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Zelda Hoover was buried 66 years to the day of her wedding to Charles “Charlie” E. Hoover Jr., whom she married on April 19, 1946. They met as teenagers at Christian Endeavors, a youth program at what was then Grace United Brethren Church,...

CALLIGANO: Blake Calligano, a 2010 graduate of Bel Air High School, is a sophomore at West Virginia University studying business administration. As a freshman he was initiated as a member of Alpha Lambda Delta. He is also a member of The National...

West Virginia University Hospitals-East and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on diabetes. The seminar, "Diabetes 101," will be Tuesday, April 17, in the WVU Robert C. Byrd...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Camille Heim of Hagerstown, a first-year student at the School of Pharmacy at West Virginia University, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester for earning a 4.0 grade-point average. She was also recently tapped...

Robert F. Fanto, a retired longtime Baltimore County public schools guidance counselor, died of cancer Wednesday at his Timonium home. He was 80. The son of a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad machinist and a homemaker, Mr. Fanto was born in Cumberland and...

Maryland state Sen. Richard Colburn is fed up with the University of Maryland Environmental Law Clinic's lawsuit against a local chicken farm. But rather than try to shut the clinic down, Mr. Colburn introduced legislation to transfer $500,000 in...

Two high school girls from Morehead who have made discoveries in outer space supporting Einstein’s theory of relativity are coming to the Clark County Public Library to talk about their studies. Through a pulsar astronomy class taught by Jennifer...

Martha Gardner takes the maternal approach to teaching. She ushers in every new school year "with butterflies of anticipation" as she welcomes her newest students into her family. After 32 years in the classroom, that family has grown very large. "If...

A schools superintendent, a retired teacher, an NAACP officer and a gold medal-winning Olympian were honored Saturday by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s Eastern Panhandle Alumnae Chapter. Four high school seniors from both counties also were...

Maryland State Bar Association Justin M. Baylor of Hagerstown was sworn in and admitted to the Maryland State Bar Association on Dec. 13, 2011, before the Court of Appeals of Maryland in Annapolis. Baylor graduated from West Virginia University...

West Virginia University Hospitals-East and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on seasonal allergies. The seminar, Environmental Allergies: Testing and Treatment, is...

Growing up in Williamsport, Gina Marie Groh never in her “wildest dreams” thought she would one day become a federal judge. As it turns out, Groh, didn’t have to dream. The U.S. Senate Thursday approved the 23rd Judicial Circuit judge&...