Smithsburg News

The annual celebration known as Smithsburg Pride Days is more than just a way to express that emotion.

Quenesha Jackson will not be spending the summer lying by the pool or relaxing at home.

Although damage was limited to $700 in a fire late Thursday morning, the Johnson family was displaced from its 13828 Frazier Road home, according to Maryland fire marshals.

One of the chefs at Hagerstown's Al Pomodoro Italian restaurant plans to open his own restaurant near Smithsburg later this summer.

The Washington County Commissioners' decision last week to move forward with the Hagerstown Community College campus as the site for a senior center has drawn mixed reviews from the center's prospective users.

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Smithsburg senior Josh Conway is the 2009 Herald-Mail All-Washington County Player of the Year.

See what else Tim has to say When I was a boy, my dad told me that on Judgment Day, every thought that anyone had ever thunk would be played back for the entire world to hear, and that a lot of people "are going to be really embarrassed." I suppose this was to discourage me from having impure thoughts, but the net result was I went around trying ...

One of the best things about this year's Smithsburg High School graduates, teacher Thomas E. Kitchens said, is that few, if any, were 'too cool for school.' Everyone invested themselves in at least one class, activity or sport, Kitchens said during Friday's graduation ceremony at The Maryland Theatre.

A Smithsburg woman was arrested Monday at a doctor's office after an anonymous caller to the Tristate Neurology Center in Hagerstown alleged the woman was filling out blank prescription forms taken from the office.

Smithsburg Mayor Mildred 'Mickey' Myers is facing criticism from Town Council members over a project to build covered picnic tables in a town park, which council members allege Myers divided into two contracts to dodge a requirement to advertise for bids.

Smithsburg's mayor and town council held an emergency meeting Friday after two council members complained the town had been using an inmate work crew without formal approval from the council and without notifying town police.

Planning officials will put a focus on convenience as they update Washington County's 10-year plan for recycling and handling solid waste, county planner Bill Stachoviak said Thursday after hearing from residents at the last of four public hearings on the topic.

Sophmore Jordan Atha has had quite a run at Hagerstown Community College. She hopes her final run for the Hawks will be a fitting end.

Board of County Commissioners' Actions: Commissioners Discuss Stimulus Fund Distribution, Program Open Space, Agricultural Preservation Funds 5/17/2009 Board of County Commissioners' Actions Commissioners Discuss Stimulus Fund Distribution, Program Open Space, Agricultural Preservation Funds May 12, 2009 In its regular meeting on May 12th, 2009, ...

When Sonya Reel received her degree Saturday morning at Hagerstown Community College's 62nd commencement, it was a triumph some people couldn't have predicted.

The Cumberland Historic Preservation Commission approved an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for construction of a storage shed at Riverside Park and exterior changes at George Washington Headquarters.

Washington County's proposed water and sewer rate increases only amount to a few extra dollars a month, but for seniors and others on fixed incomes, even a small increase can be a burden, some area residents said.

Peg Sensenbaugh said she was a novice at both bowling and video games, but when she and her husband saw a booth at Valley Mall offering Wii bowling, they decided to give it a try.

A lawsuit involving Smithsburg Emergency Medical Services Inc., a former ambulance chief, a dispatcher at the time and two medics has been settled out of court, but no one is talking about it.