Summit Avenue

Chris Gaver, 12, of Hagerstown, uses a tree in his Summit Avenue front yard for pitching practice Friday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to rise over the next several days, which could melt some of the snow.

A snowman represents Hagerstown Fire Department Co. 2 beside the Summit Avenue station. Monday's above-freezing temperatures encouraged the snowman to tilt, and by late afternoon, he was a snowman no more.

Visitors to this home on Summit Avenue in Hagerstown are forewarned to the pair of dogs guarding the top of the stairs. No dragons, however, could be seen.

Two men suffered minor injuries as a result of a three-car collision at approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on West Washington Street near Summit Avenue, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Police say Greg S. Summers, of 221 Summit Avenue in Hagerstown, ran a red light while driving north on Summit Avenue across Washington Street when his 1987 Chevrolet Cavalier station wagon hit a 2000 Volvo S-70. The Volvo, driven by Richard P. Hockensmith of Harrisonville, Pa., was pushed into a 1985 Toyota Corolla driven by Joshua R. Spataro of Boonsboro, police said.

Cats Young DSH, female, black, found on Knightsbridge Drive in Hagerstown Adult DSH, male, black and brown, found on Summit Avenue in Hagerstown Adult DLH, male, black and white, found on Summit Avenue in Hagerstown Adult DSH, male, orange, found on Big Pool Road in Clear Spring Adult DSH, female, gray and black, found on Cool Hollow Terrace in Hagerstown Adult DLH, gender unknown, black and white, found on...

Crumbs from the Cracker Barrel 3/21 Early on the morning of March 20, 1917, fire broke out in one of the trolleys housed in the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway's carbarn at the corner of Summit Avenue and Howard Street in Hagerstown. The tragedy, termed as the company's worst single disaster, completely destroyed the carbarn and its contents. In December of 1917, the H&F opened a new brick facility at the corner of Summit Avenue and Lee Street in what had been an old powerhouse.

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On Tuesday, CSX began replacing an uneven railroad crossing on Virginia Avenue near Hagerstown City Park. The work is expected to be finished by Friday. Traffic is being rerouted along Memorial Boulevard and Summit Avenue. CSX also plans to replace a worn crossing on Eastern Boulevard soon, but hasn't announced when.

HAGERSTOWN heatherk@herald-mail.com Traffic backed up in three directions Monday morning in downtown Hagerstown when a crane delivery at The Herald-Mail Co. on Summit Avenue conflicted with a painting project at the former Colonial Hotel building on West Antietam Street, city officials said. Summit Avenue was closed to all but local traffic from Baltimore Street to West Antietam Street at 6:30 a.m. so a crane could unload and assemble a steel platform on the west side of The Herald-Mail offices at 100 Summit Ave., said Herald-Mail operations director Mark Kelly.

A pickup truck drove through a fence on Summit Avenue Wednesday night, rolled off a wall and landed on its roof behind the Washington County Administrative Annex. The Hagerstown Police Department said Thursday the driver received minor injuries in the accident. Police said the driver, whose name was not released, lost control of the truck, causing the accident. The truck came to rest near the back of the county building at 80 W. Baltimore St. A crowd gathered around the broken fence on Summit Avenue and along Hood Street, looking down at the wreck below.