Chambersburg News

Quite a character: Woodcarver Bruce Stake, Amberson, brought out some of his character canes during the First Friday celebration in downtown Chambersburg.

If Chambersburg Post 46 goes on to win the Franklin County American Legion baseball title, it will point to Thursday's improbable comeback as a key reason why.

A Waynesboro man is accused of pointing a handgun at people playing basketball. Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, recently filed charges of simple assault and driving under the influence against Michael Robert Harris, 43, Waynesboro.

Maryann Fisher, local franchise owner of Interiors by Decorating Den, learned in May that she received the Top Design Award in the bathroom design category for the company's 25th Annual Dream Room Contest.

The sun had not yet risen Friday when a loud roar engulfed the site where three Penn State Mont Alto engineering students were camped.

The large female cougar won Ashley Barrett the Masters Division Best In World championship at the 2009 World Taxidermy Awards in St.

A military convoy that includes Chambersburg residents Harry Fike, his son Peter and Sgt.

On the same night the 2009-2010 budget was approved, Chambersburg Area school board announced an early renewal of Superintendent Joe Padasak's contract Wednesday with a change to his annual pay increases.

Chambersburg school administrators expect a $53,000 check to help boost student performance during the summer vacation, during a time when children traditionally regress in their literacy abilities.

Shippensburg Area School District could get beefed up representation in the operation of Franklin County Career and Technology Center, but Thursday's divided vote leaves that unclear at the moment.

The Borough of Chambersburg is going to great lengths to prepare for the paving of U.S. 30 through the town, but is stopping short of sharing the cost of curb ramps along the $2.2 million project.

It's only been a few days since more than 200 dogs were rescued from a kennel in eastern Pennsylvania.

The transfer of land from the Chambersburg Army Reserve Center to the Chambersburg Area School District has taken a step toward fruition.

When Chambersburg Area school board meets tonight, its members are to vote on a $105.3 million budget and a 4.9 percent tax increase.

Chambersburg's offense rapped out 13 hits, and it also got some help from a leaky Shippensburg defense.

A partygoer has been accused of striking two parked cars Sunday in Hamilton Township.

John Putch's independent movie, "Route 30," played to a sold-out audience Saturday and drew a similar crowd for a Sunday afternoon matinee at Chambersburg's Capitol Theatre.

Not many teens can say they begged to play the harp at age 4 and were thrilled to get an immersion blender for Christmas as a 14-year old, but Erin Sempowski can.

When people think of Chambersburg, what do they think of? Peaches? Apples? Dairy farms? Civil War History? The most popular response among Chambers of Commerce around Pennsylvania, when asked "What do you think of when you think of Chambersburg," was... "Where?" "I'm sorry, I don't know where that is," one chamber representative said.

Wilson College's administration reacted to a tragedy that took the life of a four-year-old child this week by opening its chapel around the clock to the public and providing grief counseling to students, their children and the college's staff.