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February 6, 2008
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Annis Sisler celebrates 103 happy birthdays
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot
The history of Greencastle lies within the memories of Annis Sisler, who celebrated her 103rd birthday last Thursday. She enjoyed a lively afternoon with her nephew and nieces, by blood or marriage, as they reminisced the highlights of her life. More...
Young students mark 100 days of school
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot

The 100th day of school was celebrated one day early, due to the weather-related cancellation of classes last Friday. The first grade students at Greencastle-Antrim Primary School didn't care. They had money to deliver and were most enthusiastic to do so. More...

Council hires Womack as permanent borough manager
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot

Ken Womack thought he wanted to retire after serving in the Air Force for 24 years and then in various capacities in the borough of Carlisle for nine years. So last May he retired. By fall he was ready to get back to work. He signed on as a consultant with Keystone Municipal Services in Mechanics... More...

 News
•Rescue Hose preparing for 73rd Minstrel season
The Rescue Hose Company Fire Department will present its 73rd Annual Hobo Minstrels, entitled "How To Have a Minstrel." The first Rescue Hose Company Volunteer Minstrel began in 1929 and remains all volunteer in 2008. Believed to be the longest running Minstrel group in the United States, the cas... More...
•Rainbow All Starz off to a great start
•TOPS ends month with fun event
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 Inside Our Community
•Police Reports
Greencastle Borough Police recently released the following incident reports (Information on any of the cases should be called to police at 597-9506.): The unidentified resident of 34 E. Baltimore St., Apt. 2, reported the theft of electronic items between 8:30 a.m. and 6:10 p.m. Jan. 25. More...
•Court Reports
•Garage fire accidental
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 Point of View
•Editorial
What the taxpayers want
Antrim Township is in a state of flux right now. The Board of Supervisors doesn't seem to have firm footing yet as to its general goal for the year. Members often state they are doing 'what the taxpayers want' as they discuss spending. More...
•Commentary
•Contact Information
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 Sports Weekly
•Blue Devil Dispatch
Boys' Basketball Greencastle-Antrim bounced back after a tough loss at Chambersburg last weekend with a 61- 37 victory over Milton Hershey Tuesday The Devils used a strong second quarter to head into the half with a 22-15 lead. They showed no letdown in the second half as they closed the game b... More...
•Bulletin
•Scoreboard
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 Faith/Values
•CHURCH SERVICES
ANTRIM ASSEMBLY OF GOD 11192 Bemisderfer Road http://100843.agchurches.org 9 a.m. - Sunday School 10 a.m. - Morning Worship 6:30 p.m. - Evening Worship; X-Stream Youth Service WEDNESDAY 7 p.m. More...
•Dear Jesus, Happy Valentine's Day
•Faith Raisers
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 Inside Our Schools
•Cafeteria meals go paperless
So much for lost lunch tickets or coins jingling in pockets. They are going the way of the dinosaur for students in the Greencastle-Antrim School District. The youngest students were the first to be introduced to the new Point of Sale system for meals. Children in the Primary School have been tic... More...
•G-AHS bands offer mid-winter concert
•College News
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 Obituaries
•Floatella Carbaugh Riggs
Floatella Carbaugh Riggs, 73, of Thurmont, Md. and formerly of Jefferson, Md., died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born July 16, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. Carbaugh and Clara Chew Carbaugh of Frederick, Md. More...
•Richard T. Swope
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 Farm & Garden
•Ground covers serve a purpose
COMING EVENTS Feb. 13 - Eight-Week Workshop in Landscape Design & Plant Selection, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Franklin County Master Gardeners, Franklin County Extension office Feb. 13 - Pesticide License Exam, 9 a.m., Extension office. More...
•Market News
•Landscape design course offered
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 Say Cheese
•Say 'Cheese'
Cub Pack 287, chartered by the Otterbein Church on South Allison Street, gathered recently for its annual Pinewood Derby with 51 participants. These winners will go to the Tuscarora District event in Mercersburg on March From left, are: front - Carson Sidoli, fourth-place; Adam Leary, fifth-place; ... More...
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