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Business wants some sidewalk space in Newport
The Juniata Valley Winery is planning to open on the square of Newport at the former Expresso Yourself Café site. At the Newport Borough Council meeting on May 7, Juniata Valley Winery owner George Hazard requested a modification of an ordinance to allow outside seating. He said he’d like to have approximately four outside tables.
Community rallies together to celebrate a York County woman's 101 birthday
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Nelda Crump received an unexpected gift as she walked out her front door on Sunday. 101 people gathered on her lawn to wish her a happy birthday, each representing a year in Crump’s long life. “I never expected anything like this… it makes me...
Dream-come-true ‘PSU’ vanity license plate leads to out-of-state toll bill nightmare for Pennsylvania woman
CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — No awkward extra numbers or letters — or numbers that look kind of like letters. There is exactly one “PSU” vanity license plate in all of Pennsylvania, and Sue Snyder of Cumberland County has it. Which was an unambiguously good thing for the first decade or so that it was in […]
Memorial Day 2024: What grocery stores and retailers are open?
Memorial Day is a holiday for military members who died in the line of duty and is typically observed on the last Monday of May. This year the holiday is on May 27. Government offices, banks and schools are among the places closed for the day, but numerous grocery stores and retail stores are open for limited or regular hours.
Charged with records tampering, ex-borough manager appears in Cumberland County court
A former borough manager accused of cooking financial books to hide thousands of dollars of debt from elected officials waived his first court hearing Thursday morning. Fred Potzer, 62, of Newville, said he “robbed Peter to pay Paul”, when he moved money between the borough and water and sewer authority without proper authorization to make ends meet for the small town of Newville in Cumberland County.
Thousands of flags placed on veterans’ graves at Camp Hill cemetery ahead of Memorial Day
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A cemetery in Camp Hill is called Rolling Green, but on this weekend it should be “Rolling Red, White and Blue.” There are nearly 6,000 flags on the graves of veterans and on Friday afternoon there was a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony paid tribute to those who died in uniform. God […]
Have Your Say on the Eisenhower Blvd Improvement Plans
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Cumberland County bridge to be named in honor of ‘Black Hawk Down’ hero
Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart was 35 when he was killed in action during the infamous Black Hawk Down mission in Somalia in 1993. More than 30 years later, just after the Memorial Day holiday, a Newville bridge crossing Big Spring Creek where Shughart played as a boy is being named in his honor.
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