A surge in troop strength in Afghanistan would have the same positive effect as the surge in Iraq, a 21-year-old Middleburg soldier said Tuesday from Forward Operating Base Sharanah in eastern Afghanistan.
Often one of the last companies to be called on in an emergency occurring only a mile or two down the road from their station, members of the Richfield Fire Company approached the Snyder County commissioners on Tuesday to express their frustration with what they believe to be inefficient dispatch practices at the county 911 center.
Fire destroyed a Richfield barn and its contents Monday. No one was hurt in the 7:25 a.m. blaze at 314 Main St., according to Kevin Gearhart, assistant chief of the Richfield Fire Company.
A convicted sex offender on Pennsylvania's Megan's Law list has been accused of molesting four girls, ages 5-10, over a two-year-period. John Garman Shirk, 61, of 25 Pine Ridge Lane, Center Township, told police he took two 5-year-old girls on a tractor ride in a field at 6 p.m. Sept.
Despite a spat of unseasonably cold and wet weather last week, representatives from Community Partnerships RC&D said the 2009 Arts Awards Ceremony was well attended.
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BETTLEYON, KENNETH G. "BEETLE," 78, of Westport. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. today and noon to 1 Wednesday at Joseph W. Epler Funeral Home, 210 King St., Northumberland, followed by funeral at 1. Burial with military honors in Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland.