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After a yearlong hiatus, the board of directors of Fulton County Medical Center Foundation brought back the ever-popular FCMC Dinner-Auction April 4.
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Council approves several street, zoning requests
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER
McConnellsburg Borough Council heard some good news regarding workers' compensation expenses, received an update on a Military Vehicle Preservation Association convoy and discussed several requests during its regular meeting last week. More...
CCAP to provide action plan; employee training could net credit, savings
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
The county's safety committee convened Tuesday afternoon with several members of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania to review PComp/PCorp insurance claims submitted over the last six years and toss around ideas on how to save mone More...
PennDOT announced the bid results for the Route 30 resurfacing project in Brush Creek and Ayr townships, Fulton County. New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co. Inc. More...
Air Force Airman Corey M. Henry has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. More...
Spend an entertaining evening at McConnellsburg High School as students present "Footloose." This production will capture your heart with its youthful spirit, dazzling dance and electrifying music. More...
From April 20 to May 4, the Fulton County Library is participating in a nationwide Internet survey to find out how people use the free computers and Internet connections in public libraries. The U.S. More...
Gasoline Taken In Retail Theft A total of $19 in gasoline was stolen from Getty Mart in Ayr Township during an incident of retail theft that occurred on Tuesday, April 7, at 8:19 p.m. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal judge has upheld a Pennsylvania court ruling that county judges can order a convicted criminal to stay out of a municipality after serving a prison sentence - as long as the sentence is less than two years. More...
Southern Fulton National Junior Honor Society inducted new members on March 27, 2009. The new members are Alenda Fischer, Macey Hollenshead, Noah Hykes, Ian Lancaster, Chelsey Lanehart, and Hunter Murray. More...
Valley Rural Electric Cooperative is set to hold its 2009 annual meeting at 7 p.m. April 17 at Mount Union Area High School. Member registration will begin at 6 p.m. Slides of the coop's service territory will be shown from 6:30 to 7 p.m. More...
Fulton County Area Vocational Technical School SkillsUSA members attended the Annual Pennsylvania SkillsUSA Championships April 1 through April 3 in Hershey. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of nurse-midwives in Pennsylvania now can write drug prescriptions for their patients. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Environmental groups and the U.S. Forest Service have settled a federal lawsuit over several oil and gas drilling projects in the Allegheny National Forest. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - State and Allegheny County health officials say at least six measles cases in western Pennsylvania have been traced to a traveler from India who infected the patients last month. More...
New fiction at Fulton County Library includes "Second Opinion" by Michael Palmer (large print), "Death of a Witch" by M.C. Beaton (large print), "Promises in Death" by J.D. More...
CENTRAL FULTON High School Lunch Monday, April 20: Pittsburgh steak salad w/roll, chicken nuggets w/roll, oven fries, pineapple tidbits. Tuesday, April 21: Italian dunkers w/sauce, sloppy joe on a bun, garden peas, applesauce. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the Philadelphia police department's ban on an officer wearing a Muslim head scarf on the job. More...
The board of directors of Franklin Financial Services Corp. declared a 27 cents per share regular quarterly dividend for the second quarter of 2009. More...
Do you want to learn more about how to simply life and learn new skills that will help you with daily activities? Do you want to spend time with other adults and build new friend two hours a week to focus on you? More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's attorney general says a Chicago-based escrow company that abruptly halted operations last month may have left homeowners holding the bag. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Officials at the Pittsburgh Zoo PPG Aquarium say a sea lion expected to give birth this summer to the first pup ever born at the facility. A sea lion named Zoey is pregnant. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A police chief says a pigeon is to blame for a fire at a coke oven just west of downtown Pittsburgh. Ohio Township Chief Norbert Micklos says the pigeon flew into an electrical panel at a plant owned by Shenango Inc. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal economic stimulus is providing more than $3.7 million to Pennsylvania for emergency food and shelter programs. Most of the money is going to local governments based on measures of unemployment and poverty. More...
FOREST HILLS, Pennsylvania (AP) - The pastor of a western Pennsylvania church says a retired priest is in a state of shock after police and witnesses said he drove into a group of churchgoers following a Good Friday service, killing an elderly wom More...
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