Waynesboro News

WAYNESBORO - Floats. Music. Classic cars and marching bands. These are all parts that make up the Waynesboro Christmas Parade, an event that families such as C. Webber Payne's have made a tradition for their holiday season.

After two weeks on the job, the newly appointed executive director of the Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce said he is pleased to combine his work and civic involvement in a way that benefits his community.

An historic house in Antrim Township faces an uncertain future. Owner Alfred Bonnell would like to see the two-story stone house, soon to be surrounded by new development, preserved.

A manure spill earlier this month has been blamed for the death of more than 1,000 fish in Big Cove Creek in Fulton County.

Marching bands, gymnasts, Boy and Girl Scouts troops, fire departments, and the Shriners who drive those tiny cars had a busy day Saturday in Franklin County.

Within an inch: Pre-engineering students Chandler Shearer, Chambersburg Area Senior High School and Brooke Mong, Waynesboro Area Senior High School, measure a project that will be built by students in the plumbing shop at Franklin County Career and Technology Center.

'Freedom of choice.' That is what one member of the Waynesboro Borough Council said Wednesday he wants to give residents in need of building code and inspection services.

Debate about the intersection of Pa. 16 and East Second Street have left neighboring municipalities at a crossroads.

Last night fire ripped through a barn in the 6500 block of Barkdoll Lane in Waynesboro, Franklin County.

A Hagerstown, Md., man allegedly showed up to a meeting at Franklin County Adult Probation Department Monday morning under the influence of alcohol.

Chambers of commerce in Chambersburg and Waynesboro are encouraging members to join electric buying pools to soften the blow of electric deregulation.

Waynesboro-area elementary school students not only performed well on the 2008-09 standardized state tests, but their scores often exceeded benchmarks coming in 2011.

The Borough of Waynesboro has received a state permit that serves as the final piece needed to complete an application for $7.1 million in loans and grants.

If you've ever wondered what happens if winners aren't home when the Publishers Clearing House prize patrol shows up at their doors with balloons and a big check, ask Lee Shaffer.

Quincy Township supervisors will meet next week with Waynesboro Borough Authority to see if it can provide water for the 100 township homes with contaminated wells, according to Supervisor Kerry Bumbaugh.

Life issues: Barry and Betty Punt head a 12-step program called Celebrate Recovery in Waynesboro.

Firefighters from several area departments took about 25 minutes to extinguish a fire that heavily damaged a vacant home on Pa.

Police say they do not intend to charge the driver who hit three students in Waynesboro on Friday afternoon.

The topics of crowded schools and five modular classroom buildings already scheduled for removal combined Tuesday as Waynesboro Area School Board members debated how to plan for the future.

A Tuesday morning fire caused by a furnace inside an upholstery shop in Waynesboro resulted in $65,000 worth of damage, according to Deputy Chief Shawn Adolini of Mont Alto Volunteer Fire Department.