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Owners Admit Fault After Fire Kills Sisters At Noyac Vacation Rental
Peter Miller, age 56, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal negligent homicide, and Pamela Miller, age 55, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Aug. 26. It came two years after sisters Lindsay Wiener, age 19, and Jillian Wiener, age 21, both of Potomac, Maryland,...
A marginal risk for parts of Maryland
BALTIMORE — For the first time in a while, we have the potential to see some rain, maybe even some storms here in Maryland. Let's get to it. On Monday, August 26, the Storm Prediction Center placed us south and west of the Baltimore metro under a level 1/5 risk for strong to severe storms. The main threat is damaging winds IF we see anything. Stay safe and have a great day!
THE MUSIC MAN BY CITY SPRINGS THEATRE COMPANY
Broadway’s beloved musical, The Music Man, kicks off The 2024 – 2025 PNC Bank Season for City Springs Theatre Company. Composer/lyricist/writer Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award®-winning musical has been charming audiences since 1957 with its energetic tale of a traveling con-man, the small-town citizens he’s attempting to swindle, and the piano teacher with whom he unexpectedly falls in love. This quintessential American musical features such memorable songs as “Till There Was You,” “Ya Got Trouble,” “Goodnight, My Someone,” “The Wells Fargo Wagon,” “Shipoopi” and “Seventy-Six Trombones.” This production is suitable for all audiences.
Multiple train cars derail in Hagerstown, fire officials say
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Hagerstown Fire Department (HFD) said nine train cars derailed on Sunday afternoon in Hagerstown. The HFD said that at around 3:30 p.m., units were alerted to the 300 block of South Burhans Boulevard for a train derailment. Once they arrived, crews assessed the scene and found nine […]
Boxcars Turn Tables on Revs with Late Comeback
(August 24, 2024 – Hagerstown, Md.): The York Revolution suffered just their third road series loss all season, dropping their second straight to the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars, 5-4 on Saturday night at Meritus Park. York built an early lead, scoring three times in the top of the second. Jacob...
Black Frederick Festival celebrates Black history and culture
Attendees of the second Black Frederick Festival hugged each other in reunion and danced along to the voices of a community choir on Saturday. The festival featured African drumming, food trucks and live music. Kiki Wilson, one of the planners of the event, has been involved with Black Frederick as an organization since she was 12 years old and began as a youth writer for the website. "Ever ...
Two Children’s Aid Society staff members charged with holding “self-defense” Fight Club outside Ben Chambers Elementary
26 August 2024- Two staff members (at the time of writing, at least) of the Children’s Aid Society in Chambersburg have been charged with a string of child abuse and endangerment crimes after allegedly hosting a “fight club” at a site off premises from the Society’s office. Sheldon Levy Cross and Matthew Dylan Stouder are both facing nine counts of misdemeanor corruption of minors and seven counts of misdemeanor child endangerment. Both Cross and Stouder each have been issued a summons for a later court date, set for October 22nd.
THE MAYOR'S REPORT: Good old school days in Greencastle
I really appreciate the comments that I receive regarding recent Mayor’s Report articles, either in person or by email. It’s another gorgeous Sunday afternoon as there’s been some serious porch sittin’ in progress yesterday and today. Roger and Bev Bitner just stopped by with grandson Rogue for a wonderful visit. Rogue (PFC Bitner) is on active duty in the U.S. Army stationed in Texas.
Cubano’s closes in downtown Silver Spring
Cubano’s, a restaurant on Fidler Lane in downtown Silver Spring since 2001, is not reopening after closing for renovations. The restaurant’s Bethesda location, which opened in 2020, remains open. [Source of the Spring]. Students, families attend MCPS Back-to-School Fair. Students and families headed to the Westfield Wheaton Mall...
New ventures spark West Virginia econoimc development boom
West Virginia attracted $10 billion in private sector investments between 2022 and 2023, a 50% increase over the previous four years. Projects like Form Energy's battery manufacturing facility in Weirton and Nucor's steel mill in Mason County are both expected to create hundreds of jobs. The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen...
‘A real slap in the face': Elevator outages in Navy Yard high-rise frustrate residents
Residents of a 14-story high-rise in Washington, D.C., are raising concerns about their lack of consistent elevator access. The three elevators at the Onyx on First apartments in Navy Yard have been mostly out of service since Thursday, residents say. It's more than just an inconvenience — it's a major...
Esperanza Middle continues mold remediation
Esperanza Middle School will begin in-person instruction on Wednesday, Aug. 28, a week after other public schools in St. Mary's County, although some students will be in another building for the time being due to mold inside the school. The public school system contracted with ServPro last week to complete a mold mitigation process after the mold was discovered in the school earlier in the week. "ServPro has been on...
Temple Hills man dies after single-vehicle crash in Prince George’s County
A man from Temple Hills, Maryland, has died following a car crash in Lanham early Sunday morning. In a news release, Maryland State Police said officers responded to the area of westbound U.S. Route 50 near the Capital Beltway in Lanham around 2 a.m. for reports of a single car crash.
Flight School Owner Who Allegedly Stiffed Students Facing Jail
AOPA is reporting that the owner of a flight school that went bankrupt while allegedly holding hundreds of thousands of dollars in student deposits has struck a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Kevin Rylchik is facing a prison term but by pleading guilty he avoided indictment on a laundry list of serious federal charges relating to his operation of American Aviation at Manassas Airport in Virginia and several other businesses. The charges were filed against Rylchik in May, three months before he abruptly closed the school on Aug. 1. and filed for bankruptcy for the businesses and personally.
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