McSherrystown News

The following area students were recognized at Millersville University's Honors and Awards Convocation, held recently on campus in the Student Memorial Center: Lindsay K. Harrison of Hanover received the Board of Governor's Scholarship - Sci/Math and the Clarence Schock Scholarship; Richard J. Kraynak of Etters received the F.W. McLaughlin Football ... (more)

McSherrystown council hopes to be able to get some property owners within the borough to cut their grass or face fines that can legally run as high as $1,000 a day.

Norm's Auction assistants, Gene Kopp, of Hanover, and Clair Altland, right, of Spring Grove, hold up a lamp and a painting of the Last Supper on Tuesday morning at Norm's Auction House on Route 116 just outside Hanover while auctioneer Gary Carbaugh brings in buyers for the items.

A 1996 Dodge pickup truck driven by a McSherrystown man struck four mailboxes and sheared off a utility pole Tuesday morning in New Oxford, according to Eastern Adams Regional Police.

Officials arrived at the school building at 140 S Oxford Ave ., McSherrystown, around 6:30 a.m. and noticed signs of forced entry, according to an online statement from Vice Principal Sister Maria Jude and Dean of Students Alan Felix.

1:50 p.m. Donald M. Thomas, 23, of Hanover was arrested on an outstanding warrant when located in the 200 block of Centennial Avenue.

McSherrystown is still talkiing trash, with the borough's trash-collection contract going out for bid - with a few new stipulations.

The borough's existing contract with York Waste expires in June. And the Borough Council recently decided to reject a request by York Waste to create separate contracts for hauling residential and commercial waste.