it didn't make economic sense for us, so the project is on hold," said Jody Cook, a Rite Aid Corp. spokeswoman. Cook said there are no plans for the property, which is between East Franklin and East Washington streets, and behind a McDonald's restaurant. Work on the site began last fall.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -Police are investigating an armed robbery in which a man walked into the Rite Aid pharmacy on Winchester Avenue Sunday and demanded several brands of narcotics, a Martinsburg City Police officer said. The robbery occurred at the Rite Aid at 609 Winchester Ave., which is in the Martinsburg Plaza. The man walked to the pharmacy at the back of the store at about 12:28 p.m. and made a gesture to his clothing as if he may have had a gun, Sgt. Glenn Macher said.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - It's time to get your flu shot. See your primary-care physician to receive your shot or visit one of the following community locations. Adults age 18 and older are welcome at any site, including senior centers. Senior Activity Center, Fort Loudon, Oct. 6, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Giant Food Store, Chambersburg, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Giant Food Store, Chambersburg, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Medicine Shoppe, Chambersburg, Oct. 14, from noon to 4 p.m. Senior Activity Center, Chambersburg, Oct. 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Medicine Shoppe, Waynesboro, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Senior Activity Center, Waynesboro, Oct. 21, from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

A man entered a pair of Hagerstown pharmacies Monday afternoon in search of illegally obtaining the prescription drug Xanax, but was only successful in robbing one store, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. The robber, who was still at-large Monday night, is described as a white male in his late 20s or 30s, approximately 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 with an average build and scruffy facial hair, Sgt. Jim Hurd said in a news release. Witness accounts and surveillance footage confirmed that the same man committed both attempted robberies, Hurd said.

Buildings come down for new store, more parking By LISA GRAYBEAL Staff Writer, Chambersburg CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Buildings are coming down in Chambersburg to make way for two parking lots and a drug store scheduled to open this summer. Demolition of almost a dozen homes began Monday between East Queen Street and Lincoln Way East at Fourth Street, where a 12,500-square-foot Rite Aid drug store and a parking lot for 50 vehicles will be built. Residents who lived in the 11 homes targeted for demolition moved out over the summer.

My family has had some interesting vacations. One example I can give is a trip we took to Florida about eight years ago. I got sick with vomiting and diarrhea the first night we were there. My father ended up going to the 24-hour Rite Aid at about 4 in the morning to get me some medicine. My daughter got sick with the same thing the next night. My father had to go back to Rite Aid at 2 in the morning as she was 4 at the time and couldn't take the same medicine that I did. My father had a tooth abscess on him that same trip.

A man entered a pair of Hagerstown pharmacies Monday afternoon in search of illegally obtaining the prescription drug Xanax, but was only successful in robbing one store, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. The robber, who was still at-large Monday night, is described as a white male in his late 20s or 30s, approximately 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 with an average build and scruffy facial hair, Sgt. Jim Hurd said in a news release. Witness accounts and surveillance footage confirmed that the same man committed both attempted robberies, Hurd said.

JULY 28, 1929-AUG. 17, 2010 Ruth W. Shives, age 81, of 384 N. Washington St., Greencastle, Pa., died at 6:29 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at Falling Spring Nursing And Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg. Born July 28, 1929, in Greencastle, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Clarence A. and Olive (Tosten) Wallech. She retired from Rite Aid, having worked at the Greencastle store for 40 years. She and her husband, Walter E. "Bill" Shives, were married Aug. 24, 1951.

HAGERSTOWN -- Two men, one carrying a gun, walked into the Rite Aid pharmacy at 825 W. Hillcrest Road on Monday night and demanded money and prescriptions, according to a Hagerstown Police Department spokesman. The men obtained an unknown amount of money in the 8:40 p.m. incident and it is unclear if they stole any drugs, said Sgt. Jim Robison. The men were wearing dark clothing with hoods and one of the men was wearing a white mask, Robison said. The men fled the store off Pennsylvania Avenue in an unknown direction, Robison said.

SMITHSBURG -- Just minutes after a robbery Tuesday night at the Rite-Aid Pharmacy, Maryland State Police were looking for a man in a gold Ford Explorer. The robber -- who demanded and received an unknown quantity of Oxycontin painkiller -- showed no weapon, police said. The assailant was described as a mixed-race man, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 pounds, with a 5 o'clock shadow, wearing a black T-shirt with a long-sleeve red shirt underneath, blue jeans and a ball cap with a red "M". He had a diamond earring in his right ear, police said.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Public comment will be accepted tonight regarding a Rouzerville, Pa., rezoning request that could allow for the development of a Rite Aid Pharmacy, a bank and professional offices at the intersection of Midvale Road and Pa. 16. The Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors will host a public hearing at 7 p.m. concerning the rezoning request submitted by D. Curtis Mummert. If granted, six-tenths of an acre would be rezoned from low-density residential to commercial at 13138 Midvale Road, slightly southeast of the intersection.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- The Washington Township Supervisors on Monday approved a rezoning request that could allow for the development of a Rite Aid Pharmacy, F&M Bank and professional offices at the intersection of Pa. 16 and Midvale Road in Rouzerville, Pa. While land development plans could actually be submitted with any combination of businesses on the existing car lot, property owner D. Curtis Mummert said he intends to proceed with the businesses...

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The owner of a Rouzerville-based car dealership has again asked the Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors to consider rezoning land slightly south of the intersection of Pa. 16 and Midvale Road to allow for a Rite Aid Pharmacy, a bank and professional offices. D. Curtis Mummert has asked that six-tenths of an acre be rezoned from low-density residential to commercial at 13138 Midvale Road. The request applies to land and a two-story house and detached garage currently there.

My family has had some interesting vacations. One example I can give is a trip we took to Florida about eight years ago. I got sick with vomiting and diarrhea the first night we were there. My father ended up going to the 24-hour Rite Aid at about 4 in the morning to get me some medicine. My daughter got sick with the same thing the next night. My father had to go back to Rite Aid at 2 in the morning as she was 4 at the time and couldn't take the same medicine that I did. My father had a tooth abscess on him that same trip.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A Chambersburg man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Franklin County Court to stealing Oil of Olay and over-the-counter medications to pay for his heroin habit. Benjamin Albert Osterman, 29, of 3021 Edenville Road, pleaded guilty to one count of retail theft in exchange for two other counts being dismissed. He was placed on probation for two years and ordered by Judge John R. Walker to pay restitution of more than $2,100 to the victims - Sunnyway Foods, CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid. In February, Sunnyway management contacted the Greencastle Police Department telling officers that about $164 in Advil and Tylenol products were missing.

RANSON, W.Va. - Rite Aid will join the tenant mix at Potomac Towne Center on W.Va. 9 in Ranson, the developer of the complex announced Wednesday. Rite Aid plans to open its newest pharmacy in summer 2008. Carl M. Freeman Companies is the developer for the 14,564-square-foot building, located on a 2.4-acre pad site at The Boulevard, phase 2 of the center in Jefferson County. Rite Aid is one of the nation's leading drugstores, operating more than 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia.