Keedysville News

Part of a tax on hotel and motel revenues in Washington County will be distributed to Hagerstown and the county's eight towns based on the population of those municipalities.

When the state offered free labor from prison inmates, the town of Williamsport accepted.

By JOSH SHAW Tracy Clark of Keedysville was one of a limited number of people who purchased an iPhone Friday at the AT&T store at The Centre at Hagerstown.

The Pentagon says it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole - and is asking for the death penalty.

Paul Line, of Antietam Tree and Landscape, works to clear the roof of the Jacob Hess house in Keedysville.

Emergency officials have set up an emergency operations center at the Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Co.

Glenda Norris' Banana Bar recipe is what would happen if coffee cake and banana bread had an affair.

Her young daughter attends two day cares after school each week, and without school bus transportation taking her daughter to different afternoon stops, Sabrina Lee isn't sure what she will do.

“I understand the safety aspect. But there are days when my children could ride home to my residence (instead of their mother's). That would be a concern of mine. I want it to be convenient for my children to ride the bus home.”

Justin M. Hartings has said the Washington County Board of Education is modeling a new busing change after 1940s families. via Herald-Mail

“Practices that parents have become accustomed to and the school system has allowed to happen (have) driven us into this place where we need to regain some ground in managing this situation.”

Changes to the Washington County Public Schools transportation policy that are being considered are not in response to miscommunication last year that led a kindergartner to be dropped off at the wrong bus ... via Herald-Mail

“We have our Christmas tree in the front door.”

Most people walking among 18th-century furniture in original surroundings are probably visiting a museum or on a house tour. via Baltimore Sun

“I'm absolutely thrilled. It will give us more space and them more space. It's a win-win”

Keedysville is getting a new town hall. The southern Washington County town has agreed to buy a former bank on South Main Street for $225,000 and will move its town hall there in the next month or so, Mayor ... via Herald-Mail

When Bobby Prigel took over his family's Glen Arm dairy farm some years back, he shooed the cows out of the barn, cut his milk production by about 30 percent and planted grass on the cornfields. via Baltimore Sun

“I was quite active before, and I expect to be the same soon”

Margaret Gonano, seated, one of the first patients to receive primary angioplasty in the cardiac catheterization lab at Washington County Hospital, is pictured with lab staff members, from left to right, Lynn ... via Herald-Mail

“That's the whole point of living history.”

A shackled George McDonald , a Confederate prisoner captured during the Battle of Antietam, hung his head in shame after being sentenced to death at Fort McHenry in Baltimore in 1864. via Baltimore Examiner

On Wednesday, April 9, Ryan Richard Folk, 30, of Grantsville pleaded guilty in Garrett County District Court to driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol per se. via Maryland Department of Natural Resources

“I do think the new policy is heading in the right direction”

A school bus transportation change being considered for Washington County Public Schools would require students to be picked up and dropped off each day from one consistent bus stop. via Herald-Mail

“We always look for opportunities to spread the gospel”

Brenden Slifer, president of the Hagerstown chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, Kingdom Heirs #459, talks about the motorcycle ministry and shows off his bike. via Herald-Mail

By KATE COLEMAN Kate Coleman Teacher and children's book author Peggy Parish published 12 books about Amelia Bedelia, a literal-minded but lovable housekeeper. via Herald-Mail

“Cooperative extension works with organizations to improve quality of life”

Mary Ellen Waltemire has worked for the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service since graduating from Shepherd College, more than 30 years ago. via Herald-Mail