Chambersburg News

Saturday's rally for the nativity in Chambersburg's square is the second public event organized by Lisa Blackstock of Mercersburg.

An atheistic and agnostic group plans to seek legal action against the Borough of Chambersburg following a decision Monday night that bans anything other than flags and flowers from adorning the Memorial Square fountain war memorial.

The Chambersburg Police Department has released a flyer on Walter James Myers Jr.

"I wondered how much longer the crche would stand unopposed," a local expert on religious issues said Tuesday, a day after Chambersburg Borough Council said the crche had to leave Memorial Square.

The so-called "war on Christmas" has come to Chambersburg , Franklin County's seat.

Since Monday night's decision by Chambersburg Borough Council to have a nativity scene removed from Memorial Square, borough employees have been fielding questions.

Hunters bagged 1,897 black bears Monday during the first day of Pennsylvania's three-day statewide season, according to preliminary figures from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Reservations are required for the Dec. 15 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Chambersburg.

Great Valu stores donated $10,000 to National Breast Cancer Foundation in October -- in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.

It's a common scene each year during the holiday season: Wise men and Mary and Joseph gathered around the Baby Jesus.

M&T Bank broke ground Monday for a new "green" branch on Norland Avenue in Chambersburg.

The Weston, Fla., man who targeted investors in the Chambersburg and Harrisburg areas in a $20 million Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of unlawful money transactions, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

By KEITH PARADISE Staff writer -------------------- Administrators in the Chambersburg Area School District and the Chambersburg Area Education Association are working towards resolving 12 grievances that have been filed with the district.

More than eight hours before Saturday's Chambersburg Christmas Parade began, chairs lined the parade route, just waiting to be occupied by eager spectators.

Plans to extend the Chambersburg Rail Trail a half-mile to South Main Street may have to be put on hold.

Scouts on Saturday collected more than 10,000 cans and boxes of food for the needy.

Eager for shot: Residents crowd 450 Cleveland Ave. in Chambersburg Friday. The H1N1 vaccine is being administered for free by the state Department of Health today and tomorrow.

More than a dozen people in the Shippensburg and Chambersburg area are accused of being a part of a drug ring over the past several years.

A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered for information about the armed robbery on April 24 of Henicle's Market in Greene Township.

The proposal by the Chambersburg Area School District to close Marion Elementary School was voted down by the school board Wednesday night.