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Detente to play at Pen Mar Park Detente will perform from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday as part of the Jim and Fay Powers Music Series at Pen Mar Park, 14600 Pen Mar-High Rock Road in Cascade. Free, but donations…

The North Hagerstown High School Hub Band would like to thank the community for its support during Saturday’s Tag Day fundraiser.

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will present two free lectures in October. Both are open to the public. On Sunday, Oct. 8, Eric Denker will speak on “Vermeer and His Contemporaries.”

Sunday, September 17, 2017

“Bruno” has made its way back to the Long Meadow Volunteer Fire Co. in Hagerstown. No, it’s not a fire-station dog. While firefighters are still trying to track down the origins of it, the affectionate “pet name” was given to…

BOONSBORO — Across Washington County on Sunday, groups were coming together to celebrate the area's rich Civil War history.

SHARPSBURG — As people celebrated the 150th anniversary of the dedication of Antietam National Cemetery on Sunday, they learned about a rather obscure individual who had a part in the historical landmark.

Mabel V. Rohm, 94, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Bedford Chapel Church, Warfordsburg. The funeral service wil|w

Olive L. Dillon, 74, of Greencastle, Pa., died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesboro, Pa. The funeral service will be…

August home sales in Washington County were up by nearly 12 percent from August 2016, the third month in a row for double-digit increases, according to monthly statistics released by Maryland Realtors.