HOF Banquet Gala Affair



Fatal Crash Claims Local Woman




A local woman was killed in a car crash April 9 at 3:30 p.m. when a Green 1999 Ford F250 crossed the center double yellow line at 1200 Lincoln Highway and entered the opposite lane of travel. Robert Earl Burkholder, 32, Mann’s Choice, failed to properly negotiate a right-hand curve in the roadway, striking a Red 2003 GMC Envoy at […]

Out With The Old, In With The New



Safety First, Drivers!



To The Editor: The Fulton County Farm Bureau is celebrating Rural Roads Safety Week April 8-15 by encouraging county motorists to travel safely on roadways this spring and throughout the year. You may have noticed that farmers are returning to the fields to begin planting crops. As the new season gets underway, tractors, farm trucks, wagons and other large equipment […]

MHS To Present “Seussical”



April Proclaimed Child Abuse Awareness Month

Commissioners


Services for Children Director Christine McQuade met with commissioners Stuart Ulsh, Pete Lynch, and Rodney McCray at their weekly meeting April 3 for their endorsement of a proclamation designating April as Child Abuse Awareness Month. McQuade also updated them on related events taking place in April such as the One Community, One Voice, All Children breakfast conference, to be held […]

State Might Allow Dry-Leaf Medical Pot



HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Pennsylvania medical-marijuana board recommended last Monday that the state allow the sale of marijuana in dry-leaf form, in theory to allow users to vaporize and inhale it, and expand the kinds of medical conditions it can be used to treat, including cancer remission therapy. The Medical Marijuana Advisory Board voted to send the recommendations to Health […]

Couple Who Met In Supermarket Marry Amid Veggies In Aisle 13



LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) – Attention all shoppers: wedding in aisle 13. A couple who met at a supermarket have tied the knot there with canned carrots and peas among their wedding guests. The Valley News Dispatch reported 69-year-old Larry Spiering and 61-yearold Becky Smith married Sunday at the Community Supermarket in Lower Burrell, where they met 10 years ago. […]

Wolf Backs Bills To Fight Workplace Sexual Harassment



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration says the Democrat is backing a package of forthcoming legislation that’s designed to improve protections in Pennsylvania against workplace sexual harassment and discrimination. Wolf’s announcement Thursday with Democratic lawmakers comes amid revelations of misconduct allegations against several lawmakers and state agreements to pay more than $3 million to settle sexual misconduct claims […]

Simple Vegetarian Spring Pasta Salad




A great pasta salad is a beautiful thing. It anchors a picnic, potluck or buffet with aplomb. It’s portable, flexible, and easily and often vegetarian. One of the first things I made for my then-boyfriend’s (now husband’s) parents was a pasta salad, and for whatever reason, it won them over and became a most-requested dish. Pasta salads are also such […]