Mont Alto News

SCAMS: Shippensburg Police chief Fred A. Scott has issued a warning to residents about asphalt driveway scams.

Pine trees in Pennsylvania were the subject of a day-long conference June 8 at Penn State Mont Alto.

The sun had not yet risen Friday when a loud roar engulfed the site where three Penn State Mont Alto engineering students were camped.

The beautiful Bald Eagle State Forest that you see today was once clear-cut lumber company land.

The new latrine at Mont Alto State Park will not be relocated until sometime after Labor Day.

In training: Dr. Roger Robertson, Chambersburg Hospital medical staff president, back row center, presented the hospitals Medical Staff Scholarships to six recipients this year.

MONT ALTO, Thursday, June 25 -- A collection of coins was taken Wednesday from a home on Constitution Avenue in the Borough of Mont Alto.

State budgetary woes are so serious this year that legislators are ignoring potentially bigger deficits that could hit Pennsylvania three years from now, according to state Rep.

Up in the air: Cynthia Wright, 14, left, and Destini Martin,13, of Waynesboro, take a ride on the Ferris wheel at the Mont Alto Carnival on Tuesday.

Sen. Rich Alloway, R-Chambersburg, said on Monday it's unlikely that the legislature and the governor will meet the July 1 deadline for passing a state budget.

The Chambersburg Hispanic American Center will use a $3,000 grant from the Alexander Stewart M.D. Foundation to help Hispanic students get into college after high school graduation.

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on Wednesday released a list of nearly 50 state parks from which 35 to 40 could be closed as a result of the Senate's budget cuts.

Veterinary medicine. Law. Forestry. Sports management. A few hands went up when a tour guide asked Wednesday how many seventh-graders had picked a college major already.

Is Caledonia State Park or any of the other four state parks in Franklin County on a closure list? State officials deny there is a list, yet an unknown number of Pennsylvania state parks have been contacted already this week about the possibility of being closed because of budget cuts this year by the state Senate.

The Franklin County Area Agency on Aging seems to have a bonafide hit on its hands with its Senior Spring Break, scheduled for May 29.

Letterkenny Township Municipal Authority got $75,000 to help qualifying households connect to public sewer.

In the past year, Penn State Mont Alto faculty members have published six books, written eight book chapters, had 16 refereed journal articles published, and made 13 presentations at academic conferences in the United States and abroad.

Chad Yoder and Renee Johns are May Students of the Month at Greencastle-Antrim High School, a program sponsored by Greencastle Lions and Lioness clubs.

From left: Graduation: William H. Rock, left, presents his son William R. Rock with his bachelor degree in business during the Penn State Mont Alto commencement on Saturday.

Kimberly Hoover has been named associate director of Student Affairs at Penn State Mont Alto.