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BSA Mounts Effort To Renovate Sinoquipe Lodge

Needs money, material, labor to upgrade cabin built by Scouts in eary ‘60s


Great Cove District, which represents the Fulton County portion of the Boy Scouts of America’s Hagerstown-based Mason-Dixon Council, needs help with a project that will renovate a lodge at Camp Sinoquipe designed and built by Boy Scout Troop 81 of Wells Tannery with volunteer labor and donated material some 50 years ago. Wells Valley Lodge was named in recognition of […]

Horton Murder Charges Move To Higher Court

Co-defendant provides testimony against him

After one of his co-defendants testified against him, criminal homicide charges against a Mc- Connellsburg man were moved to the Court of Common Pleas last Thursday following a preliminary hearing. Ryan Lynn Horton, 27, is charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, theft and conspiracy to commit theft and simple assault. Magisterial District Judge […]

New Book On Mountain Man



“Trail of Terror: The Story of Peggy Ann Bradnick and the Mountain Man” is a new book by Kenneth L. Peiffer Jr. In 178 pages, Peiffer gives a factual account of the activities of a “phantom sniper” around Shade Gap, Pa., between 1964 and 1966. Those incidents culminated in the abduction of Peggy Ann Bradnick as she walked home from […]

W.Va. Farmers Work Toward Hemp Revival




PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – The half-acre plot of fledgling plants along a hillside at Cedar Lane Farm puts into perspective the return of hemp to West Virginia soil – a resistance-riddled movement struggling to rise out of infancy. Owner Dave Hawkins arrives with a few signs to post around the plot warning trespassers that the area is under surveillance. “Industrial […]

Wolf Secures Budget Peace, For Now, If Not Campaign Promises



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The House of Representatives had just finished voting the final pieces into place for Pennsylvania’s 2016-17 budget package, and Majority Leader Dave Reed walked next door in the Capitol to share congratulations with Gov. Tom Wolf. “So this really can work,’’ a smiling Wolf told Reed when they met Wednesday evening. A budget package achieved after […]

Shares The Downside Of CAFO With Uninformed



To The Editor: This letter is to alert those county residents who may not have been previously informed about the proposed hog factory, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), that is awaiting approval from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The proposed 8,700 breeding facility is planned to be built on top of a hill very close to the Big […]

Gardening In Fulton County



To The Editor: I am so impressed with the gardens I have seen here in the county. Some new ones, downsized ones and large ones. We’ve enjoyed fairly good weather; at times, a little dry, but it is the middle of July, and we will need to water if it doesn’t rain, of course. The Master Gardeners have been busy; […]

Says Bill Will Breathe New Life Into General Aviation



To The Editor: Most new laws contain sections that are not of interest to the general public. The “Aviation Bill” covered in your previous issue has such content. As a licensed “private pilot” there are sections of interest to me and to others in the small airplane general aviation community. The part of the law informally referred to as “Private […]

Clearing The Record



In last week’s story “Continuances Granted” it was the commonwealth that presented a petition for continuance for the Thomas King trial and not the defense as stated in the story. A continuance was granted to the October term of court. The “News” regrets the reporter’s error and any confusion it may have caused. In last week’s story “Union Township Receives […]