Saturday marked the official grand opening of the newly renovated Fulton County Library, an event that is undoubtedly the most prestigious moment in the history for the organization that has been providing services to Fulton County and beyond for 50 plus years. More...
FCMC asks community to participate in telephone survey
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER
A local healthcare survey will be conducted by telephone during the week of October 5, and Fulton County Medical Center and its community engagement team members are asking citizens to participate in the survey if called in order to assist FCMC in planning for local healthcare. More...
STAFF REPORT
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael Brogan told local news media last week that he was thrilled with how quickly and enthusiastically JLG Industries’ production of blast-resistant all-terrain vehicles for the nation’s armed forces has come together.
“This has been done in an amazing amount of time,” Brogan said. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Merchants and motorists reclaimed their city Saturday as a vast police presence dissolved, barricades vanished and traffic started flowing after a gathering of world leaders that had turned downtown Pittsburgh into a wellprotected fortress. More...
Greg and Deb Sowers visited with daughter Ronni and friend Kevin in Phoenixville over the weekend and attended the NASCAR race at Dover on Sunday. More...
Fulton House Museum The Fulton House Museum at 114 Lincoln Way East in McConnellsburg will be open free to the public throughout the three-day weekend of October 16, 17, and 18 with a loaned display of children’s toys and a Civil War exhibit including a sword and photo of LaFayette Baker who directed the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after President Lincoln’s assassination. More...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Hunters worried that a lack of squirrel food will make the critters scarce during this year's hunting season can relax.
Paul Johansen of the state Division of Natural Resources says squirrels will be abundant this year, although next year might be much different. More...
20 Years Ago
From The Files Of September 28, 1989
’89 Hurricane Hugo, which caused such destruction in Charleston, S.C., and continues northward inland last Friday, bypassed Fulton
County to the west. Strong winds and rain were felt in its wake. More...
Abigail Hope Deshong celebrated her fifth birthday on September 16.
Abby has three special brothers: Levi, Dakota and Alec, who love her. She is the daughter of Troy and Melodie Deshong. Grandparents are Judy Velez, Ken and Sandy Deshong, and Joe and Dorie Diehl, and the late Alice Deshong. More...
Wayne H. Bard, 77, Chambersburg, died Sunday, September 27, 2009, at Chambersburg Hospital.
He was born in Belfast Township, May 10, 1932, the son of the late Oliver Lee and Elizabeth Alice (Strait) Bard. He was the husband of Lois Jean (Truax) Bard, whom he married on January 15, 1952. More...
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
The Friends of Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church will hold a service Sunday, Oct. 4, at the historic Tonoloway church near Warfordsburg, Pa.
Pastor Scott Gibbs of the Buck Valley Christian Church and Rev. Roger Truax of the Pleasant Ridge Church of the Brethren will officiate the 2:00 p.m. service. More...
Buck Valley Little League Finishes Season