Weis Markets

Weis Markets is partnering with local shelters and rescue agencies through May 26 for its third annual Paws for Pets food supply and donation drive.  The Weis Market on Eastern Boulevard at the corner of Dual Highway and Eastern Boulevard is collecting donations for the Humane Society of Washington County.  Bracelets will be sold at the registers for $1, with all proceeds benefitting the animal shelter.  Weis employees will sell...

Maryland Food Bank officials accepted a $25,000 donation from Weis Markets during a Sept. 6 during a ceremony at the Maryland Food Bank - Western Branch. The donation, which will be converted into Weis Markets gift cards, will be used to purchase nonperishable foods like canned vegetables, canned fruit, tuna fish and peanut butter. Food will be distributed by the Maryland Food Bank to soup kitchens, pantries and shelters in communities where Weis Markets operates. The donation comes as the company kicks off its fifth annual Fight Hunger Food Drive.

BOONSBORO -- Three Boonsboro residents who live along North Main Street have experienced raw sewage backing up into their homes, and town officials said an engineer's report traced a March 7 backup in two of the houses to a nearby Weis Markets store. Kevin Chambers, chairman of the Boonsboro Municipal Utilities Commission, said Tuesday that one of the residents experienced sewage backups four times, another resident experienced backups twice and a third resident experienced at least one backup.

marlob@herald-mail.com BOONSBORO - After 25 years with Weis Markets, Dave Johnson has come home ... well, almost. As the manager of the Boonsboro Weis Market superstore that is to open today, Johnson is excited to be at the helm of the 158th store in the chain. And he is happy to be working close to home. "I'm from Wolfsville, and in my years with Weis, I have been as far away as Montgomery County," Johnson said. Interest in the Boonsboro store was so high that some neighbors actually brought lawn chairs into the parking lot to watch the construction, which began in April, Johnson said.

HAGERSTOWN Weis Markets is donating $28,520 in gift cards to the Maryland Food Bank to help feed the state's hungry during the holiday season. Officials say they hope thousands of dollars in cards will come to a Hagerstown-based organization that distributes food to numerous local pantries. During September, Weis Markets, which has several stores in Washington County, launched a food drive to fight hunger and customers donated 50,000 pounds of food, said Weis Markets spokesman Dennis Curtin.

No, gas has not risen to $8.88 per gallon - yet. Herald-Mail reader Larry Black took this photo of the new Weis Markets gas station's gas prices sign before it was set to the correct price per gallon. The new Weis is at Stonehouse Square along Leitersburg Pike in Hagerstown.

Weis superstore opening Friday By LISA GRAYBEAL Staff Writer, Chambersburg CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Shiny new shopping carts line the front, most of the food is neatly stocked on the shelves, and the 200 new employees are getting final instructions. Deliveries of milk, meat and other perishable food will come in Thursday and the tiled floor will be polished with a fresh coat of wax in preparation for the new Weis Markets superstore grand opening on Friday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m., after which the 53,000-square-foot Wayne Avenue store will open to its first customers.

B&D Consulting Inc. Technical Innovation Center client B&D Consulting Inc. recently received the 8(a) STARS II contract award from the federal government. The $10 billion multiple award is engineered to provide cutting-edge technology solutions from award-winning small businesses to federal agencies. It is designed to promote small-business utilization when purchasing information-technology services or IT service-based solutions for the federal government. The contract offers simple to complex IT service solutions such as help desk support, information assurance, cybersecurity, virtualization, IPV6 and Web 2.0. B&D Consulting Inc. was awarded all functional areas, including custom computer programming, computer systems design, computer facilities management and other computer-related services The Technical Innovation Center is Washington County's full-service technology business incubator at Hagerstown Community College.

City Briefs 10/5 Council majority favors annexation A majority of Hagerstown City Council members favor annexing the site of the new YMCA building along Eastern Boulevard. Council members Alfred W. Boyer, William M. Breichner and Susan Saum-Wicklein said Tuesday they favor the annexation of the approximately 28 acres. Boyer said it's a good idea to extend the city's boundaries to make more land available for future annexations. City Economic Development Coordinator Debbie Everhart said the costs of providing police and fire service to the area will be minimal.

Weis Markets wants to build a 65,000-square-foot store at Dual Highway and Eastern Boulevard, an engineer told the Hagerstown Planning Commission Wednesday. The Moore's Lumber and Building Supplies building would be torn down to make way for the store, said engineer Steve Zortich of Frederick Seibert & Associates Inc. It would be about the same size as the Martin's Food Market at 1729 Dual Highway, he said. The store would need entrances on both Dual Highway and Eastern Boulevard, Zoretich said.

