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A Back 2 School Bash will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at Valley Mall, 17301 Valley Mall Road in Halfway.

When Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced Monday that she plans to remove monuments tied to slavery from the city, she said her staff has "identified cemeteries where Confederate soldiers have been buried" as potential locations for them.

Patsy June Kerns, 80, of Hancock, Md., went to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, at the home of her sister, following a brief illness.Born March 15, 1937, in Mifflinburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the…

Shirley Ann Swaim, 80, of Frederick, Md., died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Frederick. The family will receive friends Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. The service…

Mary Jane Keefer, 80, of Big Pool, Md., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at her home.Born Jan. 3, 1937, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of Samuel Weller and Mary Viola Weller, who preceded her in death.Mary was…

Charles Alford Guesford Jr., 87, of Martinsburg, W.Va., passed away on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born March 19, 1930, in Marlowe, W.Va., he was the son of the late Charles Alford Guesford Sr. and Mabel Elizabeth Whorton…

James Philip Schneider Jr., 87, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1929, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late James Philip Schneider Sr. and the late…

Ned Ellis Amsley, 85, of Williamsport, Md., passed away on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, Md.Born Feb. 23, 1932, in Williamsport, Md., he was the son of Harvey Allen and Charlotte Elizabeth Guessford Amsley, who…

Ruth Annadeane Stone, 77, departed this life Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Born June 13, 1940, in Funkstown, Md., she was the daughter of James Edward Powell and Gertrude Rachael Kelly Powell,…

Edward W. Mull, 74, of Chambersburg passed away on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, at Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Nov. 21, 1942, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Paul and June (Friese) Faust. He was a 1961 graduate of…