JLG Industries and parent company Oshkosh Corp. broke ground last Tuesday in Tianjin, China, for a manufacturing facility to meet what both companies say is a growing demand for aerial platforms in the Chinese and other Asian markets. More...
Greencastle man with area ties suffers fatal injuries
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
An 18-year-old Greencastle man with ties to Fulton County suffered fatal injuries early Friday morning when his car collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle along Route 16 near Shady Grove in neighboring Franklin County. Matthew Alan Moats of 6369 Hager Road was pronounced dead at the scene not long after the 5:13 a.m. More...
JLG Industries has given up an additional 500 employees worldwide to the worsening global economic slowdown. The staggered layoff began Nov. 14 and will continue through January and affects workers across the board, including production and administrative staff, in all of the access equipment manufacturer's facilities. More...
The government will help homeowners restructure shaky mortgages financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but partisan debate looms over how to keep up the aid
WASHINGTON - First came Wall Street. Now Washington is turning more of its attention to Main Street, as the federal government moves to try and rescue more mortgage holders in financial trouble. On Nov. 11, administration officials announced a plan for refinancing delinquent loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government controlled mortgage companies. More...
To The Editor: What does Thanksgiving mean to you? Besides being thankful, is it football games, car races, a big dinner? To me it means "Indians and Pilgrims." In the early 1800s, several young men came to America by boat from Copenhagen, Denmark,and settled in a Danish colony in Iowa. They worked for other settlers for 50 cents a day and saved up their money. More...
Sympathy goes out to the family of Betty Miller Kuhn of Chambersburg, who passed away last Wednesday, and to Anna Harvey whose great-grandson was killed in an automobile accident last Friday morning. More...
Two men have been charged in connection with a vehicle stop that occurred along Miller Road in Taylor Township after Pennsylvania Game Commission officials observed a spotlight sweeping across a field. More...
Johnny Benson and Clint Bowyer have had great seasons. Benson won the Craftsman Truck Series title, and Bowyer held off Carl Edwards to win the Nationwide Series. Benson was honored as NASCAR's 2008 Craftsman Truck Series champion this past week at the Annual Awards Banquet in Miami. More...
FORBES ROAD Breakfast Menu Monday, December 1: no school. Tuesday, December 2: no school. Wednesday, December 3: french toast or cereal choice, apple, grape or orange juice. Thursday, December 4: pizza or cereal choice, apple, grape or orange juice. More...
Re-Creation On Sunday, December 14, at 7:00 p.m., the singing group "Re- Creation" from Port Trevortion, Pa., will present "An Evening of Christmas," at Cito United Methodist Church. This is a program that the whole family will enjoy featuring all the favorite secular and sacred Christmas music in a glow of Christmas pageantry. Re-Creation USA Inc. More...
20 Years Ago From The Files Of December 1, 1988 '88 Buck hunters in Fulton County took an estimated 450 deer on the first day of buck season on Monday. According to his baseball card, Jeff Garber is a member of the Eugene 88 Emeralds, an infielder who bats and throws right-handed and his place of residence is McConnellsburg. More...
She wanted to re-create the cream puffs she had tasted in Venice. Was that possible or just a pipe dream?
Sometimes a cream puff isn't just a cream puff. Sometimes it's proof that with enough recipes, plenty of trial and error, and a little perseverance, the ultimate in a food experience can actually become a possibility in your very own kitchen. More...
Gregory Eldon Barry, 55, Warfodrsburg, died Saturday, November 22, 2008, at Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown. Born September 15, 1953, in Palo Alto, Calif., he was the son of the late Eldon and Myra Staley Barry. He was a 1972 graduate of Mountain View Academy in California and a 1976 graduate of Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif. More...
SOLEBURY, Pa. (AP) - It's impossible to look at Emily Hyland and not smile. With her crimson-colored hair and soft blue eyes, she is a child who radiates kindness and warmth. To know the 12-year-old suffered a stroke when she was just 10, enduring countless brain scans, hours of physical, speech and occupational therapy and near blindness in one eye, comes as a shock. More...
Thanksgiving Day Celebrates Harvest Bounty