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5-Day Forecast for Hagerstown
Today
Wednesday Thursday
Warm with
high clouds
Cooler; a
morning
shower
77°
59°
64°
State Forecast
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
World Cities
Friday
Mostly sunny
and cool
42°
58°
Mostly cloudy
41°
58°
Shown is
today’s weather.
Temperatures are
today’s highs and
tonight’s lows.
Frederick
81/58
RealFeel Temp
Today
8 a.m. Noon 4 p.m 8 p.m.
The patented AccuWeather.com
RealFeel Temperature ® is an exclusive
index of the effects of temperature, wind,
humidity, sunshine intensity, precipitation,
pressure and elevation on the human body.
46°
32°
Annapolis
73/61
Washington, DC
80/61
St. Charles
78/59
Cambridge
77/60
Salisbury
80/59
Sun and Moon
Boating Report
Sun
Moon
Chesapeake Forecast
Wind SSW 8-16 knots today.
Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility 5 miles.
7:35 a.m. 6:14 p.m.
12:02 p.m. 10:17 p.m.
Full
First
Last
New
Oct 30 Nov 6 Nov 14 Nov 22
Potomac River Stages
Location
Hancock
Harpers Ferry
Eastern Shore Forecast
Mostly sunny today. Wind SSW
10-20 knots. Seas 2-4 feet.
Visibility 5 miles.
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Yesterday’s stage
3.19 ft.
3.02 ft.
24 hr. change
none
+0.01 ft.
Athens
Amsterdam
Baghdad
Berlin
Buenos Aires
Calgary
Dublin
Flood stage
30 ft.
18 ft.
Today
Hi/Lo/W
63/55/c
59/49/s
88/65/pc
54/39/s
75/69/t
47/32/pc
59/40/r
Tomorrow
Hi/Lo/W
65/55/r
58/51/c
87/65/pc
53/44/pc
77/57/r
55/30/c
54/51/pc
National Cities
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Hilton Head
Baltimore
76/59
Columbia
77/55
City
City
Aberdeen
72/59
Hagerstown Almanac
Statistics are through 7 p.m. yest.
Temperature
High/Low
70°/41°
Normal high/low
62°/41°
Record high
83° in 1984
Record low
23° in 1976
Precipitation
24 hours through 7 p.m. Mon. 0.00”
Month to date
2.25”
Normal month to date
2.58”
Year to date
31.62”
Normal year to date
32.88”
Windy and
cooler
35°
Hagerstown
77/59
Cumberland
79/54
Saturday
Today
Hi/Lo/W
80/60/s
73/61/pc
65/56/s
60/39/pc
70/46/t
69/45/t
76/56/pc
59/34/s
66/43/t
77/62/s
Tomorrow
Hi/Lo/W
74/47/t
71/50/pc
70/47/pc
51/36/pc
59/37/s
54/41/pc
77/53/s
71/38/s
53/37/pc
78/60/pc
Today
Hi/Lo/W
City
Johannesburg
London
Madrid
Mexico City
Moscow
Oslo
Paris
77/55/s
65/56/pc
72/50/pc
76/47/pc
45/35/c
60/47/pc
62/44/s
Tomorrow
Hi/Lo/W
81/58/pc
60/56/r
74/49/s
74/48/pc
50/31/s
52/36/sh
64/51/pc
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Sydney
Tokyo
Toronto
Warsaw
67/50/pc
59/36/s
89/79/t
81/59/s
64/53/pc
68/43/t
49/30/s
Tomorrow
Hi/Lo/W
67/49/s
64/41/pc
90/79/s
72/58/pc
66/53/s
54/36/c
48/31/s
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014
Today
Hi/Lo/W
City
Houston
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
Myrtle Beach
Nags Head
New York City
85/64/pc
86/74/s
65/41/sh
77/56/s
81/61/s
85/73/pc
50/35/c
81/62/s
75/62/s
70/61/s
Tomorrow
Hi/Lo/W
84/61/t
86/75/s
56/36/s
80/57/s
86/62/s
85/71/pc
49/35/pc
80/59/pc
74/58/pc
69/49/pc
City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Richmond
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Virginia Beach
Today
Hi/Lo/W
84/64/s
74/61/s
87/63/s
76/49/t
82/61/pc
69/44/pc
74/58/s
59/52/r
85/66/s
80/63/s
Tomorrow
Hi/Lo/W
86/64/s
71/48/pc
89/64/s
57/38/pc
78/49/pc
61/42/s
77/60/s
61/51/c
86/66/s
80/55/pc
Area Cities
Today’s National Forecast
Yesterday Last year
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/Prec.
