Looking for ways to cut energy costs for heating this winter
By ROBERT KESSLER Penn State Cooperative Extension Franklin County office
      COMING EVENTS Sept. 13 - 10 a.m., Pasture Walk, Phil Risser Farm, Greencastle Sept. 15 - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Backyard Habitat Workshop, Horticulture Gardens, Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg. Sept. 22 - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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Farmland preservation continues
      Franklin County is continuing its aggressive approach to farmland preservation, adding eight more farms from Antrim, Greene, Guilford, Montgomery, Peters and Southampton Townships to the list so far this year. The latest addition, the 178 acre Eldon and Ruth Helman property in Guilford Township, w...
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Forestry tour on tap at PSU-Mont Alto
MARKET NEWS SERVICE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
      On Saturday, Sept. 22 from 12:45 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Cumberland Woodland Owners Association is sponsoring a forestry tour for woodland owners at the Penn State Mont Alto Campus. The Mont Alto Campus is home to the original Pennsylvania School of Forestry, which was started in 1903.
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