Hanover News

HANOVER >> The Visiting Nurse Association of Hanover & Spring Grove Hospice program is sponsoring its 6th Annual Butterfly Release in memory of and in honor of loved ones at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at St. David's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1032 Musselman Road.

Some of my fondest memories of living in Hanover include the neighborhood where I grew up and the businesses that were within walking distance from my house.

A West Manheim Township business owner is facing charges after police allege he engaged in theft schemes that caused two victims to lose more than $15,000.

Township police said the boys, ages 13 and 15, reported they were in the first block of Knollwood Drive when four males in their late teens or early 20's pulled alongside them in a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser and asked for money.

Brian Frederick, president of the Hanover Athletic Booster Club, dedicated a new electronic baseball scoreboard to the Hanover School District prior to the Hanover - Eastern York game on April 16. Brian Frederick, president of the Hanover Athletic Booster Club, dedicated a new electronic baseball scoreboard to the Hanover Public School District ... (more)

Hanover's finance committee gave Fire Chief Jan Cromer approval at the April 16 meeting to begin researching the purchase of a new aerial fire truck.

Hours after a fire damaged a Penn Township home, the smell of smoke was still in the air.

Exchange Club Young Citizenship Awards: Jessica Reed, left, daughter of Anthony Reed, Hanover Middle School, and Nicole Gross, daughter of Neal and Susan Gross, Emory H. Markle Intermediate School, were presented Young Citizenship Awards for their respective schools for the second quarter of the school year at a recent meeting of the Exchange Club ... (more)

Lion Tom Staub, left, presents BJ Rhodes with a $250 donation for the Toy Workshop at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hanover.

Hanover>> Sen. Richard Alloway II , R-Chambersburg; Rep. Dan Moul, R-Gettysburg; and Representative Will Tallman, R-New Oxford, will host an educational forum on May 1 in Hanover about the potential use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.

The Exchange Club of Hanover presented Youth of the Month Awards to Taylor Conrad, Delone Catholic High School February; Caroline Gerlach, DCHS January; and Erin Harman, South Western High School - February for their respective schools at a recent meeting of the club.

All Saints Episcopal Church, 890 McCosh St., Hanover, will hold its annual Easter bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Students at Hanover Middle School were evacuated this afternoon after the school received a bomb threat, according to a letter published on the school district's website.

Allison Mack, of Hanover, a student athlete at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, was named to the fall 2013 Athletic Director's Honor Roll after achieving semester grade point averages of 3.30 or higher.

HARRISBURG >> Dog wardens are canvassing York and Adams county homes throughout April to ensure all dog owners have current licenses and rabies vaccinations for their dogs.

Company officials are looking to fill 50-100 part-time and full time positions. Regional Vice President Rich Catapano anticipates a good showing of skill and enthusiasm at the job fair, and plans to make offers on the spot if he feels someone fits a particular position, he said.

Front row, from left, are: Kirsten Rinehart, Abigail Risser, Jonathan Steinfort; back row, Shelby Rinehart, Ken Gleim, Jennifer Gleim and Benjamin Risser.

So many Easter eggs are ready for an upcoming hunt in Hanover. But for now, they are stuffed in a van at Hanover Hyundai/Honda.

It was 4:30 a.m. June 24 when a 7-year-old girl roused her grandmother from sleep and recounted a terrifying kidnapping ordeal.

Ray, a six month-old Tibetan spaniel puppy owned by Mary Stuller of Littlestown, is held by veterinarian technician Kimberlyna Sok while veterinarian Bonnie Miller prepares to give Ray a vaccination shot on April 5, 2014 at Petco in Hanover .