Ice on Meadow Grounds Lake melts in Tuesday morning's late winter sunshine. As the days slowly get longer, the sun stronger and temperatures begin to climb, spring is beginning to look like a real possiblity after all. Happy news!
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By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Three decades ago, environmentalists and public officials rang the alarm when the price of fossil fuels shot up and drilling companies descended on western Pennsylvania's oil and gas fields in search of paydirt. More...
By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell said it himself: The $787 billion federal economic stimulus law is good, not great. Among those who either supported it or benefited from it, he wasn't alone in pointing out its flaws. More...
By Maryclaire Dale ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police found accelerants, firefighting equipment and a newspaper article about the arsons plaguing a small steel town at the home of a wannabe firefighter they arrested while investigating the crimes, which have terrified resid More...
Spc. Bryan J. Hockenberry of Hancock has been deployed to Iraq. He is deployed with the 28th Infantry Division 56th Stryker Brigade combat team. More...
One Accused Of Trespassing Twenty-nine-year-old Hustontown resident Scott Eric Saylor has been accused of criminal trespassing in relation to an incident at 7887 Waterfall Road in Dublin Township. More...
Plant Cover Crops - Go Green For The Bay
Cover crops are legumes, grasses or small grains that are established after a crop is harvested in the fall. More...
Rep. Dick Hess (R-Bedford/ Fulton/Huntingdon) would like to inform residents that applications for the state's Property/ Tax Rent Rebate Pprogram for 2008 are now available. More...
By Edward Johnson
You see them everywhere: Work-at-home offers. In fact, drive through nearly any part of town and you will see the offers posted on telephone poles, stop signs, etc. Open most any newspaper or magazine and there they are. More...
Sinclair Cattle Co, Warfordsburg, has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association® for having 16 registered Angus cows included in the Association's 2009 Pathfinder® Report. More...
Fulton County 4-H members recently held their annual lockin at the McConnellsburg Community Building. More...
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Republican state representatives from central Pennsylvania have written to university officials urging them to cancel an upcoming campus lecture by former radical activist William Ayers. More...
SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania (AP) - Swarthmore College has named Rebecca Chopp as its new president, making her the first woman to hold the position in the elite liberal-arts school's 145-year history. More...
A performance audit for the Fulton County Area Vocational- Technical School in Fulton County, in compliance with tested state laws and regulations for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years, Auditor General Jack Wagner said last week. More...
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