At least one group of Hagerstown High School alumni has swung with the Jubilee Days date change and will be present on Saturday. HHS classes often hold reunions during Jubilee Days, which had been scheduled on the third weekend of August for decades. This year, new organizers moved the date forward to Aug. 2-3 so […]
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Bob Hansen is a reporter for the Western Wayne News.
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Economy’s old gym gets a face-lift
A wall in Economy is proof that spray paint in the right hands can create more than unsolicited decorations on rail cars and highway overpasses. “To a lot of people, spray paint is graffiti,” Carl Leck said, as he aimed brownish-red paint at his design on the east wall of the Economy Gym. “Spray paint […]
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Williamsburg grows its community celebration
As some community festivals find it harder to keep going, Williamsburg Community Days is growing, slow and steady. This year’s two-day celebration stayed busy all of Friday and started out that way Saturday. Four or five men watched from a picnic table under a tent as a crowd came and left the Williamsburg Lions Club’s […]
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Driver, friend live their racing dreams
Presley Sorah isn’t the only Cambridge City lad who is living the dream on a national racing circuit. Among the crew helping him is a lifetime friend, Gavin Newton. “Presley and I have been two peas in a pod since fourth grade,” Newton said on July 18 as he readied Sorah’s No. 12 Camry for […]
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Jubilee Days will be mix of tradition, new
Jubilee Days – Hagerstown’s annual end-of-summer festival – will return this year with familiar activities and with many changes. Organizers who volunteered to run the festival have issued a schedule and announced plans to move nearly all activities to the north side of town on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2 and 3. “We had eight […]
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Town building commissioner returns
Code enforcement has been added to the Hagerstown building commissioner’s duties, and the man who held the job briefly at the start of 2024 has returned to that position. Terry Ford became building commissioner on Jan. 1 and resigned in March. He has returned to the position. He had gone to work in a similar […]
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State law forces schools to ban cell phones
When Indiana became the second state to ban wireless device use in school classrooms earlier this month, it produced some national headlines. But in at least three eastern Indiana school districts, it’s been pretty much business as usual. A new law written by state senators Jeff Raatz of Richmond and Stacy Donato of Logansport requires […]
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Northeastern plans to issue bond
A bond issue that will pay for masonry repair, upgrades to the heating and ventilation system, and other improvements at the Northeastern Wayne School campus is expected to have little effect on property tax rates. The school board is planning to approve it on May 29. Some bricks on the Northeastern Middle/High School building are […]
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Archers looking ahead to Nationals
When Coach Brian Richmond stepped to the firing line next to him at archery practice, Ayden Alcorn admitted to some nervousness. Richmond shot a better round. But in a preview of what’s coming next week, Alcorn said he takes every shot in stride. “Don’t look back at the last arrow,” said Alcorn, “look forward to […]
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Western Wayne finalizing bond issue
A $12.2 million bond issue, designed to pay for building improvements and deferred maintenance without raising local property taxes, is scheduled to be finalized at the next Western Wayne Schools board meeting. The largest expense category is the projected $1.2 million to $1.5 million for reroofing both Lincoln Middle/High School and Western Wayne Elementary School. […]