NEWS
By MATTHEW UMSTEAD | matthew.umstead@herald-mail.com | November 7, 2012
A Berkeley County man is accused of bartering prescription medication for secretarial services, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. George H. Van Wagner, 59, of 56 Majestic Court, Martinsburg, was arraigned Tuesday by Magistrate Joan V. Bragg on one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance, according to court documents. Van Wagner was being held in Eastern Regional Jail Wednesday night on a $100,000 bond, according to court and jail records. He is accused of providing three valium tablets to a confidential informant Tuesday in exchange for yet to be provided secretarial services, according to a complaint filed in magistrate court by West Virginia State Police Cpl. J.M. Walker.
NEWS
By DAN DEARTH | dan.dearth@herald-mail.com | September 10, 2012
Michelle Ross said she took her three young children to see a piece of history at City Park on Monday. Although Ross' twin daughters, Alivia and Lauren, are only 3, and her son, George, is just a toddler, she said she wanted them to see the Sept. 11 memorial to teach them early on about the importance of that fateful day. “Girls, do you see this?” Ross asked her daughters. “This came all the way from New York.” “It's perfect,” Alivia said. The large girder that once was part of the World Trade Center in New York City is now a mangled piece of steel.
SPORTS
April 27, 2012
The Washington Redskins have selected guard Josh LeRibeus of SMU in the third round of the NFL draft. LeRibeus was chosen with the No. 71 overall pick Friday. The Redskins originally held the 69th selection, but they moved down two spots and picked up a seventh-round choice in a trade with the Buffalo Bills. LeRibeus is the second player taken by the Redskins in the draft. They chose quarterback Robert Griffin III in the first round on Thursday. Washington didn't have a selection in the second round, having traded that pick to the St. Louis Rams in the deal that allowed them to move into position to take Griffin.
NEWS
By ANDREW SCHOTZ | andrews@herald-mail.com | February 9, 2012
Washington County's lobbying coalition talked with top state lawmakers in Annapolis on Thursday, then hosted a reception and trade show for the first time. It was the coalition's annual chance to get face time with key decision-makers and spread the word about important local projects and priorities. In the morning and afternoon, the group met with the Senate president, the House speaker and other lawmakers in leadership positions. Brien J. Poffenberger, who coordinates the coalition's activities, said the group shared its 2012 legislative agenda, which includes a road and bridge project near Eastern Boulevard and Robinwood Drive, and a possible multiuse stadium for sports and entertainment.
NEWS
By ROXANN MILLER | roxann.miller@herald-mail.com | December 15, 2011
As shoppers left the Butcher Shoppe on Stouffer Avenue Thursday, many stopped by the portable display containing steel beams, huge bolts and rubble from the World Trade Center. Eventually, a permanent memorial containing the trade center artifacts will be erected next to Letterkenny Chapel at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. The Letterkenny Chapel 9/11 Franklin County Memorial Committee is spearheading the effort. "It was a very sad day," Cheryl Alleman of Fayetteville, Pa., said of the Sept.
NEWS
By JENNIFER FITCH | waynesboro@herald-mail.com | September 22, 2011
A piece of the World Trade Center rubble left after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, made its way to the Waynesboro area this week in a journey two men say changed them forever. "We had no idea what we were getting into when we went up there (to New York City), just thinking we were going to get an I-beam," Gary Shatzer said. "We brought history to the township," Geoff Rickett said. Shatzer and Rickett are Washington Township, Pa., municipal employees who volunteered to pick up the steel Wednesday.
NEWS
By DAVE McMILLION | davem@herald-mail.com | September 13, 2011
A cover was pulled off the brown, fire-scarred steel I beam and, for a few moments, there was silence as cameras clicked to capture the image. Then an applause erupted and more camera flashes went off as daylight started to give way to darkness. Hagerstown now has a piece of New York City's World Trade Center, which was reduced to ruin in the terrorist attacks 10 years ago. The section of beam, about 5 feet tall and bolted to the ground, was unveiled Tuesday night in a Remembrance In the Park ceremony in City Park in Hagerstown.
NEWS
September 1, 2011
A piece of the World Trade Center twin towers will be memorialized in Hagerstown this month as a permanent reminder of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The city, together with the Washington County Citizen Corps, local elected officials, law enforcement, fire and rescue services, and members of the military, will hold Remembrance in the Park, a ceremony at Hagerstown City Park on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. to pay tribute to our fallen heroes, according to a city news release.
NEWS
By MATTHEW UMSTEAD | matthew.umstead@herald-mail.com | June 29, 2011
West Virginia acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Wednesday that he has spoken with Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley about illegal drug activity crossing state lines and suggested the two governors could work more closely to tackle Baltimore’s heroin trade. “Perhaps it’s something that we could work on together ... even though he’s the governor, not the mayor (of Baltimore), still I think those discussions probably need to happen ... and hopefully can influence some change over there, which could possibly help us here,” Tomblin said in a roundtable discussion with local law-enforcement and community leaders at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.