Fairfield News

Often called the forgotten battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Monterey Pass once only had a rusty marker at Pa.

Some familiar names could be part of a planned shopping center on the city's northern tip.

Fairfield Area School District has approved a final budget for 2009-10 that includes an about 4.94-percent tax increase, but also includes cuts in staff and in expenses.

Several Nashville bus routes will be on detour from June 10 through June 14 due to the CMA Music Festival.

Tom Wajda is the owner of Willow Pond Farm, home to 23 varieties of lavender and the site of the Pennsylvania Lavender Festival in June.

Emmitsburg -- When John Sillyman collected his business degree at Mount St. Mary's University on Sunday, it was the end of a long personal journey.

Adams County blood drives The York-Adams American Red Cross has scheduled the following blood drives in Adams County for the month of May.

A senior district judge soon will be assigned to the Fairfield-area office of Magisterial District Judge Mark Beauchat, who recently has been placed on leave and isn't expected back until late May In the meantime, temporary arrangements have been made with the county's other three district justices, who are picking up Beauchat's duties in his ...

A crashed glider sits about 100 feet short of the landing strip at the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association near Fairfield.

Chef David Haynes, the instructor of the culinary arts program at Adams County Tech Prep, checks on Fairfield Area High School student Elizabeth Miller as she and other students prepare hor d'oeuvres for an event at the Gettysburg Fire Hall on Friday.

If you're one of those students afraid standardized test scores don't paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing.

Beginning next week, 6 1/2 miles of Route 116 between Gettysburg and Fairfield are due for repair work that isn't expected to be completed until the end of August.

Better cell-phone service will likely be met with good reception in the Fairfield area, which is notorious for poor service.

Between 2:30 a.m. and noon. Someone broke the rear window out of a 1999 Toyota Camry in the 4500 block of York Road in Mount Pleasant Township.

The following reports were taken from information provided by area law enforcement agencies Saturday: SHIPPENSBURG ACCIDENT: One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 9:18 p.m. Wednesday at Queen ...

Eddy Rubin, of the Strawberry Hill Nature Center, discusses how sap is collected from a maple tree during a demonstration on how maple syrup is made.

I am writing in regard to the picture of the car involved in the fatal accident on Route 116 near Fairfield.

Eddy Rubin, environmental education coordinator, collects sap from a maple tree during a demonstration on how maple syrup is made at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve in Fairfield, Pa.

Gettysburg Police called in units from five surrounding municipalities Saturday and Sunday to help control two brawls at a local restaurant and bar.

Carroll Valley Borough Police made five arrests last weekend for driving under the influence of alcohol.