Robinwood

The right turn lane of southbound Robinwood Drive at the intersection with Mount Aetna Road is closed. The sidewalk in that area is closed as well. Work crews from Pessoa Construction are working on the sidewalks in the area. According to a published report in October, sidewalk repair work is among the minor tasks that need to be completed as a result of the expansion project at the intersection of Dual Highway and Edgewood Drive. The project is substantially complete, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration.

Hagerstown Community College's Robinwood Players will perform “Marat/Sade” from Friday, Dec. 2, to Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Classroom Building Auditorium CLR-111. Written by playwright Peter Weiss and translated from the original German by Geoffrey Skelton, “Marat/Sade” is based on the story of the Marquis de Sade and the plays that he staged with fellow inmates while imprisoned in Charenton Asylum. The show won the 1965 Tony Award for best play and best director, as well as the 1966 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best play.

Three people were taken to the hospital Monday afternoon after a car and a pickup truck collided at the intersection of Robinwood Drive and Academic Boulevard in front of Hagerstown Community College, according to Washington County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Bragunier. Bragunier said the Ford pickup truck traveling northbound on Robinwood Drive was attempting to make a left turn onto Academic Boulevard leading to HCC and the car, a Buick, was heading southbound when the accident occurred at a traffic light.

The Robinwood Players Theater Club at Hagerstown Community College will perform An Evening of One-Acts Dessert Theater on Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Valley Eatery on HCC's main campus. One-act plays to be performed include “No Exit” by Jean Paul Sartre, “Antic Spring” by Robert Nail and “Cafe Murder” by Nathan Hartswick. The event is open to the public. Admission costs $16. HCC faculty and staff can attend for $12, and HCC students can attend for $8. Attendees must be 16 or older.

For the second time in 14 months, Washco Developments Inc. is seeking approval to increase the ratio of commercial use in a planned development off Robinwood Drive, further increasing the amount of traffic the project would generate. Last September, the Washington County Commissioners voted to allow Washco to increase the percentage of commercial use in the Rosewood Village Development from 10 percent to 17.89 percent. Now, the company is requesting another increase to 29.8 percent commercial use. The request is to be the subject of a joint public hearing Tuesday evening by the commissioners and the Washington County Planning Commission.

The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to buy portions of three properties in preparation for a project to widen Robinwood Drive between Medical Campus Road and the Hagerstown Community College entrance. The acquisitions along Robinwood Drive are the latest in a series of about 22 property acquisitions needed for the project, Real Property Administrator Joe Kuhna said. “We are probably 50 percent complete as far as acquisition,” he said.

One northbound lane of Robinwood Drive near Robinwood Court and Meritus Medical Center was closed early Wednesday afternoon following a traffic accident. Traffic was diverted around the scene of the rear-end collision involving a GMC Jimmy and another vehicle. The lane had reopened by 1:25 p.m.

The intersection at the entrance to Hagerstown Community College on Robinwood Drive will be converted to a roundabout as part of an upcoming road-widening project, Washington County's Board of County Commissioners decided Tuesday. The change was requested by Hagerstown Community College's Board of Trustees and will require a $112,500 increase in the design contract, which was already under way, county Public Works Director Joseph Kroboth III said. The roundabout will be part of a roughly $10 million project that also includes widening Robinwood Drive between Medical Campus Road and the entrance to the college.

Robinwood Drive has had periodic lane closures Tuesday and today near the Hagerstown Community College due to road work. Traffic has sometimes been sluggish in both directions from Meritus Medical Center to the college and from Jefferson Boulevard to the college. The road has been subject to lane closures so a fiber optic line could be placed in the street, according to Allan Snider, owner of Snider & Son. The line is being placed there to provide internet service to DH Web, an internet design company located at 11377 Robinwood Drive in Hagerstown.

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