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Lakes resigns as Lincoln principal

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Lincoln Middle/High School has a new interim principal after its longtime leader abruptly resigned effective Thursday, Oct. 9. No mention of Principal Renée Lakes’ departure was made at a school board meeting the night before. Western Wayne Schools’ new superintendent, Kelly Plank, confirmed Lakes’ resignation to WWN on Friday afternoon, Oct. 10. Plank shared the […]

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Lady Tigers win 5-set thriller over Lady Knights

by Dan Harney

The Hagerstown volleyball team traveled to Fountain City on Thursday, Oct. 2, for a Tri-Eastern Conference match with the Northeastern Lady Knights. The atmosphere at match time was electric and further charged by the fact that it was senior night for Northeastern. The two rivals battled toe-to-toe through five sets, and neither team blinked. The […]

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Tigers defeat Eagles 76-12 on Homecoming

by Dan Harney

The Hagerstown Tigers, playing before a large Homecoming crowd on Friday, Sept. 19, welcomed neighboring Lincoln to town for a Tri-Eastern Conference game. The Tigers, usually a pass-first team, changed up their attack, only attempting six passes for the game. The Tiger game plan was to run the ball.  The Tigers were very effective; 90 […]

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Students collect 6,000+ food items before Canal Days 

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Western Wayne Elementary School students gathered more than 6,000 food items during this year’s Canal Days junior king and queen contest.  Contestants delivered nonperishable food items to their school to be counted. The male and female students who brought in the most items, Connor Munchel and Ellarose Wyles, were named the winners. Combined, Connor and Rosie […]

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WWS updating family communication system

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Western Wayne Schools families soon will have a better way to learn about important updates. Superintendent Kelly Plank told those attending the school board’s Wednesday, Sept. 10, meeting that WWS will begin offering email, app, voice or text alert options for family communication through the ParentSquare service and software. It allows sending messages to specific […]

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Eagles fall to Shenandoah in 5 sets

by Dan Harney

The Lincoln Lady Golden Eagles entertained the Shenandoah Lady Raiders on Thursday, Sept. 4, in a nonconference volleyball match. A back-and-forth, high-pressure five-set match ensued before the visiting Raiders claimed a hard-fought 3-2 victory.  The Raiders opened the match with a strong hitting game for a first set 25-10 win, but the Lady Eagles were […]

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Union Co. extends Lincoln skid

by Dan Harney

When Union County traveled to Cambridge City on Friday, Aug. 29, to face Lincoln in a Tri-Eastern Conference football game, it was a meeting of two teams desperately looking for a win. Entering the game, the visiting Patriots had lost 23 consecutive games and the hometown Eagles were on a nine-game losing streak.   Freshman Dylan […]

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Faulty faucet at forefront of food findings

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Inspectors reported one item found out of compliance during recent routine inspections of local food establishments.  The classification of being in or out of compliance replaces previous health department terminology of critical and noncritical violations. Compliance is based on the number of risk factor or intervention violations, and whether there are repeated issues. Establishments are […]

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Centerville, Hagerstown teams join field

by Dan Harney

Southwestern (Shelby) played host to their annual small school invite, hosting 26 complete teams competing for the boys title and 16 complete teams competing for the girls title. Oak Hill captured the boys title while Southwestern (Hanover) won the girls event.  The individual winner in the boys race was Gabriel Riehle from Milan High School […]