Shrewsbury News

Maybe this will be the year that lawmakers finally crack down on deadbeat municipalities that sponge off the state police.

The York City School District would find itself facing a $4 million deficit and have to raise taxes or cut programs significantly if the Senate's version of the state budget is approved, school officials wrote in a letter to state Sen.

You can't have the Fourth of July without fireworks, but Pennsylvania residents are barred from a new store in York County that specializes in the biggest and best bang around.

Pennsylvania municipalities without full-time police forces would have to pay for the state troopers who patrol their streets under a bill that a state House committee narrowly passed this week.

Bruce Mueller, right, of Annandale, Va., maneuvers his dolly filled with fireworks Friday through the aisles at Phantom Fireworks near Shrewsbury.

On Saturday, the road behind Wilber Fry -- standing here in his yard and overlooking Centennial Avenue -- will be renamed Wilber Fry Avenue to honor the 89-year-old for his decades of work in the town.

A Shrewsbury Township woman pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide in a drunken driving case that resulted in the death of her longtime friend.

Pennsylvania State Police and the bomb squad were called to a home in the 2400 block of Valley Road in Shrewsbury Twp shortly after 5 o'clock this morning for a possible pipe bomb in a mailbox.

The state Senate Education Committee chairman is still optimistic Pennsylvania high schools will have state graduation exams in place "in a reasonably short period of time," despite a recent setback.

Prudential Bob Yost Homesale Services recently purchased York County's Century 21 Action Realty.

Alex LaFleur, 22, of Shrewsbury, a third-generation student pilot, prepares Windjammer Ballon Flights' Spirit of York for flight Sunday during Balloon Fest at John C. Rudy County Park.

An 81-year-old Shrewsbury woman was one of two people killed in a crash Saturday in Baltimore County, according to the York County coroner's office.

Vacationers looking for a good deal should head to Mexico, local travel agents say.

Phil Singley plays the bass drum with the Kiltie Band of York in 2006. The band will perform Saturday at the Penn-Mar Irish Festival in Shrewsbury Township.

Speaking recently of proposed budget cuts that would close York County's Sam Lewis park, state Sen.

Humberto Zuniga, 18, of York uses the computers in Martin Library's teen room last week.

A New Freedom man remains free on $20,000 bail pending his pretrial hearing on charges that including homicide and aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence.

Gov. Ed Rendell is not ruling out an income tax increase to help fill the state's gaping budget hole.

Some roads are flooded after heavy thunderstorms passed through southern York County this afternoon.

Jamie Lowrie of York checks out one of the grills for sale during a recent visit to Kmart.