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MAUGANSVILLE - A hotel with 83 rooms and an indoor pool will be built in Maugansville, the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission's marketing director said Wednesday. A Smithsburg couple are building a Hampton Inn in a 90-acre business park at the I-81 and Maugans Avenue intersection, according to Tim Riford. He said the hotel is the latest development in a growth boom along the interstate. There has been tremendous growth along I-81 from Carlisle, Pa., to Winchester, Va., he said.

Police Log Man faces robbery, weapons charges FREDERICK, Md. - A 26-year-old Hagerstown man was charged late Tuesday with robbery, a handgun violation and numerous traffic offenses after he allegedly fled police after holding up two men. Maurice Edward Boyd III, of 25 High St., was at the Frederick County Detention Center Wednesday morning awaiting an initial appearance before a bond commissioner. In addition to robbery, Boyd is charged with first-degree assault, theft, reckless endangerment, fleeing and eluding police, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, according to Frederick City Police.

Hagerstown City Police are working with businesses along the Dual Highway to crack down on people who aimlessly cruise the highway and loiter in that section of the city. cont. from front page Police are asking businesses that don't already have "no trespassing" signs on their property to post such warnings, Police Chief Arthur Smith said. Once the signs are posted, police officers who see people loitering in parking lots can issue criminal summonses that can be punishable by a fine or other penalties, he said.

Police charge man in home invasion Police had one man in custody and were still searching for a juvenile Monday in connection with a weekend home invasion armed robbery attempt, the Hagerstown Police Department said. Norman Chavez Frazier, 18, of 1016 H Noland Drive, was charged with three counts each of attempted armed robbery, attempted robbery, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and attempted theft in connection with an incident reported at 41 Avalon Ave. on Sunday at about 7:17 p.m., police said.

Police log for Oct. 17 Car damaged in garage break-in FAYETTEVILLE, Pa. - An unknown person broke into a Greene Township woman's garage and damaged her car before entering her home, Pennsylvania State Police report. Someone broke into Carol Cornell's Main Street garage and scratched her car and filled the keyholes of the garage padlocks with Crazy Glue before scaling the outside of her home and cutting the screens of two upstairs windows, police said. Police did not note if anything was stolen during the break-in.

chrisc@herald-mail.com Your shoes are untied. That homework was due yesterday. Your hard drive has been erased. April Fool! As holidays go, April Fools' Day is strictly second-string. No one gets a day off. No one sends flowers or cards. There are no flags to fly or decorations to put up or special foods to serve. No one even gives a speech. Many people simply gloss over the day as though it were any other. But not Joey Skaggs. For Skaggs, April Fools' Day is the premiere day to tweak the noses of politicians, big business, the news media and other institutions too sure of themselves.

Before the traditional deluge of silly string and beach balls marked the end of Greencastle-Antrim High School's graduation ceremony on Saturday, the members of the Class of 2011 reflected on their many accomplishments and the chance to start a new chapter in their lives. "To the Class of 2011 — after four years, 24 months, 102 weeks, 720 days, 17,280 hours, 1,036,800 minutes ... we have finally made it. Congratulations," valedictorian Sarah Vandelia Jansen said. Jansen urged the 221-member class to cherish each memory and learn from each mistake.

tammyb@herald-mail.com HALFWAY - Business was brisk at Valley Mall on Thursday, but many shoppers were after more than the usual fare. They were shopping for jobs. And more than 40 local businesses were shopping for workers. The occasion was the Spring Job Fair, sponsored by Hagerstown Community College, Maryland Job Service and The Herald-Mail. In addition to booths staffed by company representatives, the fair offered workshops on completing job applications, interview skills and preparing rsums.

HAGERSTOWN marlob@herald-mail.com As executive director of the Aarsand Family Foundation, Torben Aarsand says people often don't understand how foundations work. "We don't just give money away, we have to raise it, too," he said. An Oct. 23 concert at The Maryland Theatre featuring the music of David Phelps, a contemporary Christian artist, has been arranged to help the foundation fulfill its money-raising needs. "But even more, I want to introduce Phelps to this community," Aarsand said of the gospel artist.

Free mulch available at Washington Township park WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Free mulch is available for pickup at Pine Hill Regional Recreation Area on Mentzer Gap Road. Since the mulch has not been treated, the Washington (Pa.) Township Supervisors have warned that residents are taking the mulch at their own risk. Signs direct motorists to the mulch pile. The park is open during daylight hours. Also, the township will host free household paper shredding from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, behind the municipal offices on South Welty Road.