Shiremanstown News

Paul Lesko was in tears this morning as he apologized for embezzling from his former boss at Westy Beer Distributor in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.

York City Police Commissioner Mark Whitman, right, presents Benjamin Smith with his badge Monday at City Hall.

Pennsylvania American Water on Tuesday released plans for the final stage of a water pressure increase for its West Shore water system.

Members of the Shiremanstown community met Thursday night to plan long-term improvement projects for the borough.

Shiremanstown wants to be more than just a tiny, historic municipality with a funny name.

M. L. Brajkovich 31, of Shiremanstown front, and Melanie Andrews 32, of Harrisburg back, were both happy Lemoyne passed the liquor referendum to allow licensed restaurants to serve alcohol Wednesday, May 21, 2009.

The year Jim and Katherine Schmuck's 1940 Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line, gas was about 18 cents per gallon.

Shiremanstown mayor James Reagan's name will not be on next Tuesday's ballot. Reagan, who is the second Shiremanstown mayor appointed to the post since former mayor Dean Lebo died in 2005, would not return calls for comment on his election plans.

Shiremanstown is one of a handful of municipalities where no one is on the ballot for certain key positions.

Camp Hill, Pa. - Drivers who want to go to Shiremanstown by way of Route 15 can no longer take the Shiremanstown exit.

The Shiremanstown exit off US Route 15 southbound in Lower Allen Township will close permanently Wednesday night, the latest change in PennDOT's ongoing US 15/PA 581 improvement project.

Drivers who use Route 15 south will no longer be able to exit at Shiremanstown. PennDOT plans to close the off-ramp Wednesday night.

Mike Kennedy, a leak specialist with Pennsylvania American Water, uses a special device to listen for sounds under the ground that enable him to pinpoint the location of a water main break Wednesday morning in Wormleysburg.

A Shiremanstown man has been charged with assaulting of an Upper Allen Twp. woman. Upper Allen police arrested Justin Permenter, 18, of the 300 block of Belaire Dr.

The United Way of the Capital Region is on a mission to raise $100,000 by the end of February to help people struggling to come up with their basic needs.

A Shiremanstown firm filed an appeal today asking Cumberland County Court to overturn a denial of its plan for a 338-foot communications tower in Silver Spring Twp.

A man was charged with violating a protection from abuse order in the lobby of a state police barracks on Dec.

An earthquake rocked parts of our area overnight. It happened at 12:04 this morning...and was centered just 3 miles south of Manheim, Lancaster county.

Adrian Klinger of Shiremanstown, right, throws a rope to Chuck Schaal of Upper Allen Twp.