I was scrolling through a Pokémon collectors group on Facebook yesterday. It’s a private group dedicated to Pokémon collectors who live in Maryland. A thread caught my eye because it involves Hagerstown, the city in Maryland where I live. It begins with this: The person who posted this angry screed was hurt because the person …
Yesterday my wife and I visited the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown area’s premiere shopping center. While there I noticed FYE, a leading specialty retailer of entertainment and pop culture merchandise in the United States, was having a huge sale on all their clearance items. We swung through the store looking for some deals. It turned …
Lids is returning to the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown region’s premiere indoor shopping experience. It’s about time. The mall had a Lids store for as long as I can remember. It then suddenly shut down a few years ago, eventually getting replaced with a cellphone accessory store. That left only one Lids store in 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 …
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 …
When I first heard about the “defund the police” slogan, I thought it sounded ridiculous. Now I’m not so sure. Although I don’t agree with the underlying motive of the architects of the slogan, that defunding the police would ensure what happened to George Floyd will never happen again, there’s no denying the police routinely …
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 …
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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 …