Biglerville News

Abbottstown borough officials have approved joining with two other municipalities' in a contract for waste hauling in 2010.

State police at Gettysburg are still looking for a Biglerville woman they say didn't return to Adams County prison Monday evening after a four-day furlough.

Hunters can participate in a venison donation program to help Pennsylvanians in need.

A Biglerville man charged in connection with one of the two burglaries at Biglerville High School this summer pleaded guilty earlier this month in Adams County court.

Christmas light-up in McSherrystown The official Christmas Light-up in McSherrystown will be held Sunday, Nov.

Chad Stroup's truck was found one and a half miles down Birch Run Road. Chad Stroup State troopers found the body of a Columbia man Wednesday afternoon in Menallen Township, Adams County, near Michaux State Forest, according to state police.

The Arendtsville branch of the Adams County Library System might close by the end of the year because of a budget shortfall of roughly $243,000. Adams County Library System director Rob Lescher said the state cut funding to the library system by 20 percent, leading the system's overall revenue to drop by 12 percent.

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Gildow , Hanover, a daughter, Oct. 30, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

The York/Adams Metropolitan Medical Response System has updated the list of school districts that will receive the H1N1 vaccine.

"Mister Ed" Gotwalt was in his element Saturday during a party at his Elephant Museum and candy store in Caledonia as he signed copies of the newly released "Route 30" DVD.

Nicole Drago and Matthew Wilson, Abbottstown, a son, Oct. 19, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

A plum pox-infected peach orchard is destroyed in 1999. University Park, Pa.-- When plum pox was discovered in Adams County peach trees in October 1999 -- the first time the disease had been found in North America -- the nation's stone-fruit growers watched anxiously to see how Pennsylvania would respond.

Jerry Althoff picks up apples that have been gathered and bagged by volunteers. He and his wife deliver the gleaned fruit to those in need of food.

Officials: Recycling a success McSherrystown Borough residents are putting out less trash and doing more recycling.

Police believe speed played a role in the two-vehicle crash that killed a Gettysburg man just west of borough limits Thursday evening.

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture officials were in Biglerville Thursday to declare final victory over the plum pox virus after a decade of effort.

The single challenger running for election to Upper Adams School District's school board wants to see more cost-saving efforts in the district.

Domino's plans for Hospice Sunday November is celebrated throughout the United States as National Hospice Month.

Jacqueline and Dave McCartney's Biglerville home was destroyed in a fire Friday night, which the couple and their dog barely escaped.

With all the gloomy weather this month, it's looking like this week could be ideal for apple picking.