Mistakes in applying the town building code are haunting the Hagerstown Town Council, according to discussion during an Oct. 14 special meeting. About a dozen residents of the Graceland Heights subdivision attended an Aug. 5 council meeting to ask why they had been without power for several days after a storm. Town officials said they […]
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Nettle Creek collecting food for weekends
Nettle Creek schools are collecting food to send home with students on weekends. “We are going to ask the community to donate food items for weekend backpacks,” Superintendent Emily Schaeffer told the school board on Oct. 16. It’s intended to help children who are “food insecure,” meaning that they might not be getting three meals […]
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Lady Tigers win rubber match, advance to semifinal round
The Northeastern and Hagerstown volleyball teams opened play at the Hagerstown sectional on Thursday, Oct. 17, for the right to advance in the state tournament. Northeastern, the two-time defending sectional champion, and Hagerstown, the Tri-Eastern Conference champions, were meeting for the third time this season with each team holding a win over the other. The […]
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Knights defeat Tigers, clinch TEC title
When the Northeastern football team traveled to Hagerstown for the final game of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 18, the outright Tri-Eastern Conference title was on the line. A win would clinch the title for the Knights. A loss would have given Centerville a share of the title and end the Knights’ dream of […]
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5 Wayne County schools advance runners to regionals
Saturday, Oct. 19, was a good day for Wayne County athletes and teams participating in the Rushville cross country sectional. The top five teams and the top 15 individuals not on an advancing team qualified to participate in the Shelbyville regional on Saturday, Oct. 26. The Richmond boys and girls teams both advanced. The Seton […]
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Tigers’ comeback stuns Bulldogs
Recently crowned Wayne County champion Centerville could not win the Tri-Eastern Conference volleyball title when they hosted Hagerstown on Oct. 10, in their last conference match of the regular season, but they were in a position to help determine who the eventual champion was. A Hagerstown win would clinch the TEC title outright. A Centerville […]
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Bulldog girls and Tiger boys win league
The Centerville Lady Bulldogs and the Hagerstown Tiger boys won their respective races at the Tri-Eastern Conference meet hosted by Centerville on Saturday, Oct. 12. Jillian Chew, from Tri High, captured the girls race in a time of 20:50.60 slipping past second-place finisher Anna Nevels by less than a second, but the Lady Bulldogs captured […]
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Neighbors complain about property
Hagerstown finds itself without a building commissioner for the third time in a year as pressure builds for the town to take action on unsafe properties. Several residents asked the Town Council on Oct. 7 for action on a house and yard that has become an eyesore over the past year. The building commissioner’s resignation […]
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Candidate Q&A: Nettle Creek School Board
The Western Wayne News asked candidates in contested school board races for the Nov. 5 general election the same 10 questions. Candidates were given a month’s time to respond with a firm deadline. We share their answers, unedited from their original form. Nettle Creek (Hagerstown) School Board of Trustees District A candidates Question 1: List […]
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Hagerstown loses TEC game 28-21 to Winchester
When the Winchester Golden Falcons came to Mark Childs Field on Friday, Oct. 4, it renewed a decades-old rivalry between the schools and reunited the two longest-serving head coaches in the Tri-Eastern Conference. The two programs have combined to win 39 conference titles in the TEC over the years. Scott Snodgrass, in his 14th year […]