Hampton News

By next year, Abbottstown and New Oxford fire companies might be one unit. Not exactly one.

Hamilton Township has decided to lower its donation to one of the four fire companies that serve the township - and raise its donation to the other three.

A firefighter walks in front of one of the vehicles involved in a fatal, four-vehicle accident Monday night on Route 94 a few miles north of Hampton.

Register Now June 27 - 1 pm Ten Command-ments of Intelligent and Safe Fireground Operations Presenter: Mark Emery This webcast will look at the reality fire departments face: The need for numerous critical ...

MONDAY: 5:38 p.m. Engine 46-1 and Engine 46-3 responded to an accident at Randolph Street and Elm Avenue; and the MIC unit responded to five calls.

Where's a tractor-trailer full of Oreos when you need it? More than seven hours after the Carlisle Pike was closed in Reading Township, Adams County, officials finished cleaning up a massive milk spill and ...

“Across the tracks there's a new housing development that just went in, but that valley is pretty remote. Coyotes are very shy, but people could be putting food out for deer or rabbits and they could have lost their fear of humans.”

Donna Ladow in her back yard in Hampton with Ty. A morning walk in North Park led to a frightening encounter yesterday for a woman and her dog who were confronted by wild coyotes. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“There are no contaminants or impurities. ... No bacteria.”

WASHINGTON TWP. -- The water at West Morris Central High School has been cleared for drinking after the results of a culture test came back Tuesday. via Daily Record

SATURDAY: 7:31 p.m. fire equipment responded to a carbon monoxide investigation in the first block of South Franklin Street. via Evening Sun

“Patty's style is more Grecian, a free-flowing look”

What sets many new houses apart from older ones -- other than square footage -- is the number, size and style of their windows. via Daily Herald

Empire Beauty School graduates from Nov. 19 to Jan 7 are Davonne Bethel, Melissa Bowers, Marlita Costa, Rickea Day-Hampton, Magen Hollingshead, Emily Funke, Amber Innerst, Ashley Langione, Lauren Nagorny, ... via The York Daily Record

Recent traffic counts by the Adams County Office of Planning and Development have identified two Reading Township intersections as problem spots. via Evening Sun

“The fuel is an option that Reading may have agreed to but I don't think we have.”

Reading Township wants Latimore Township to chip in more than $5,000 for costs Reading has paid to support the Lake Meade Fire and Rescue. via Evening Sun

Reading Township officials have decided to change the times for meetings for both the supervisors and the planning commission. via Evening Sun

Dr. and Mrs. John Lieb II , Gainesville, Fla., a daughter, Sept. 14, 2007, at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. via Evening Sun

A female juvenile on Sunday was allegedly raped south of Hampton by an unknown attacker, police said. via Evening Sun

Reading Township's supervisors are reviewing a request to subdivide a farm along the northeastern edge of the village of Hampton. via Evening Sun

“It tied up my dispatch center”

Go ahead and count the characters. "Down" is definitely a four-letter word. And emergency responders might reasonably consider it profanity, seeing as how on any given day they might answer a call that begins ... via Evening Sun

Reading Township residents should not see an increase in their municipal taxes for 2008. via Evening Sun

In the world of business, salesmanship reigns supreme. And if what you're selling is public safety, all the better, right? But what if a company is not really peddling safety, just wringing more profit from the ... via The Evening Sun