Baltimore
70/39/0.00 60/35/0.00
Boonsboro
70/40/0.00 56/37/0.00
Chambersburg 67/39/0.00 59/37/0.00
Clear Spring na/na/na
na/na/na
Cumberland 77/34/0.00 59/32/0.00
Frederick
75/39/0.00 61/32/0.00
Hagerstown
70/41/0.00 57/39/0.00
Martinsburg 71/33/0.00 59/34/0.00
Ocean City
67/36/0.00 63/35/0.00
Smithsburg
68/40/0.00 58/39/0.00
Washington
71/46/0.00 63/43/0.00
Waynesboro 67/40/0.00 58/35/0.00
Williamsport 69/38/0.00 59/33/0.00
W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
Prec.-precipitation, Tr-trace
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs
for the day.
National Summary
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-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s 110s
Warmth will expand in the Eastern states today. Showers and gusty thunderstorms will extend along a cool front
from Texas to the lower Great Lakes. A potent storm will affect part of the Northwest.
1914: Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip
sentenced for assassination of Austria’s archduke
By The Associated Press
Today
Hi/Lo/W
City
WEATHER SPOTLIGHT
with meteorologist Rob Martin
Today will be unseasonably warm
is 58. Country/gospel singwith highs in the mid- to upper 70s,
er-musician Ron Hemby
about 15 degrees above normal.
(The Buffalo Club) is 56.
Light southerly winds and a bump in
Rock singer-musician
humidity will ensure a September-like
William Reid (The Jesus
day. Some showers will arrive after
& Mary Chain) is 56. Actor
midnight ahead of the next cold front,
Mark Derwin is 54. Acwith clouds and spotty rain lingering
tress Daphne Zuniga is 52.
into Wednesday afternoon. A signifiActress Lauren Holly is
cant cool-down will be noticeable by
51. Talk show host-comedi- Thursday, with highs only in the mid-50s. Expect a mix of
an-actress Sheryl Underclouds and sun on Halloween, and a few sprinkles cannot
wood is 51. Actress Jami
be ruled out. Temperatures will continue to slide this weekGertz is 49.
end, with highs struggling to reach the 50-degree mark, and
Actor Chris Bauer is
lows in the 30s. The area’s first official freeze could occur
48. Actor-comedian Andy
by sunrise Saturday morning.
Richter is 48. Actress Julia
Weather fact for today: On this date in 2012, HurriRoberts is 47. Country
cane “Superstorm” Sandy was still a Category 1 hurricane
singer-musician Caitlin
in the warm Gulf Stream waters way off the Carolina coast,
Cary is 46. Actor Jeremy
but it had already pulled in cold Canadian air. A someDavies is 45.
times-forgotten fact is that the storm eventually dumped up
Singer Ben Harper is 45. to 2 feet of snow in the West Virginia mountains, breaking
Country singer Brad PaisOctober records there.
ley is 42. Actor Joaquin
Phoenix is 40.
Singer Justin Guarini
(TV: “American Idol”) is
36. Pop singer Brett Dennen is 35. Actress Troian
Bellisario is 29. Singer/
rapper Frank Ocean is 27.
The Women’s Club in
The author of a new loActor Nolan Gould is 16.
Hagerstown will present cal history book, “George
“Wine, Chocolate and Art” Alfred Townsend & Gathon Saturday, Nov. 15, from land,” will also be pres6 to 9 p.m.
ent, signing her book for
The event features three guests.
to 5 years, Williamsport Memorial
Peter’s Lutheran Church, Clear
of your favorite things —
Wine and chocolate desLibrary, 11:30 a.m.
Spring, 1 to 2 p.m.
wine, chocolate and art.
serts will be available.
Christian Business Men’s ConnecStory time, Sharpsburg Library,
For yourself or for gifts,
The club is at 31 S. Prostion, Railroad Junction Restaurant, 3:30 p.m.
the Women’s Club offers pect St. in Hagerstown.
301 N. Burhans Blvd., noon to 1:15
The Shepherd’s Table (WilliamsTickets cost $15. To purthe opportunity to shop
p.m. Contact Bob Poor, 301-991-3126, port Ministerium free weekly meal), for unique artisan-created chase tickets, call Linda
for more information.
