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BOONSBORO — There's still time to get in on Boonsboro's yearlong 225th birthday party as September anniversary events include an original play and a race around a 2.25-mile stretch of town.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office responded to a motorcycle accident Monday night on Showalter Road near Interstate 81, according to a 911 dispatcher.

During the past eight years, the Western Maryland Blues Fest in downtown Hagerstown has lost nearly $500,000.

BIG POOL — Seasonal Ranger Katie Mitchell was giving a talk about mammals Monday at Fort Frederick State Park, but it was the monarch caterpillars that stole the show.

The unofficial last day of summer brought what is sometimes called "chamber of commerce weather," warm temperatures and a few cottony clouds drifting almost imperceptibly across the blue sky above Hagerstown City Park on Labor Day.

SMITHSBURG — When students return to school Tuesday, Ally Bowers will welcome nearly two dozen first-graders to her classroom for the first time.

The return of big yellow buses comes with the start of school each year, with thousands of students in Washington County relying on buses to get to and from school every day.

A Hagerstown teenager was taken to Meritus Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening on Monday afternoon after crashing during a police chase involving a stolen pickup, Hagerstown Police said.

The Rev. Harold Lee and Mrs. Nancy Lee Ebersole, ages 88 and 81, of Boonsboro, Md., passed away peacefully within two days of each other, inseparable after 63 years of marriage. Harold was born on Sept. 8, 1928, in Sharpsburg.…

The Rev. Harold Lee and Mrs. Nancy Lee Ebersole, ages 88 and 81, of Boonsboro, Md., passed away peacefully within two days of each other, inseparable after 63 years of marriage. Harold was born on Sept. 8, 1928, in Sharpsburg.…