Maryland Food Bank officials accepted a $25,000 donation from Weis Markets during a Sept. 6 during a ceremony at the Maryland Food Bank - Western Branch. The donation, which will be converted into Weis Markets gift cards, will be used to purchase nonperishable foods like canned vegetables, canned fruit, tuna fish and peanut butter. Food will be distributed by the Maryland Food Bank to soup kitchens, pantries and shelters in communities where Weis Markets operates. The donation comes as the company kicks off its fifth annual Fight Hunger Food Drive.

Weis Markets is partnering with local shelters and rescue agencies through May 26 for its third annual Paws for Pets food supply and donation drive.  The Weis Market on Eastern Boulevard at the corner of Dual Highway and Eastern Boulevard is collecting donations for the Humane Society of Washington County.  Bracelets will be sold at the registers for $1, with all proceeds benefitting the animal shelter.  Weis employees will sell...

William Oscar Bock, 83, of Hagerstown, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born June 6, 1928, in Ashtabula, Ohio, he was the son of the late William and Sadie (Riley) Bock. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. William retired as a truck driver with General Electric in Maugansville. He went on to work part time in the produce department at Weis Markets. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Kathleen Frances (Morris) Bock; a son, Richard Bock and wife, Patricia, of Seven Valleys, Pa.; two sisters, Shirley Amato and husband, Joe, of Chestertown, Md., and Donna Cogan and husband, Ken, of Atlanta, Ga.; four grandchildren, Richard and Bridgette McKee, and Justin and Ashley Bock; three great-grandchildren, Shane Bock, Corbin McKee and Micalina Bock; and several nieces and nephews.

B&D Consulting Inc. Technical Innovation Center client B&D Consulting Inc. recently received the 8(a) STARS II contract award from the federal government. The $10 billion multiple award is engineered to provide cutting-edge technology solutions from award-winning small businesses to federal agencies. It is designed to promote small-business utilization when purchasing information-technology services or IT service-based solutions for the federal government. The contract offers simple to complex IT service solutions such as help desk support, information assurance, cybersecurity, virtualization, IPV6 and Web 2.0. B&D Consulting Inc. was awarded all functional areas, including custom computer programming, computer systems design, computer facilities management and other computer-related services The Technical Innovation Center is Washington County's full-service technology business incubator at Hagerstown Community College.

BOONSBORO -- Three Boonsboro residents who live along North Main Street have experienced raw sewage backing up into their homes, and town officials said an engineer's report traced a March 7 backup in two of the houses to a nearby Weis Markets store. Kevin Chambers, chairman of the Boonsboro Municipal Utilities Commission, said Tuesday that one of the residents experienced sewage backups four times, another resident experienced backups twice and a third resident experienced at least one backup.

HAGERSTOWN Weis Markets is donating $28,520 in gift cards to the Maryland Food Bank to help feed the state's hungry during the holiday season. Officials say they hope thousands of dollars in cards will come to a Hagerstown-based organization that distributes food to numerous local pantries. During September, Weis Markets, which has several stores in Washington County, launched a food drive to fight hunger and customers donated 50,000 pounds of food, said Weis Markets spokesman Dennis Curtin.

Weis Markets held a grand opening Thursday for its new store in Stone House Square on Leitersburg Pike. The 61,000-square-foot superstore is the third Weis Market in Washington County, with another store on Eastern Boulevard in Hagerstown and a store in Boonsboro. The new store has perishable departments, a sit-down caf area, an eight-pump gas station and a pharmacy. "We're indeed very excited about the grand opening," said Tom Moser, district manager of Region West for Weis Markets.

No, gas has not risen to $8.88 per gallon - yet. Herald-Mail reader Larry Black took this photo of the new Weis Markets gas station's gas prices sign before it was set to the correct price per gallon. The new Weis is at Stonehouse Square along Leitersburg Pike in Hagerstown.

Weis Markets held a grand opening Thursday for its new store in Stone House Square on Leitersburg Pike. The 61,000-square-foot superstore is the third Weis Market in Washington County, with another store on Eastern Boulevard in Hagerstown and a store in Boonsboro. The new store has perishable departments, a sit-down café area, an eight-pump gas station and a pharmacy. "We're indeed very excited about the grand opening," said Tom Moser, district manager of Region West for Weis Markets.

RANSON, W.VA. - The holidays aren't the only thing being celebrated in Ranson. Mayor David Hamill is getting part of the action, too. Hamill marked 20 years as mayor earlier in the year and city officials decided it was time to celebrate the milestone. In the middle of Ranson's regular city council meeting Tuesday night, Council member Duke Pierson presented Hamill with a plaque honoring his tenure. "This plaque is very meek compared to what he deserves," Pierson said.