Fire company to file amended complaint in Adams County Court
The Buchanan Valley Fire Company plans to file an amended complaint in Adams County Court on Monday arguing inadequate fire protection in Buchanan Valley. Attorney Samuel Teeter said he has authorization from fire company leaders to proceed. Residents favoring closer service push for sanctioning the new company as officials cite higher costs.
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Adams County
Buchanan Valley
Samuel Teeter
Franklin Township Board of Supervisors
Larry Dillon
Vailey
Cashtown
Arendtsville
Glenn Hartzell
Franklin Township
Bonneauville zoning hearing weighs RU expansion changes
About 30 residents attended a Thursday hearing on proposed zoning ordinance changes in Bonneauville. The plan would enlarge RU zones and reduce RS to allow higher density and more affordable homes, with several residents proposing specific land designations and the planning commission noting forthcoming considerations and another hearing.
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James Chronister
planning commission
Chronister
Andrew Baugherline
Philip Riddle
Pin Oak Drive
Dartman
Pin Oak
Emmitsburg Citizens Seek Legal Aids Over School Move
Emmitsburg Citizens Committee received a $100 donation from a local businessman to challenge Frederick County Board of Education's plan to move middle school students to Thurmont next year. Co chair Robert Preston said they may pursue legal action, forming a fund and consulting lawyers while considering a local middle school as a last resort.
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Emmitsburg
Preston
Gail Graff
Baltimore
Graff
Tough Times Prompts Bush Push for Prosperity Plan
Vice President George Bush states times are very tough in the Northeast and urges support for President Reagan's economic policy as business executives and steelworkers seek a path to recovery. Rivers crest in Fort Wayne after days of heavy rain threaten homes and dikes weakened by ongoing flooding. Mount St Mary’s coach Bill Sheahan reflects on a long coaching career as a new challenge emerges.
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George Bush
eagan
Fort Wayne
Weather forecast mixed with political jab from Reagan
The forecast notes rain possible Friday night into Saturday with highs in the mid 40s and overnight lows in the 40s. Precipitation chances are high around Friday and Saturday, winds southeast to east at five to ten miles per hour. A separate item quotes President Reagan scolding businessmen for criticizing his economic program and urging no last minute haggling.
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Weikert Named Mayor Of Gettysburg After Special Meeting
Willis L. Weikert of 55 Seminary Ave was appointed mayor of Gettysburg by the Borough Council to succeed the late Mayor Charles Lightner who died March 9. He will serve through 1983 and be sworn in by Adams County Judge Oscar F. Spicer. Weikert, a former councilman, previously served on the zoning board and held leadership roles on the council. He does not plan to seek election next year. Lightner had been elected to a third term last November and would have served until 1985.
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NANCY DI BLASI
Willis L. Weikert
Seminary Ave
Gettysburg
Weikert
Charles N. Lightner
Adams County
Oscar F. Spicer
Gerald D. Shealer
Shealer
Prudential Insurance Co
Shearer
Lightner
Editor of Nation lectures on the small town myth
Richard E. Lingeman executive editor of Nation discusses the American small town myth and its portrayal in literature at an American Culture program lecture. He traces two poles of sentiment love and ambivalence, citing Peyton Place Our Town Hawthorne Twain and others to illustrate changing town images from Puritan beginnings to the cityward turn of the 19th century.
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JOY CONNOR
Times
Richard E. Lingeman
Nation
puritan
Peyton Place
Lingeman
Jamestown
New England
Thomas Jefferson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hester Prynn
Hawthorne
Work starts on new water system in Abbottstown area
Jeff Thoreson reports work begins today to connect first houses in Abbottstown to the boroughs new water system. Three quarter inch mainlines will run from King Street to Water Street and Abbott to Cheapside Street with individual meters to monitor use. Officials say some sections will follow after April 24 as funds allow and scale up.
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JEFF THORESON
Evan Butler
King Street
Water Street
Abbott Street
Cheapside Street
coward
pas
ey lusvedy
municpal
Bud Merling
Munimpat Authority
prop
Daffodil Days sale to move thousands of blooms
County flower drive continues this weekend with thousands of daffodils offered for sale at Tanenta square Gettysburg and Kong's Department Store North Get tysbure Shigeoung Center. Shigeoung Center Kano Society members will handle a 2490 bunches as part of nearly 14 million flowers shipped into the state.
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Tanenta square
Gettysburg
Kong's Department Store
North
Gettysbure
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