STAFF REPORT
George Stennett, 70, of Chambersburg has been hired as Great Cove Golf and Recreation Club’s pro shop manager and will oversee all golf and clubhouse operations, according to board President Bob Peck.
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS By Carol Singel
The Fulton County Relay for Life Kickoff was held on Sunday February 21, at the American Legion in McConnellsburg. There were more than 40 people present, with five returning teams represented and one new team. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A former Boeing credit union executive will spend 28 months in prison for a million-dollar fraud scheme at the aerospace company’s suburban Philadelphia plant. More...
Eight large notebooks filled with family genealogy have been donated to the Fulton County Historical Society Library by researcher Clair Pittman Villano of Colorado. More...
The following area students graduated from Penn State University December 19: Lacie Brown, Fort Littleton, human development and family studies, Mont Alto. Scott Earley, McConnellsburg, architectural engineering, University Park. More...
STAFF REPORT
Judge Richard J. Walsh of the 39th Judicial District of the Fulton/ Franklin County Court of Common Pleas presided over a court session held at the Fulton County Courthouse on Tuesday, February 16. More...
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Police are investigating a man’s body found along a western Pennsylvania road and say he may have been a pedestrian struck and left for dead. More...
Warfordsburg Sparrows were named winners of the 2009 Wii Bowl Conference during the inaugural season. Pictured left are: Betty Walters, Mary Lambert, Betty Everts, Ralph Lambert and Hester Smith. More...
Fulton County Senior Center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: cheese ravioli, green beans, tossed salad, Italian bread, mixed fruit. Tuesday: meatball hoagie, tater tots, applesauce, roll, jello. More...
The following students from Fulton County have been named to the fall 2009 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. More...
New large print fiction at Fulton County Library includes “Early Dawn” by Catherine Anderson, “Rizzo’s War” by Lou Manfredo, “The Chocolate Cupid Killings” by JoAnna Carl, “Dark Tiger” by William More...
Thomas Deshong of Harrisonville was named to the dean’s list for the 2009 fall semester at Messiah College. Deshong is a senior majoring in history. More...
By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The production of natural gas from tightly compacted shale in the U.S. is attracting more capital from around the world. Japanese conglomerate giant Mitsui & Co. More...
By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s beer-sales law is among the nation’s most restrictive and is proving near-impossible to change. More...
F&M Trust announced last week that it has completed the purchase of a 1.35 acre lot in the Riverview Business Center, Mount Union, that will be the site of a full-service community office within three years. More...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Former Lt. Gov. Mark Singel says he’ll run for the 12th District Congressional seat vacated by the death of John Murtha. More...
Hailey Berkstresser, a ninthgrade student at Forbes Road High School, has been named Junior High Student of the Month for February by the high school faculty. More...
Miss Haylee Runk’s Forbes Road Red Bird class has enjoyed playing in a milk jug igloo while learning about the cold weather, recycling and building. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Police in Philadelphia used spike strips to stop an ambulance that was reported stolen and arrest the driver. State and city police stopped the ambulance around 9 a.m. More...
Allied Health students Alexis Knisely and Tiffany Diehl from the Fulton County Area Vocational Technical School recently collected 48 health kits for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. More...
McConnellsburg Girl Scouts recently held its first-ever Pinewood Derby. First place went to Mary Booth; second place to Rebecca Wenschhof and third place was won by Kassie Stermer. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A two-alarm fire in Philadelphia has damaged the building of famed music business Philadelphia International Records, which produced many R&B classics of the 1960s and 1970s. More...
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