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Two killed, two injured after truck strikes tree

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Two men were killed and two others were injured Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near Frederick.A Ford F-350 pickup truck carrying the men crashed into a tree along the interstate at about…

 

Medical-marijuana plants start to grow in Md.

By The Associated PressBALTIMORE — The first legal crop of marijuana has started to grow in Maryland, and industry officials said products should be available in medical-marijuana dispensaries by 2018.At least two licensed cultivators have marijuana|

 

'Out of the Ashes Benefit Concert' held for fire victims

The Hagerstown community continued to show the victims of the Woodbridge Apartments fire that they do not have to bear the tragedy alone with a benefit concert Sunday at the Hagerstown Seventh-day Adventist Church along Robinwood Drive.

 

Street hockey rolls along at Fairgrounds Park

The chatter was frequent, but not as fast as the action Sunday as a group of Tri-State area residents kept up their weekly tradition of street hockey at Hagerstown's Fairgrounds Park.

 

Road closures for the week of Sept. 4

The Maryland State Highway Administration is expecting road improvements to cause overnight lane closures along Interstates 70 and 81 this week.

 

Dennis Clarence Nails, 75

Dennis Clarence Nails, 75, of Martinsburg, W.Va., passed away Sept. 1, 2017, at THE Hospice of the Panhandle inpatient unit. Dennis was born July 26, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Clarence and Eleanora Nails. He loved to be outdoors, where…

 

Ground for Hancock library being broken this month

Construction is to start soon on the new public library in Hancock. The Washington County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet in Hancock on Sept. 26 and is expected to attend a groundbreaking that day.

 

Hagerstown police respond to incidents

The Hagerstown Police Department responded to the following incidents: Saturday • 3:01 p.m., injured/sick person at High and George streets • 3:29 p.m., disorderly conduct in the 100 block of North Burhans Boulevard • 4:36 p.m., drug violations in th|

 

100 years and 'still kicking ... just not as high'

Life has been good for Charles Robert "Bob" Dean Sr. He shared 74 of his 100 years with his beloved wife, Vivian, who he met in 1936 playing croquet. He said he's still kicking, "just not as high."

 

Holcim proposing solar array field south of Antietam Creek

Holcim US Inc. is proposing to have a 10-megawatt solar energy-generating system built near its cement plant east of Hagerstown.

 

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