When the Texas Rangers selected University of Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford with the fourth pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft Sunday evening, knowledgeable baseball fans around the country were not surprised. Langford, while a high school player at Trenton High School in Florida (a school with an enrollment of approximately 600 students) helped […]
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Board OKs new attendance policy
The Nettle Creek school board approved a new attendance policy for Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School in a special meeting on June 28. The policy removes a requirement that some board members had objected to when Principal Josh Hallatt presented a revised student attendance policy on June 14. It would have required students to present a […]
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Nettle Creek preschool growing
A class for 3-year-old children is being added to the Nettle Creek Discovery Preschool and Daycare. Enrollment started recently for up to 15 children, and 11 had been signed up as of last Thursday. Discovery Preschool and Daycare is a program of the Nettle Creek School Corporation. Until now, it has been open only to […]
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BZA delays livestock auction decision
Some Wayne County farmers told the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals that a proposed livestock auction is badly needed in the county. Opponents don’t discount that need, thinking it is a worthy project, they just don’t like the proposed location: the property directly west of The Barn at Helm flower farm and event site on […]
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Town making plans to honor 5
Five local luminaries who made lasting contributions to life in Hagerstown will be remembered with signs. Town manager Chris LaMar told the Town Council June 5 that they hope to have the signs up by Jubilee Days in mid-August. The five, all deceased within the last 50 years, are Ralph Teetor, an inventor and the […]
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Respected math teacher departs Room 212
When a young teacher took time to explain the lyrics of a song to a student, it created a lasting memory. Julie Drake is that math teacher. She has held forth from the same classroom at Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School for 42 years. Now, upon retiring, she is departing Room 212. Those who know Dan […]
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Tigers avenge regular season loss, advance to regional round
For five innings, the Hagerstown Tigers were scoreless and held to a single hit by the Shenandoah Raiders, the third ranked team in the state, in the sectional championship game played at Northeastern High School on Memorial Day. The Raiders defeated the Tigers 10-4 in April, and with flame thrower and Louisville commit Collin Osenbaugh […]
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Nettle Creek names employees of the year
Honoring and thanking school staff became the Nettle Creek school board’s focus on May 10. Superintendent Emily Schaeffer presented certificates to staff members recognized by vote of fellow staff members. Each, she said, represented examples of Nettle Creek School Corporation by maintaining high levels of performance in their daily work. She read from comments submitted […]
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Bulldogs, Tigers capture TEC track titles
On a near perfect weather evening, the Tri-Eastern Conference track and field championships were held Thursday, May 11 at the Union City High School track. The Centerville girls rose to the occasion, fighting off a strong challenge from Winchester Community, to capture the title. In the boys meet, Hagerstown won the 4×800-meter relay to open […]
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HPD seeks funding for new K-9
Medical issues affecting Hagerstown’s K-9 officer are making it necessary to replace him sooner than expected. Hagerstown Police Department is looking for donations. The current K-9, Kolt, will have been in service about three years in September, Police Chief Keith Folkner said. The working life of a police dog is generally eight to 10 years, […]