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gregs@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - Finding a man posing as a telephone technician may be the key to solving an office supply store burglary that netted thieves about $100,000 in merchandise earlier this week, police said Friday. At about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, a driver saw a U-Haul truck leaving the Staples store at 1631 Wesel Blvd. Just after 6 a.m. the store manager discovered the store had been burglarized. Less than two hours later, the Washington County Sheriff's Department received a call about a stolen U-Haul truck matching the description of the one seen leaving the store.

Bonnie Shockey's little black dress is chocolate brown. "When I wear black, I look as white as Casper the ghost," said Shockey, 58, of Antrim Township, Pa. "So my little black dress is brown. " Shockey isn't the only one who would rather do without the so-called fashion staple. "It's really a jacket and pants set with a tuxedo stripe down the side," said Patti Anderson, 53, of Smithsburg, describing what she wears in lieu of the little black dress. "Does that count?" A little black dress is a sometimes formal, sometimes casual frock called "little" because it's not a formal, floor-length gown.

HAGERSTOWN - After the eggnog is gone and presents are unwrapped, it's tradition for some families to go bowling on Christmas night. At Longmeadow Bowl on Leitersburg Pike, 150 people were expected Monday night, said Ray Turner, the manager. "It's been tradition for 50-some odd years," Turner said. All four Turner Bowling Centers in Hagerstown and Martinsburg, W.Va., open Christmas evening at 5 p.m. The buy-one-game, bowl-the-next-free Christmas special attracts mostly families, he said.

Thanks to Martinsburg-area teens, the Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle received a check for $6,050 on Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. at the Martinsburg Staples store, 246 Retail Commons Parkway. The presentation highlighted the effort from the Martinsburg community for students in need. Staples presented the check to the Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle for its students. Martinsburg teens helped raise one of the highest collective amounts in the country, all from raised money and donated school supplies, as part of the nationwide Staples for Students campaign.

Martinsburg man charged with malicious wounding in stabbing MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A Martinsburg man was charged with malicious wounding Monday in connection with a stabbing at his home, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Richard Charles Taylor, 53, of 104 Swartz St., was arraigned Tuesday morning by Magistrate JoAnn Overington, who set a $10,000 bond for Taylor. The victim and several witnesses said the victim and Taylor had been arguing, but neither would tell Martinsburg Police Department patrolman S.A. Shelton what the fight was about, according to the officer's complaint.

Friday, Oct. 22 9 p.m. on CBS "Genius: A Night for Ray Charles" Celebrities honoring the late singer include host Jamie Foxx, who plays Charles in the feature film "Ray," due in theaters next weekend. Scheduled performers include Al Green, Norah Jones, B.B. King and Stevie Wonder. Taped Oct. 8 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Solar energy is no longer some futuristic, pie-in-the-sky idea in Washington County. Concerned about rising energy costs, the environmental threats associated with traditional methods of electric generation and what kind of world is going to be left to their children, business owners in the county have invested tens of thousands of dollars to set up their own solar-power systems. Solar panels now stretch across roofs and atop columns that track the sun as it moves across the sky. At a Staples distribution center along Hopewell Road in Hagerstown, more than 11,000 solar panels soak up the energy from the sun and generate electricity.

marlob@herald-mail.com While watching the video of "Sister Act" last summer, Eric Rollins got an idea that has blossomed into a teen center at the Boys & Girls Club of Washington County. "In that movie, a music room was created by people dedicated to making it happen," Rollins said. The 16-year-old part-time staff member at the club said he thought the same thing could happen at the club at 805 Pennsylvania Ave. Rollins teamed up with Nate Naylor, 19, a volunteer and club alumnus.

Leslie Diane Hendrickson and Ricky Walter Hart were married Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at Mount Vernon Reformed United Church of Christ in Keedysville. The bride is the daughter of Jon and Camille Hendrickson of Hagerstown. The bridegroom is the son of the late Albert and Catherine Hart of Clear Spring. The bride is a graduate of South Hagerstown High School and a graduate of Mountain State University. She is employed as an agricultural marketing specialist for Washington County.

Children in Need, with Staples and Cradles to Crayons, will distribute school supplies and backpacks to children in Washington County public schools. The supplies and backpacks will be given out from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, and Friday, Aug. 13, at Children in Need, 131 W. North Ave., Hagerstown. Any child that is on free or reduced lunch in the Washington County School System is eligible for a backpack. School board officials will be on hand to process lunch applications.