Williamsport United Methodist
artwork, including pottery, Ogilvie, Women’s Club
Hagerstown Rotary Club meets at Church, 25 E. Church St., 5 to 6 p.m. etchings, jewelry, knit- manager, at 301-739-0870;
Fountain Head Country Club, noon
For more information, call 301-223ted/felted handbags and or Suzie Gozora, at 301-842Preschool story time for ages 3 to 7040.
scarves, wreaths and quilt- 2006 or send an email to of
5 years, Hancock Library, 1 p.m.
Stories with Mr. Jeff, the Fletcher ing — 20 in all.
ficesuz@aol.com.
Elementary library time for kinLibrary, 100 S. Potomac St., 6:30
dergarten to fifth-grade, L.P. Snyder p.m. For more information, call 301Library, Clear Spring, 3:30 p.m.
739-3250 X251.
Preschool story time for ages 3
Friday, Oct. 31
years and older, Boonsboro Free
Sunrise Rotary meets at Academy
Library, 3:30 p.m.
Theater Banquet and Conference
Birthday
Thursday, Oct. 30
Center, 58 E. Washington St., 7:30
Today — Jeff Whipp, Holland Drive, Williamsport,
Toddler Time for ages 18 months
a.m.
turns 51.
to 3 years, Smithsburg Library, 11
Lap sit for ages 18 months and
a.m.
younger, Boonsboro Free Library,
Exchange Club of Hagerstown
11 a.m.
meets at Nick’s Airport Inn, 12:15
Story time for ages 3 to 5 years,
p.m.
Smithsburg Library, 11 a.m.
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club meets
Friday story time for ages 2 to 5
Wednesday, October 29
at Academy Theater Banquet and
years, L.P. Snyder Library, Clear
7-9:30 p.m.
Conference Center, 58 E. WashingSpring, 11:30 a.m.
at The Maryland Theatre
ton St., 12:15 p.m.
Preschool story time for ages 3 to
HAGERSTOWN JUNIOR
Food Bank and Second Time
5 years, the Fletcher Library, 100 S.
Tickets $10 and benefits those
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Around Clothing Shop open at St.
Potomac St., 11:30 a.m.
in need of utility assistance.
in a nationally broadcast,
Today is Tuesday, Oct.
90-minute debate in Cleve28, the 301st day of 2014.
land.
There are 64 days left in
In 1991, what became
In 1958, the Roman
the year.
known as “The Perfect
Catholic patriarch of
Today’s highlight in
Storm” began forming
Venice, Angelo Giuseppe
history:
hundreds of miles east of
Roncalli, was elected
On Oct. 28, 1914, YuNova Scotia; lost at sea
Pope; he took the name
goslav nationalist Gavrilo John XXIII.
during the storm were the
Princip, whose assassisix crew members of the
In 1962, Soviet leadnation of Archduke Franz er Nikita Khrushchev
Andrea Gail, a sword-fishFerdinand of Austria and
informed the United States ing boat from Gloucester,
Sophie, Duchess of Hohen- that he had ordered the
Mass.
berg, sparked World War I, dismantling of missile basToday’s birthdays: Jazz
was sentenced in Sarajevo es in Cuba; in exchange,
singer Cleo Laine is 87.
to 20 years’ imprisonment the U.S. secretly agreed to Actress Joan Plowright is
(he died in 1918); four con- remove nuclear missiles
85. Musician-songwriter
spirators were sentenced
Charlie Daniels is 78. Acfrom U.S. installations in
to death. (Princip escaped Turkey.
tress Jane Alexander is 75.
the death penalty because
Singer Curtis Lee is 73.
In 1976, former Nixon
he was underage.)
Actor Dennis Franz is
aide John D. Ehrlichman
On this date:
70. Pop singer Wayne Fonentered a federal prison
In 1886, the Statue of
tana is 69. Actress Telma
camp in Safford, Ariz., to
Liberty, a gift from the
begin serving his sentence Hopkins is 66. Olympic
people of France, was ded- for Watergate-related con- track and field gold medalicated in New York Harbor victions (he was released
ist Bruce Jenner is 65.
by President Grover
Actress Annie Potts is
in April 1978).
Cleveland.
62.
