Littlestown approves sewer rate hike and police contract changes
Littlestown borough council raised the sewer rental from nine to twelve dollars per quarter effective April 1 with July 1 billing. The panel also reviewed a proposed police contract adding a clause to require full-time service and discussed part-time work amid staffing changes including two officers to be relieved in April and a new trainee ready next week. Mayor Basehear proposed actions on controlling stray cats and dogs as spring approaches.
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KATHERINE QUIRK
Littlestown
Stewart Long
oltstown
Lawrente Holtze
Emergency Water Plan Adopted for Adams County
Adams County Commissioners approved a new Emergency Water Plan as part of the county emergency management agency. Drafted from Pennsylvania DEP guidance, it enables public and private water providers to cut consumption by up to 25 percent during droughts and bans washing sidewalks driveways lawn watering and pool filling with certain exceptions. The 14 page plan also lists home conservation measures and hospital and institutional water reductions. Adams County may also receive $31 010 in Title XX social services funds for low income adults.
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NANCY DI BLAS
Adams County Commissioners
Adams County Emergency Management Agency
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
Catherine W. Cowan
Adams County
Helen O'Bannon
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
State Association of County Commissioners
Apple Line
Lutheran Social Services
York-Adams
Alpha House of York
drug and alcohol agency
Alpha House
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
Winters
Mervin Myers
Tom Piper
Sharrer
bors ck
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
United States
Russia
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Argentina
Pennsylvania
turkey
Secretary of Agriculture
John Block
Piper
Myers
Reagan
Carter
Fairfield Borough weighs SCATCOM concerns and town tie ins
Fairfield Borough Council discussed 16 concerns about the SCATCOM telecommunic ations lease including 1 percent profit sharing, lower rates for dense areas, borough rate controls, use of cable for a community ice alarm system, equipment removal if SCATCOM fails, service timelines, and a potential borough office tie in. A public hearing is set for April 27.
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DEBI BRAUGHLER
imes
Fairfield
SCATCOM telecommunications system
Charles Overman
SCATCOM
Space shuttle tiles torn away reveal fuselage damage
Columbia astronauts used a remote elbow camera to assess 37 tiles torn from the shuttle fuselage on Tuesday. Officials told the crew there is no concern. The page also notes NFL Players Association talks on ticket repack pricing and a Pennsylvania primary decision by federal judges with a cloudy weather forecast and mild temperatures.
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Columbia
Pennsylvania
Adams County farmers feel national agricultural pinch
Adams County farmers confront national crisis with overproduction lowering prices across crops and livestock. Local leaders cite bumper yields, weak markets, and a looming $600 million emergency loan option while backing measures to expand exports and cut surpluses.
Salary Board hires new deputy for Adams County
The Adams County Salary Board approved hiring Carl Boyer Jr. as deputy for the sheriff's department at start pay of 11115 with an six month raise to 11893, the maximum for the post. A six month probation replaces the usual three months amid disputes over pay and a list of special deputies.
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Adams County Salary Board
Carl Boyer Jr
Hamilton Township
Gary McMullen
Bernard Viller
Boyer
Miller
Catherine W. Cowan
Adams County
George W. Stock
John R White
First Cumberland Township Agricultural District Applicants
Two Cumberland Township residents, Paul Waybright and Thomas Clowney, filed for an agricultural district to shield farmland. The three-member board will study land drawings, appoint a four-person advisory committee of three active farmers and one supervisor, and then decide. The district covers ten tracts totaling 87 acres.
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Cumberland Township
board of supervisors
Paul Waybright
Thomas Clowney
Wayne Cluck
Waybright
Maryland boarder
Clowney
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Frank Basehear
Kirk Ying
Basehear
Cowan
William Eckert
nan rale iy
pal campos minary
Thomas Rinker
Alexander F. Wilkie
National Football League Players Association
The Times Today
David Broder
Washington
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Associated Press
Farmer's Home Administration
pera
Dick Sharrer
Sharrer and Son Inc
Gettysburg
an Winters
Sharrer and Son
York Hospital
Thomas L Collins
Miler
sheriff's office
Edwin T Stahi
district attorney
youth and children’s services and domestic relations
Rennie’s Market
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