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Adams County is considering bringing in an outside company to run its nursing home, but it also could decide to make the facility's administrator a county employee.

Adams County will pay $10,000 to a Roman Catholic parish and diocese to extend an agreement giving it the exclusive right to negotiate a deal to buy some of the church's properties.

The Shriver family will relive the Battle of Gettysburg, when Confederates occupied their home.

Property intended for an emergency-services building received approval for a tax exemption last week, but an Adams County commissioner wants the county to review the property in two years to make sure ...

“The zoning map for the Germany Township area will look more closely at what is there now and what is understood as the proposed uses in the area”

Adams County's commissioners have approved the advertising of a zoning ordinance amendment to establish county zoning in Germany Township and will soon hold a hearing for the amendment. via Evening Sun

State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale said the Western Pennsylvania District Council #57 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program will be accepting apprenticeship applications in painting, glazing ... via GantDaily.com

“If there's a problem in Arendtsville and there's not a problem in Littlestown, (then) we know there might be a problem in Gettysburg soon”

A new committee will gather information about Adams County's water and advise the county about water-related concerns, the county commissioners announced Wednesday. via Evening Sun

“We realize its only a first step, that there's still much funding requirements to be achieved and that there's going to be a lot of hard work”

The Glatfelter Pulp Wood Co.'s Tree Farm No. 1 on Mount Hope Road in western Adams County has been sold to a national nonprofit group that will turn the 2,500-acre parcel over to become part of Michaux State ... via Evening Sun

UNION TWP. Northwest Area School District Superintendent Nancy Tkatch was not at all surprised by the results of the Pennsylvania Economy League's demographic study of the district, which expects a consistent ... via Times Leader

“We'd like to sit down and come up with some sort of a press release or something that everybody can have that shows timelines and how this is going to work, what the bottom line effect on taxpayers would be and all that”

A settlement between Adams County and a nonprofit group that sued about the lack of a property-tax reassessment since 1990 will give the county a few years to reassess parcels and apply the results. via Evening Sun

“A person can be elected a constable, and that does not mean that that person has undertaken the training or anything else”

Changes to an ordinance addressing safety at Adams County government properties would further define weapons and who would be able to bring them into county buildings, officials said. via Evening Sun

Housekeeping changes at the Democratic National Committee are reducing the number of Pennsylvania's superdelegates to this year's presidential nominating convention. via Cumberlink.com

“They're just building this additional line to get gas east, where we need it”

A surveyor will stop by a tract of county government property in Straban Township to research a possible route for a natural-gas pipeline. via Evening Sun

“If some areas lost people, lost population, (that) could have reduced their amount”

A planned water line replacement originally denied a share of a federal grant will receive money after all now that funding has come in higher than expected. via Evening Sun

“We are lucky to be in a country that is a center for innovation and ahead of the curve in terms of global warming solutions.”

Global warming is one of the leading topics of discussion around the world. To raise awareness right here in our own backyard, Pitt-Johnstown held a global warming solutions forum Thursday in the Student Union ... via The Tribune-Democrat

“We've got a lot of people in this county that are struggling”

Adams County could preserve more of its land - such as the 2,500 acres for sale by Glatfelter Pulpwood Co. via Evening Sun

The Shippensburg Senior Center sponsors a wide variety of programs. Upcoming programs are listed below. via Perry County Weekly

“They believe they hit some areas that had been barns and other out-buildings”

Adams County will donate several historical artifacts found during a trail construction project to the Pennsylvania State Museum, the county commissioners decided Wednesday. via Evening Sun