Dallastown News

We're starting to think the only way lawmakers will fix Pennsylvania's outrageously inequitable school funding formula is if districts and taxpayers take the state to court.

A former Dallastown Area Middle School teacher charged in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a female student over a four-year period is tentatively scheduled for trial in August.

If Dallastown's proposed final budget is passed this year, district residents will not have any property tax hike for the fourth year in a row.

Stan Brown, owner of Brown's Orchards and Farm Market, checks apricot blossoms for frost damage on Wednesday.

Check out our roundup of all the news and information you need from Dallastown, Red Lion and Eastern York County for the week of April 16 to 22, 2014.

The Dallastown Area School Board recently approved Erin Heffler as the new principal for Dallastown Area Intermediate School, according to the district website.

Amelia Ness, 5, of Windsor, and Macklin Woerner, 4, of Red Lion, fill their buckets with plastic eggs during the annual Easter Egg Hunt at St. John's Blymire's UCC in York Township, Sunday.

Erin Heffler was unanimously approved by the school board Thursday to be the school's principal, and will begin in her new post next week.

The Dallastown administration set the graduation date for the first week in June after verifying the senior students will meet all attendance requirements, said superintendent Ron Dyer.

But, after a court's ruling this week that denied New Hope's appeal of a state order to close after this academic year, the futures of Wilson's eighth-grade daughter and 10-grade son are unclear - with one exception.

Two Dallastown Area High School students were honored in a statewide competition for creating public service announcements that discourage underage drinking.

Check out our roundup of all the news and information you need from Dallastown, Red Lion and Eastern York County for the week of April 9 to 15, 2014.

Maranda Kelly of Mount Wolf picks out pansies for her garden at Stauffer's of Kissel Hill in Hellam Township Sunday.

A York Area Regional Police officer and a Dallastown woman were taken to York Hospital after they were involved in a three car crash, according to a news release.

Julie and Steven Groff stand by cider vats in the cidery at their York Township farm.

Amelia Trettel, 17, holds down fellow senior's self portraits as Dallastown Area School District students set up their display at York Arts@CityArt Gallery, Sunday March 30, 2014.

Jane Tucker, one of the founders of ACCESS-York, is receiving national recognition for her work helping victims of domestic violence, according to a news release.