Fourth annual event raises over $5,000 for scholarship fund
They arrived at Center United Methodist Church by bicycle, wagon and even on four fuzzy paws to pay honor and their respects to a Hustontown area man who lost his life four years ago in a traffic accident just miles from his home. More...
NACo grant will provide technical assistance to study local healthcare
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER
Fulton County Medical Center (FCMC), its administrative staff, board and physicians, assisted by community leaders took the first step last week in evaluating the community's healthcare system and learning more about how it affects the local economy. More...
Fulton County's jobless rate continues to reflect earlier massive layoffs at JLG and other industries as June's unemployment rate climbed significantly from 13.2 percent in May to 15 percent in June according to preliminary figures released by the Department of Labor and Industry this week. The rate, although still lower than March's 15. More...
McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Company's big plans to garner interest from area youth in the company and its daily practices went off without a hitch this weekend with the first-ever "Dream Weekend." McConnellsburg's Dream Weekend was created and modeled after events held over the years by the Marion Fire Company and surrounding companies. More...
To The Editor, The Rotary Club of Hancock Md., hopes to form a Rotary Club in Fulton County, Pa. Rotary is a service club with 1,200,000 members in 200 countries worldwide. There has never been a club in Fulton County and hopefully this will soon change. More...
Three Escape Injury In Crash A Three Springs woman and her two children escaped harm when their southbound 2000 Dodge Intrepid slid off the roadway and into a culvert along Route 522 last Thursday afternoon. Ashley D. Jamison, 21, was wearing a seatbelt when the accident occurred at 12:45 p.m. in Dublin Township. More...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Jimmie Johnson won Sunday's Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to become the first three-time winner. Johnson hadn't led until lap 137. On the race's final restart, he passed his teammate and polesitter Mark Martin for the lead, and led the remaining 33 laps of the 160-lap race. More...
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...
GLENMOORE, Pa. (AP) - Dan Wright's career choice has the 30-year-old carpenter out on a limb. He is the owner and founder of Tree Top Builders based in Westtown, about 15 miles west of Philadelphia. He puts his jawdropping fabulous tree houses up in the air, spanning branches across the country, with a concentration on the East Coast. More...
20 Years Ago From The Files Of July 27, 1989 '89 Fulton County Area Vocational Technical School Superintendent of Record William Printz and Gary Truax, president of the votech school's joint operating committee, shared the honors at groundbreaking ceremonies July 19 at the site of the vo-tech building trades program's student home building project. More...
Samuel E. England, 86, Everett, died Sunday, July 26, 2009, at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. He was born on July 22, 1923, in Everett, Pa., a son of the late Samuel E. England Sr. and Gladys M. (Burket) England. More...
The following couples applied for marriage licenses during the past week at the local courthouse: Marly Lee Robinson, 39, Breezewood, and Heather Dawn Mearkle, 29, Breezewood. Shawn Pensinger, 33, Mc- Connellsburg, and Tonya Lynn McMullen, 31, McConnellsburg. More...
Firefighters' Dream Weekend Successful