At around 2:30 p.m. yesterday, a lone gunman entered Columbia Machine, a manufacturing facility in Smithsburg, Maryland and shot four people, killing three. After fleeing the scene, a member of the Maryland State Police confronted the suspect. He then shot the trooper, wounding his shoulder. The trooper returned fire, injuring the suspect. Members of the …
If you live in the Hagerstown area of Maryland and need plumbing, heating, or air conditioning services, I highly recommend you avoid Larry & Sons. We paid Larry & Sons $1,839.00 to remove our existing water heater and replace it with a new one. Our existing water heater was bad. It was leaking water. The …
Republican state lawmakers are proposing the idea of Western Maryland leaving the state of Maryland and becoming part of West Virginia. From Pamela Wood and Bryn Stole of the Baltimore Sun: The secessionist cadre — a group of five state legislators from Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties — sent a pair of letters to top …
These billboards started appearing around Hagerstown, Spread Love Not Syphilis! I wasn’t aware there was a problem in Washington County with pregnant women having syphilis. Then again, I would have no reason to know about it if it was a problem. YouTube personality Tim Pool now lives here in Washington County. Maybe the phenomenon of …
The Washington County Health Department closed the Hagerstown Speedway. The reason? For non-compliance with Governor Larry Hogan’s Executive Order relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hagerstown Raceway has been non-compliant for months now. They’ve been holding races open to the general public in defiance of the law. People haven’t practiced social distancing. People have not worn …
My high-speed internet provider Antietam Broadband announced it is permanently removing data usage caps. From Ars Technica: The coronavirus pandemic caused big ISPs to put data caps on hold for a few months, but one small ISP is going a big step further and canceling the arbitrary monthly limits permanently. Antietam Broadband, which serves Washington County in …
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced yesterday that he is lifting his stay-at-home order. The state of Maryland will start Phase 1 of recovery Friday, March 15, at 5 PM. Nothing’s changed to make such a move warranted. The number of people infected and sick from COVID-19 grows larger each and every day. I cannot imagine …
I was reading The Herald-Mail newspaper Monday when I read a piece about how the Hagerstown Police Department is obtaining 33 AR-15 “patrol” rifles from the Washington County Sherrif Department. They were purchased by the Washington County Narcotics Task Force. In other news, Washington County evidently has its own narcotics task force. In a former …
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Rocky Ridge Collectibles is a flea market located on the Maryland side of the Masson-Dixon Line. They announced on Facebook yesterday that they are reopening today. The act is in defiance of the stay-at-home shutdown order directed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan on March 23. This was because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of …
A police officer in the Hagerstown Police Department was caught selling police property on eBay. Things like body armor, spike strips, and police scanners, just to name a few. Evidently it had been going on for five years without anyone realizing items were going missing. From the official Facebook page for the Hagerstown Police Department: …