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The Environmental Open House and Festival of the Arts was a roaring success in spite of overcast skies.
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Beginning Monday, May 16, prime contractor George S. Hann & Son Inc. of Fort Littleton will start work on two bridges in Thompson Township, Fulton County, on Route 2004 (Johnsons Mill Road) over the Little Tonoloway Creek. More...
Building issues reviewed
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz
STAFF WRITER
The Fulton County auditors met with the commissioners this week to review a memo regarding the status of the audit report for the 2010 fiscal year. More...
Cancer Fundraiser Takes Place May 20-21
By Lindsay R. Mellott
STAFF WRITER
This Friday and Saturday, Fulton County’s Relay For Life Committee brings its annual 24-hour cancer fundraiser back to the Mc- Connellsburg High School track where the event got its start 17 years ago. More...
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On Sunday May 22, 2011, there will be a student art exhibit at Southern Fulton High School. The student exhibit will showcase work from the seventh- through 12th-grade students and will be open to the public from noon to 3 p.m. More...
Southern Fulton High School Vocal Music Department will present its annual spring chorus concert on Saturday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. More...
FORBES ROAD Lunch Menu Monday, May 23: macho nachos, tossed salad, bread, bananas. Tuesday, May 24: fish or barbecue sandwich, macaroni and cheese, celery with peanut butter, pineapple. More...
The following couples applied for marriage licenses during the past week at the local courthouse: Donald Edward Truax, 43, Harrisonville, and Terry L. Hopkins, 50, McConnellsburg. More...
By Tom Knapp
(LANCASTER) INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL/LANCASTER NEW ERA
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) – People know of Ford’s Theatre, where on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. More...
By Peter Jackson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARRISBURG, Pa. More...
Forbes Road held its prom Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the American Legion in McConnellsburg. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman who admitted defrauding a fire company has been ordered to repay more than $1.8 million in misappropriated funds. More...
HARRISON CITY, Pa. (AP) – Police say a western Pennsylvania hunter appears to have accidentally shot himself while climbing down from a tree stand on the first day of spring gobbler season. More...
YORK, Pa. (AP) – A golf resort in Pennsylvania will pay $55,000 in back wages to more than 200 workers after a federal investigation. The U.S. More...
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Actor and activist Danny Glover joined thousands of union members from several states in a rally at eastern Pennsylvania’s East Strouds- burg University on Saturday over a hospital contract dispute. More...
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Fulton County Medical Center completed its first eight-week smoking cessation program with the help of the Franklin/Fulton County Partnership. The class had 10 participants, three educators and one instructor. The class met one evening a week. More...
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On Sunday May 8, 2011, Katie Anderson along with her family, traveled to Howard County, Md., to receive a rare breed sheep. The rare breed sheep were awarded to youth participants during a special ceremony at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett’s back surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital on Monday was described as successful by surgeons who said he was resting comfortably after awakening from anesthesia. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Two dozen state employees earn $200,000 or more and are among nearly 3,600 state workers paid at least $100,000 per year, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune- Review. More...
By Joe Mandak
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett isn’t running in Tuesday’s primary, but he’s being mentioned a lot in two races for Allegheny County executive. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – State lawmakers are considering allowing investigators to use the genetic material from relatives to track suspects in violent crimes who have left DNA evidence at a crime scene but whose genetic fingerprint is not contained i More...
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