Sr. Martha, Cindy Glessner return safely from Haiti
When Sister Martha Burbulla left McConnellsburg on January 3, she assumed it would be just another annual trip to Haiti to support her “Little Sisters,” a native Haitian Community of Catholic Sisters. It was a trip she has been making for 20 years and nothing that day seemed out of the ordinary. More...
Residents of the Central Fulton School District will see one of their own move up through the ranks to take the official reins this summer following the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Julia Cigola. More...
Critically ill, Fox is named 2009 “Fireman of the Year”
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER
The McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co., in a somber moment on Saturday evening, bestowed its highest honor on a critically ill brother by naming Howard Fox of McConnellsburg as its 2009 “Fireman of the Year.” More...
A dozen individuals representing various construction companies sat down before the Fulton County commissioners this week for a bid opening related to the second phase of the county’s ongoing renovation project. More...
To The Editor:
I read with concern the January 7, 2010, edition of the “News” in which the commissioners state that Fulton County taxpayers bore the burden of $103,342.62 in legal expenses to conclude a four-year negotiation with but seven county employees. Later in the article the commissioners state: More...
After the rainy Sunday followed a beautiful spring-like Monday, but it won’t likely last too long.
Knobsville United Methodist Church folks held a spaghetti supper on Friday evening. Good to see quite a nice group of folks
attending. The church folks wish to thank all who helped and also all those who attended. More...
Jesse Newman has spent much of his life with a basketball in his hand. Whether it was “dunking” with his Little Tykes basketball at the age of four or having fun with teammate Andrew King years later playing a hardcore game of Nerf basketball with a hoop attached to his bedroom door, Newman has never stopped loving the game. More...
Special Music Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute cordially invites all to attend a night of accapella music Wednesday, February 3, at 7:30 p.m. Located 1 1/2 miles west of Harrisonville along Rt. 30 at the old Green Hill School. More...
Last year, 50 children in Pennsylvania died from child abuse or neglect. Fewer than half of the families were known to child welfare services. According to Michael Petit, president of Every Child Matters, a nonpartisan organization working to make children and families a national political priority, “Much can be done to reduce these child abuse and neglect deaths. More...
20 Years Ago
From The Files Of January 18, 1990
’90 Denis Strait, 24, Needmore, was named Needmore Volunteer Fire Co.’s Fireman of the Year at the company’s annual banquet
on January 13. Strait served as the company’s assistant fire chief in 1989 and will serve as fire chief in 1990. More...
Rob and Danyell Dickinson would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Nattalee Marie Dickinson, December 15, 2009, at 11:21 p.m., at Chambersburg Hospital. Natalee weighed 7 pounds .09 ounce and was 21 inches long. More...
Bella Evangeline Appel, 1 month and 13 days, Hancock, Md., died Saturday, January 9, 2010, at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Born November 27, 2009, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of Jordan J. Appel of Hancock. More...
Former Cancer Victim Stricken With Leukemia