Franklin News

Several Westminster College chemistry students will present their research at a Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Jennings Environmental Education Center, 2951 Prospect Road, Slippery Rock.

All Press Releases for November 07, 2009>> The new Miller SafEscape ELITE Rescue/Descent Device from Miller Fall Protection meets all applicable safety standards throughout the world.

Christian singing group forming The Freed-in-Spirit Singers is a newly-formed non-denominational group for anyone who wants to get together to praise the Lord in song.

With Election Day only 6 days away, the Montgomery County Board of Elections today officially advertised the hundreds of polling places that will be open for voters to cast their ballots in local and state political races that are part of the municipal general election.

Rapid Granulator AB has filed for financial restructuring, according to news reports in Sweden.

The fall term of the Montrose Area Adult School concludes this week with a Sunday afternoon, Nov.

Kent and Jean Kleinschmidt explored the Allegheny River Trail during a trip in October.

Devoted fans of Iron City beer say the brewery's auction offered them a chance to get a memory of the suds often associated with Pittsburgh.

October 22, 2009, 12:56 AM / Harold DiMarco, a 79-year-old retired salesman from Lancaster, said he was under so much stress from losing his life savings and from having introduced friends to invest with Richard S. Piccoli that he suffered a heart attack in January.

A capsized canoe spilled three adults and a baby into Beltzville Lake Saturday evening, prompting a state conservation officer to jump into the cold water and attempt to rescue them, fire officials said.

A local demolition crew made quick work of a pair of commercial buildings in the Penn Franklin area on Warren's east side on Wednesday afternoon.

A Ben Franklin banner, both in the field and remade into a bag. I have a ton of reusable bags, it seems.

By the time several hundred Wegmans employees had massed inside the new Collegeville supermarket to perform the traditional opening-day cheer early yesterday morning, lines of shoppers already were snaking along two sides of the building.

Cineasts in the region know autumn can mean only one thing: It's film-festival season.

Overnight party, "My God is So Big!" Registration due today for a $5 discount to Oct.

East Franklin Township Fire Department responded at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday to fluids leaking from a vehicle in the Franklin Village Mall parking lot.

Warren had another nice day on the links, finishing second Monday at Rocky Grove's Region 4 Megamatch at Lucky Hills.

Two of the three Franklin Township supervisors voted in favor of adding police coverage in the township at the Sept.

Ruth Jane Myers Ewing, 86, died at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, at Hospice of the Valley Hospice House, Poland, after a battle of several years with Alzheimer's disease.

On Sept. 9, Franklin County will be another year older, but this birthday marks a milestone -- the county will be 225 years old! To mark the momentous occasion, Franklin County Visitors Bureau has planned a commemorative celebration for the community on Labor Day .