Microsoft co-foundIn 1980, President JimIn 1940, Italy invaded
my Carter and Republican er Bill Gates is 59. The
Greece during World War
former president of Iran,
presidential nominee
II.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
Ronald Reagan faced off
TODAY IN HISTORY
‘Wine, Chocolate and Art’
planned at Women’s Club
Community calendar
Today
Antietam Exchange Club meets
at Academy Theater Banquet and
Conference Center, 58 E. Washington St., 7:30 a.m.
Toddler time for ages 18 months
to 3 years, Boonsboro Free Library,
11 a.m.
Hagerstown Lions Club meets
at Morris Frock Post 42, Northern
Avenue, 12:15 p.m.
Hancock Rotary Club meets at
Park-N-Dine Restaurant, 189 E.
Main St., 12:30 p.m.
Food Bank and Second Time
Around Clothing Shop open at St.
Peter’s Lutheran Church, Clear
Spring, 1 to 2 p.m.
Boonsboro Town Planning Commission meets at Town Hall, 7 p.m.
Smithsburg Town work session,
Town Hall, 7 p.m.
Infant story time for ages 6
months to 18 months, the Fletcher
Library, 100 S. Potomac St., 10 and
11 a.m., Registration required by
calling 301-739-3250.
Children’s story time for ages 3
NOW OPEN
571 Jefferson Street, Hagerstown, MD
Pottery Classes
BROOK MEADOW MEATS
BEEF • PORK • POULTRY
716 Security Rd., Hagerstown, MD
Phone 301-739-3107
Fresh BONELESS
CHICKEN BREASTS
by Steve Wright
$ 1.99 LB.
5 lb. or More
Now Being Offered in
The New Fully Equipped
LOOSE
COUNTRY SAUSAGE
CLAY STUDIO
$ 2.98 LB.
Contact Steve Wright
800-990-HAND or
Steve@wrighthanddrums.com
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
We are also buying Estate Jewelry
$ 3.97 lb.
Delicious BONE-IN
STRIP STEAKS
$ 6.87 lb.
Sun.-Mon. Closed, Tues.-Fri. 8:30-4, Sat. 7:30-1
Sale prices good Oct. 28th thru Nov. 1st, 2014
We Accept Food Stamps
(½ CARAT AND LARGER)
THE
JEWELRY SHOP
• Karen J. Harshman
• Peter E. Perini, Sr.
• Stan Stouffer
GROUND ROUND
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Day & Evening Classes
WE BUY
GOLD, SILVER,
PLATINUM,
AND DIAMONDS
Freshly Ground 100 %
Next 7 Week Session
November 3 - December 17
Washington County
Teachers Association
and the Central Maryland
AFL-CIO Labor Council
endorse the following
candidates:
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New Wright Hand Studio
YOUTH
UTILITY RELIEF
BENEFIT CONCERT
67 yrs.of Basketball excellence
FEATURING:
BASKETBALL
By authority of MSEA/NEA
Fund for Children
And Public Education,
Bill Fisher, Treasurer
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Wednesday, Oct. 29
Milestone
18 EAST BALTIMORE STREET
UNDER THE BLUE AWNING
GREENCASTLE, PA
www.thejewelryshop.biz
717.597.7993
GRADES 4th - 8th
REGISTRATION
• Tues. Oct. 28, E Russell Hicks | 6-8 pm
• Wed. Oct. 29, E Russell Hicks | 6-8 pm
• Thur., Oct. 30, E. Russell Hicks | 6-8 pm
• Sat. Nov. 1, Dick’s Sporting Goods | 9-1
Co Ed League
All Players (new & returning) must register
New players must present Birth Certificates (copies acceptable)
Tryouts held the week of Nov. 5th
Information provided at registration
Sign up for Coaches, Scorekeepers, Volunteers
For Questions Call- John Psillas 301-992-7841
Ad Sponsored by TRISTATE HEALTHCARE CONNECT
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PIECES
Oldies, Classic Rock and Blues Music!
• South Hagerstown High School
Jazz Band
• Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
Concert Choir
• Western Heights Middle School
Dance Group
• Rockland Woods Elementary
“The Treblemakers”
• Ebnezer AME Church
• Miss Maryland Abigail Nigh!
Master of Ceremonies - Pieter Bickford
SPONSORED BY:
The City of Hagerstown
The Maryland Theatre
International Association of Fire Fighters
For tickets, call (301) 790-2000
Available online at www.mdtheatre.org
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