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January 8, 2009  RSS feed
Schmidt Trust Awards $30,000 To HAVFCO, NVFC
Representatives of the Hustontown and Needmore volunteer fire companies accept checks in the amount of $15,000 each from the Arthur and Ruth Schmidt Community Trust committee. The donation was made at the office of trust committee member attorney Jim Schall in McConnellsburg December 30 and was given in support of the two companies' building projects. Pictured, from left, standing, are trust committee members Denver Kuhn, Schall, Dr. Harry Johnston and Needmore company member Brian Strait. Seated, left, are Hustontown company member Marvin DeShong, trust committee member Clyde Bookheimer and Needmore company member Ronald "Buck" Richards. More...
Boro Police Arbitration Finalized
Disbanded force wins concessions on leave payout, insurance and pensions
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER

All end-of-contract issues for the disbanded McConnellsburg Borough Police Department have been settled as a result of a ruling made following binding arbitration held in December of last year. Although the agreement was not unanimously agreed upon, two of the members did agree to the terms that must now be met by Borough Council. More...

Tolls On Tur npike Increased Sunday
Fares between toll booths will now be 25 percent higher
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER

Pennsylvania Turnpike travelers may have experienced an economic jolt on Sunday as turnpike tolls were increased by 25 percent. The new rates become effective at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. More...

 Local & State
• Olympia Ice Cream Parlor Closes For Winter Months
First time since its opening 30 years ago
A downtown Chambersburg landmark has fallen victim to the economic downturn with the winter closing of the Olympia Ice Cream Parlor. The parlor, long popular with both Franklin and Fulton County shoppers, closed for the winter on December 31, 2008. More...
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• New Ultrasound Equipment At Medical Center Produces 4D Images
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 Letters
• Eminent Domain Has Little To Do With Public Good
Editor's Note: The following letter was written in response to an Associated Press story, "Landowners Fight To Save Land Fr om Gas Companies," that appeared in the Jan. 1, 2009, edition of the "News." More...
• FCMC, Community Have Big Hearts
• Consumer Safety Improvement Act Could Be Troublesome In Hard Economic Times
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 Correspondents' Notes
• Hustontown
Now the holidays are over it's back to work and back to school and settle in for winter months ahead. We report Pastor Bill Kuhn has been hospitalized for a few days. Hope he will be recovered and back home soon. We send recovery wishes to Betty Malot, who is still not as well as she could be. We hope she will be better soon. More...
• Our Town
• Maddensville
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 Police Reports
• POLICE REPORTS
Crystal Spring Man Waives Hearing A 26-year-old Crystal Spring man waived his right to a preliminary hearing on charges of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received on Wednesday, December 24, in Bedford County. More...
• Rendell Wants No Parole Of Repeat Violent Inmates
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 Sports
• Boys Basketball
Cumberland Valley Christian 62, McConnellsburg 47 Jarrod Appleby had a teamhigh 13 points for the Mc- Connellsburg Spartans, who unsuccessfully faced off against Cumberland Valley Christian Monday night. Nathan Swope and Ryan Defibaugh both added nine points during the 62-47 loss. Drew Wink was the next highest Spartan scorer with eight points. More...
• Girls Basketball
• District Five Girls Basketball Standings
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 Entertainment
• article has image Three Springs Boy New Year Baby At J.C. Blair Hospital
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and Safe Kids of Huntingdon County have presented J.C. Blair's New Year's Baby Levi David Hunsinger of Three Springs with a newborn health and safety package of gifts. Levi arrived at 1:18 a.m. January 3, 2009, to become J.C. Blair's first delivery of the new year. He weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 20 inches long when delivered by obstetrician/gynecologist Stephen Graham. Pictured with Levi and his mother, Miranda, are his father, Travis, and big brother Blaine. More...
• School Lunch Menus
• Attains Dean's List
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 Community Bulletin Board
• RELIGION
River Oaks Helpline A Christian crisis counseling/prayer phone line is now available. Caring and compassionate Christian volunteers are available from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily to listen, pray with you and help to find solutions for the challenges you are facing. Help is just a phone call away. Call 717-325-4200. More...
• RECREATION
• THIS 'N THAT
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 Features
• Researchers Focus On Bringing Back Missing Bees
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (AP) - Scientists are trying to solve a mystery critical to the future of American agriculture: Why are honeybee hives failing at a disturbing high rate? Some researchers are studying whether pesticides and other chemicals used in fields and gardens might affect honeybees, as well as bumblebees and other insects that pollinate crops. More...
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 From Days Gone By
• FROM DAYS GONE BY
20 Years Ago From The Files Of January 5, 1989 The New Year's Baby - traditionally, it is the first baby born during the New Year at the Fulton County Medical Center. But things happened a little differently '89this year and the New Year's Baby wasn't exactly born at the Medical Center and it wasn't exactly delivered by the family physician. More...
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 Family
• Kylor Receives Circle Of Excellence Award
Colleen Kylor, RN, BSN CCRN, McConnellsburg, clinical manager of the critical care unit at Chambersburg Hospital, has been selected by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for the Circle of Excellence Leadership Award. More...
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 Obituaries
• Amos J. Carbaugh
Greencastle, 67
Amos J. Carbaugh, 67, Greencastle, died Sunday, January 4, 2009, at Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 28, 1941, in Mercersburg, he was the son of the late J. Merle and Pearl Atherton Carbaugh. He had been employed by Grove Worldwide of Shady Grove. More...
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• Joanna Jay
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 Church News
• Cards Of Thanks
COVER The family of Lillian Cover would like to thank family and friends for the acts of sympathy expressed through phone calls, cards, food, flowers and prayers. Special thanks to the staff at Fulton County Medical Center Long-Term Care for the wonderful care you provided our mother the past three years. More...
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• article has image Birth Announced
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