2010-04-15

Lincoln Way Book Club to Study “The Shack”



Looking for some stimulating conversation and an exciting adventure? You are welcome to become a part of a newly formed “Lincoln Way Book Club.” The first meeting of this trial group will be on Wednesday, April 28 at Lincoln Way Pizza, Country Corner Plaza, McConnellsburg. The club will take a four-week journey through “The Shack,” the number one New York […]

Conference Launches Week Of The Young Child Here

Deputy secretary, PA Office of Children, Youth & Families, keynote speaker

Childcare advocates from Fulton, Franklin and Bedford counties gathered on Monday in McConnellsburg to mark the beginning of the Week of the Young Child, held nationwide April 11-17. The message they heard at the conference that was partnered by Fulton County Center for Families and Fulton County Services for Children was clear: Young children deserve the best that we can […]

Boro Council Enacts Sidewalk Ordinance

Agrees to rent parking spaces to county

McConnellsburg Borough Council members enacted a sidewalk ordinance last Wednesday evening after hearing no comment during the meeting convened to receive public comment. On a Mack Shaffer/Rick Buterbaugh motion, council voted to adopt the ordinance with Councilman Pat Booth casting the only “no” vote. The ordinance will require “all existing sidewalks and curbs along streets, alleys, public ways or state […]

Johnston, Harnish Awarded Top Chamber Honors

Dot Berry Beauty Salon receives “Excellence In Small Business” award, Loy Garber recognized for community service

Several of Fulton County’s finest received top honors during Saturday evening’s annual celebration of excellence and distinction hosted by the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Promotion. Amid a sizeable crowd gathered at the McConnellsburg Firehall, community leaders, officials and residents, led by chamber president Deb Toothman, honored the best in business and volunteerism as well as the best […]

Route 522 Gem Bridge Work Begins

Temporary signal in place

Prime contractor Lobar Site Development Corp. of Dillsburg began a $2.1 million bridge replacement project on Route 522 over Licking Creek in Belfast Township, Fulton County, on April 12. On Monday, the contractor reduced the roadway to one lane of traffic that will be controlled by a temporary signal. All work on this project is anticipated to be completed by […]

Trout Season Opens This Saturday

Pre-season stocking concludes Friday

Since trout season opened in neighboring Franklin County almost two weeks ago, Waterways Conservation Office Anthony Quarracino with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has maintained a busy, if not hectic, schedule of checking anglers for limits and licenses. Even though the season doesn’t officially open here in Fulton County until this Saturday morning, Quarracino has also had chance meetings […]

FROM DAYS GONE BY



20 Years Ago From The Files Of April 12, 1990 ’90 Trout season opens at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, but fishermen are invariably early risers and will be settled on their favorite stream banks long before eight o’clock. Even those who are not avid car racing fans felt a glow of pride watching McConnellsburg driver Tom Peck race in the […]

Scant Praise For “Unvarnished,” Web Site For Reviewing People



There are online reviews of movies, cars, computers, and now… people? Unvarnished, a controversial new “people review site,” which began its latest round of testing last Monday, is allowing invited users to anonymously publish reviews and comments about others’ workplace performances. Users who connect to the site via Facebook can create a profile about someone else and post reviews of […]

Want To See A 3-D Movie? Ticket Prices Go Up 20 Percent



Don and Muffy Sorenson are putting on a good face for the kids. “It’s fine, it’s fine,” says Sorenson, a file clerk, standing in line at the Universal Studios multiplex for “How to Train Your Dragon” in 3-D. “If you want to have a good time, you have to pay for it.” On Friday, the ticket price for a 3-D […]

Apple iPad: Online Media’s Holy Grail?



Some media analysts are already predicting that Apple iPad is a major step in establishing a new business model for online content providers – both by bringing order to the online advertising world and by forcing users to pay for content that they have been enjoying for free. More than 300,000 iPads were sold in the first day of sales, […]