Greencastle News

For 41 years, Greencastle has promoted its downtown with a huge two-day sidewalk sale and nothing, not the economy nor construction, would stop it from doing it again this year.

The issue of sidewalks is one of the most challenging issues Greencastle has to face, according to Borough Council President Charles Eckstine.

A Franklin County family is homeless after their house burned down Tuesday evening.

Greencastle Borough Council members got a chance Monday to meet police canine Rony, the newest member of the Greencastle Police Department, with his handler, Officer Keith Russell.

Crews cleared the old deck from the Kriner Road bridge over Interstate 81 this week.

Dwayne Henning, Matthew Lynerd, Dwight Henning, Keefer Marshall, Hunter Witmer and Sally Bacon participate in the flag folding ceremony held at Greencastles Tayamentasachta Environmental Center.. While the flag was being folded, Nate Bacon stated the significance of each of the thirteen folds.

A wet and wild celebration ended the fourth and final day of Greencastle-Antrim Elementary School's academically anchored sports camp Thursday, as children moved seamlessly from the computer lab to outside for an afternoon of water games.

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.

After nearly a year of fighting through construction traffic on Baltimore Street in Greencastle, area motorists are either taking the side streets or avoiding the town completely.

For Sgt. 1st Class Christopher S. Levack, being an Army recruiter is not just about selling.

Police are searching for someone who stole about 200 cantaloupes in Cumberland County, state police said.

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.

Franklin County Career and Technology Center is currently employing a man who was charged with vandalizing his own high school last month.

Five or six ambulances responded Monday afternoon to an accident on Interstate 81 involving at least one vehicle, Pennsylvania State Police and a Franklin County Emergency Services dispatcher said.

New experiences: Pfc. Brian Damien Rhodes, left, is fed native food by an Iraqi military leader.

The Borough of Greencastle will conduct bulky item collection on two days in October.

Area Veterans of Foreign Wars posts raised $1,250 for soldiers in Iraq during a fundraiser the last weekend of May at the visitors' center on Interstate 81 near Greencastle.

After years of controversy and numerous delays, work has finally begun on transforming Center Square in downtown Waynesboro into a more traditional intersection.

Graduate: To pass from one stage of experience, proficiency or prestige to a usually higher one.

Solemn moment: Graduates stand for the Star-Spangled Banner during the Greencastle-Antrim High School commencement ceremony on Saturday Early in their educational journey through the Greencastle School District, school officials dubbed the Class of 2009 the "good class." At Saturday's commencement ceremony at Kaley Field, high school principal Ed ...