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WWII chaplain wore many hats

ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off

When Edwin W. Miller learned that a U.S. Army chaplain had been killed and another one injured in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, he didn’t think twice about his calling as a chaplain.

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2 rob M&T bank; 1 suspect caught

ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off

A Greene Township bank was reportedly robbed at gunpoint Friday by two men who left the scene, then set fire to their get-away car and they drove off in another vehicle.

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Tomstown Road fatality is 10th crash in 4 years

JIM TUTTLE Staff writer -------------------- @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off

The crash on Tomstown Road in Quincy Township that killed a Waynesboro girl Thursday isn’t the first to happen there - there have been 10 in four years - but it’s the first fatality there in the five year span.

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Out-of-towners come home to Greencastle for Old Home Week

ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off

Organizers of the 37th Triennial Old Home Week celebration believe the event will attract more people this year than in previous years, according to Registrar Bob Johnston.

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Police log

ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off

SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP CORRUPTION OF MINORS: Kiersten Elizabeth Cole, 19, of Fayetteville is accused of having an “inappropriate sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old.

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Girl dies in Quincy Township crash

ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off

A juvenile female died yesterday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Tomstown Road in Quincy Township.

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Who will profit from the new Franklin County Courthouse decision?

JIM HOOK Senior writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off

A few property owners, consultants, engineers and contractors all stand to profit from a courthouse relocation project estimated to cost upwards of $50 million.

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Camera phones, other devices banned in Chambersburg Area School District

KEITH PARADISE Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off

Almost a year after the Chambersburg Area Senior High School was struck with a sexting scandal, the district is taking camera phones out of the buildings.

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Police log

ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off

ANTRIM TOWNSHIP THEFT: Someone reportedly entered a storage shed in the Shady Grove area and took several pieces of valuable jewelry and an antique document box.

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Chambersburg’s Hispanic population cheer blockage of Arizona law

ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off

Members of the local Hispanic community are thrilled about Wednesday’s decision by a federal judge to block parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect.

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