Waynesboro High School

For more than 30 years, Robert Stum paced the sidelines at Waynesboro High School and left an indelible imprint on the community as he pioneered the school's first boys soccer team in the 1960s and paved the way for the formation of its first girls soccer team in the late 1990s. Now, the torch has been passed on to his son. Brian Stum was named Waynesboro's new boys soccer coach on Feb. 13. Stum, who replaces Doug Beckner, will be just the Indians' fourth head coach, as they prepare for their 50th season.

Obituaries for 8/20 Hazel G. Heldibridle WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Hazel Geneva Peck Heldibridle, 75, of 424 W. Main St., Apartment A, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2000, at Waynesboro Hospital. Born July 15, 1925, in Quincy, Pa., she was the daughter of the late William A. and Elsie Thomas Peck. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Albert Heldibridle, in 1979. They were married March 7, 1958. She attended Pigeon Hill School. She worked as a packer at Fresh Express in Greencastle, Pa. Earlier, she was employed by Western Maryland Railroad and Penn State Mont Alto Campus with Green Thumb.

Memorial Day isn't about picnics and ball games, Waynesboro's Mayor Richard Starliper said Monday. “For decades, Memorial Day was a day in our nation when stores closed communities gathered together for a day of parades and other celebrations with a patriotic theme,” he said to hundreds gathered for the town's annual Memorial Day service at Memorial Park. “Your presence at this event is remembering the true meaning of Memorial Day. “You understand that on Memorial Day we honor the ideals and values those soldiers stood for and died defending,” Starliper said.

Obitauries for 1/30 Irene C. Grove WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Irene C. Grove, 71, of 30 N. Church St., died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at Waynesboro Hospital. Born March 27, 1930, in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Ira C. Grove Sr. and Sarah Blanche Decker Grove. She was a 1948 graduate of Waynesboro High School. She was a shipping clerk at Frick Co. in Waynesboro, retiring in 1992. She was a member of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waynesboro.

WAYNESBORO, PA. The construction project at Waynesboro Area Senior High School has ripped up blacktop, uprooted trees and displaced a flagpole, leaving dirt and rocks spread across the school campus. Within two months, the public will see the steel and concrete shell of a 108,000-square-foot addition to the front of the school. Covered in brick, the new wing will be home to a three-court gymnasium and auditorium with mezzanine level. In a nod to projected growth, both have been designed to accommodate 1,600 students at a time.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Forty-two tables soon will be delivered for the new cafeteria being built at Waynesboro Area Senior High School, meaning students will be using it at the start of the new year. Interior work continues on the $46 million renovation and expansion of the 48-year-old school, which last was renovated in 1989. The project officially kicked off with a groundbreaking in January 2007 and is expected to continue through late fall or early winter of 2009. In the new auditorium, audio control panels were hung, carpet was put in place and some of the 1,600 seats have been installed.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Activity began earlier than usual last Wednesday at Waynesboro Area Senior High School. The first concrete truck came down the street at 2 a.m. and was followed by a series of more at 45-minute intervals. Twelve hours later, crews were troweling the concrete that formed the base of the floor for the school's new, three-court gymnasium. Its roof should be completed in two to three weeks. "It's going to be a real source of community pride," said Caroline Dean, the Waynesboro Area School District's business administrator.

Local police confirmed Wednesday that they are investigating allegations of a school-day sexual assault that occurred in February at Waynesboro Area Senior High School. A Waynesboro woman concerned about hall monitoring and policies for how students' misbehavior is reported addressed the Waynesboro Area School Board this week, saying her daughter was involved in the alleged assault. She questioned why students are able to wander the halls during advisory periods, why the halls are not better monitored, and why surveillance cameras' footage is not regularly reviewed.