Tropical Storm Beryl strengthens, nears U.S. coast - Herald-Mail
27 May 2012, 7:58 pm
Tropical Storm Beryl was wrecking some Memorial Day weekend plans on Sunday, causing shoreline campers to pack up and head inland and leading to the cancellation of some events as the storm approached the southeastern U.S. Beryl was still well ...

Orioles close out homestand with 4-2 loss to Royals - Herald-Mail
27 May 2012, 7:37 pm
Amid all the good feelings about the Orioles’ fast start, their current perch atop the American League East and Sunday’s announcement of center fielder Adam Jones’ contract extension, the reality remains that the Major League Baseball ...

Maryland loses associate athletic director Doug Dull to new consulting venture - Washington Post
25 May 2012, 2:02 pm
A 23-year veteran of the college-sports industry, Dull began his career as a sports writer and editor of the Hagerstown Herald-Mail. He served as sports information director at Chico State, the University of California-Davis and Kansas State ...

W.Va. man charged in $250K embezzlement scheme - Herald-Dispatch
25 May 2012, 9:30 am
The Herald-Mail says a Berkeley County grand jury indicted 59-year-old George Van Wagner on Thursday. He’s charged with one count of felony embezzlement and four counts of conducting fraudulent schemes. Van Wagner formed Topaz LLC with ...

Hagerstown man arrested in construction fraud case - The Business Journal
24 May 2012, 8:20 am
Police in Loudoun County, Va., arrested a 35-year-old Hagerstown man in connection with a fraud case in which home owners said they were bilked in a landscaping scheme, the Herald-Mail reported. David W. Lawson was being held without bond in the ...

Quick rise, fast start for Orioles rookie Xavier Avery - Baltimore Sun
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
Xavier Avery could have excelled in any sport, but he chose baseball because he saw it as a game his talents could grow into with hard work. He enjoyed the challenge of playing a sport in which there's always room for improvement — where ...

Md. county boosts funding for Antietam concert - WTOP
23 May 2012, 4:14 pm
The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown newspaper reports that the County Commissioners voted Tuesday to grant the Maryland Symphony Orchestra nearly $30,000 for the Salute to Independence concert July 7. That's about a 50 percent increase over the $20,000 the ...

Hagerstown official wants hearing on stadium plan - The Business Journal
22 May 2012, 9:05 am
A Hagerstown City Council member has called for a public hearing on the $30 million multi-use sports and events center proposed for downtown, the Hagerstown Herald-Mail reported. Martin Brubaker said in a written statement that the public should ...

Orioles notes: Team awaits tough decisions when players get healthy - Baltimore Sun
21 May 2012, 8:41 pm
Last week, Orioles manager Buck Showalter and executive vice president Dan Duquette were knee deep in personnel decisions, trying to figure out how to fortify a battered 25-man roster. Eventually, perhaps fairly soon, Showalter and Duquette will ...

Q&A with Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts - Baltimore Sun
17 May 2012, 9:36 pm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Orioles beat writer Eduardo A. Encina sat down with Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts before Wednesday's game against the Royals to talk about his recovery from multiple concussions and the one-year anniversary of his ...