Adams County plans update draws 60 at Gettysburg meeting
About 60 residents attended the Gettysburg High School gathering on a foggy evening to review Adams County's new comprehensive plan. The meeting outlined a $200,000 project funded largely by federal blocks grants and aimed at guiding future growth and service provision.
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Gettysburg High School
Adams County
Richard H. Schmeyer
Thomas L. Collins
Catherine W. Cowan
Mr. Schmoyer
John L “Jim” Callenbach
John J. Corris
Fairfield
McSherrystown
Gettysburg
Littlestown
Mummasburg
Get
tysburg
Arendstville
Schmeyer
Carroll County
assembly
Collins
PennVEST funds fall short of goals in Pennsylvania
Adams County shows mixed results as only Abbottstown Paradise Township Joint Sewer Authority received a PennVEST loan and grant. The program funds small water systems, but statewide needs top $4.8 billion while PennVEST has awarded about $430 million. Local officials consider regional authorities to improve access and compliance with new drinking water rules.
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commonwealth
Adams County
Abbottstown
Paradise Township
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
DER
Farfield
Punt
Adams
York Counties
PennVEST
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority
Robert P. Casey
Arendtsville
Bendersville
Fairfield
York Springs
DEA
Charles A. Strayer II
Terry Punt
Waynesboro
Strayer
Fairfield Municipal Authority
Three Adams County Schools Win State Incentive Grants
Gov. Casey distributed a 35 million School Performance Incentive Program grant among 235 public schools in 172 districts, including New Oxford High School, Fairfield Junior-Senior High, and Gettysburg High School. The money rewards reading and math gains, dropout reduction, and higher graduation counts, allocated by staff size and used at each district's discretion to boost achievements.
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Adams County
Robert P. Casey
Casey
New Oxford
Farfield
Gettysburg
State Department of Education
Conewago Valley
New Oxford Senior High School
Department of Education ofcials
Fairfield
Hearing set on suspected infant death in Harrisburg case
The 25 member Attorney General's Medical Legal Advisory Board on Child Abuse in Harrisburg will hear evidence February 28 in the suspected death of Crystal Marie Seachrist, an 11 month old East Berlin girl. Coroner Graham Hetrick and pathologist Dr. Isadore Mihalakis will present autopsy findings to determine whether criminal charges are warranted. The infant died January 10 at Polyclinic Medical Center after head injuries sustained while in Dover, Pennsylvania, with a babysitter under police investigation and no new details released.
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Attorney General’s
Harrisburg
East Berlin
Dauphin County
Graham Hetrick
Isadore Mihalakis
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown
Crystal Marie Seachrist
Hetrick
Crystal Seachrist
Polyclinic Medical Center
Dover
Memorial Hospital
Spring Garden Township
York County
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United Way Bowl A Thon gears up in Adams County
United Way of Adams County prepares for the Seventh Annual Bowl A Thon during the first two March weekends at Edgewood Lanes. Over 120000 individuals benefit yearly from United Way services. sponsors include Cadbury Schweppes Knouse Foods and several local firms. Teams compete for cash prizes and the League 300 trophy, with open openings for participants and teams.
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United Way
Adams County
Edgewood Lanes
Brice Hartman
Knouse Foods
Round Hill
Drs
Hartman
Gettysburg National Bank
the
Gettysburg Times
Arcata Graphics
the Park Service
Federal Communications Commission
American Red Cross
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American Business Women’s Association
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Judy Ketterman
Bull Scher
Lisa Smith
ABWA
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MARSHALL D
BLACK Times
Ed. Small
Smail
achiev
Bill Schwarze
Adams County United
Drs. Bettina Obl
Michael Posner
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