FCMC Long-Term Care residents recently enjoyed sunshine and gardening through the efforts of three high school students and the North End Garden Club.
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The Friends of the Little Aughwick Creek (FLAC) watershed group, in cooperation with the Fulton County Conservation Dsitrict, has recently received competitive grant funding for two different projects to raise awareness of clean streams and protect More...
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More than 150 children and their families attended the Fulton County Library's Summer Reading Program kickoff with musical group The Cat's Pajmas" on Friday, June 19. More...
JONESTOWN, Pa. (AP)- A south-central Pennsylvania man is accused of strangling his 71-year-old mother with an electric cord. More...
Trisha Renee Seiders of Fort Littleton received an Associate of Science in Bible degree from Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School at commencement exercises May 15. More...
By Ron Todt ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Google's Street View cameras are now traveling by bike to capture images of some areas not accessible by cars. More...
The following are the results of the Warfordsburg Senior Center raffle held at the center on June 19: First: quilt - Verla Hill. Second: quilt - Laura Musselman. Third: quilt - Beryl Palmer. Fourth: woodcraft basket - James Sourbier V. More...
Fulton County Senior Center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: country fried steak, mashed potatoes, wax beans, wheat bread, banana. Tuesday: chili mac, tossed salad, rye bread, tropical fruit. More...
Changing Jobs Or Retiring? Consider IRA Rollover
By Edwards Jones
In the near future, are you going to change jobs or retire? If so, then you'll have a lot of things to think about. And one of the most important considerations is what to do with the money you've accumulated in your employer's 401(k) plan. More...
By Patrick Walters ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A state appeals court ruled Wednesday that the city cannot enforce an assault weapons ban and a law prohibiting guns bought by one person and given to another, measures passed by City Council in an effort to combat persistent g More...
HOLLIDAYBURG, Pa. (AP) - Officials at a county prison in central Pennsylvania are in a lather over the high cost of providing soap to inmates. That's why Blair County Prison Warden Michael Johnston is changing soap suppliers and other policies. More...
A gardener surveys her patchy suburban lawn and decides to let the plant life fight its own turf wars
By Elisabeth Ginsburg THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
I am a suburbanite, so I have a lawn. Or at least I call it a lawn for lack of a better term. It is definitely a flat patch of ground covered by green stuff - lots of green stuff. More...
Rep. Dick Hess (R-Bedford/ Fulton/Huntingdon) would like to inform residents that the deadline to file for the state's Property Tax/Rent Rebate program has been extended from June 30 to December 31, 2009. More...
By Deborah Yao AP BUSINESS WRITER
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A joint venture formed by the nation's six largest cable operators is suspending trials of its first advertising product before it even gets off the ground. More...
Sarah Marie Keefer has been named to the dean's list for academic achievement during the spring 2009 semester at Shippensburg University. She is majoring in elementary education with a concentration in special education. More...
By Maryclaire Dale ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
..PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pennsylvania racing officials are investigating whether a veterinarian used a handgun to euthanize a horse at a track near Philadelphia, a possible violation of track rules and racing industry standards. More...
Jim Krobath of the Governors' Veterans Outreach and Assistance Center will visit the F&M Trust in the Penn's Village Shopping Center in Mc- Connellsburg on Tuesday, July 7. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A newspaper says a common surgical procedure for the treatment of prostate cancer was botched at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia 79 percent of the time. More...
Sparrows like all the modern conveniences of their Home Depot home
By Kim Ridley CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
A craving for a cheap glimpse of green on a cold Maine day recently drove me into the nearest Home Depot. I was rustling among the dracaenas when my husband, Tom, beckoned me. "There are birds in here," he said. More...
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