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March 19, 2008
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Morning raid on borough house nets drug suspects
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot
A search warrant executed at 6:15 a.m. Friday morning at 429 E. Baltimore St. resulted in the arrest of five people on drug charges. Greencastle police took three men and two women into custody and four appeared before Magisterial District Judge Duane Cunningham during the course of the day. More...
Man injured during industrial accident at Manitowoc Crane

Greencastle Rescue Hose Company responded to an industrial accident at approximately 2:20 p.m. March 14 at Manitowoc Crane Group in Shady Grove. Mike Luger, RHC captain, said the squad unit, ambulance, medic unit and fire engine were on the scene. More...

Moss Spring Estates residents take developer to court
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot

A judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas was to rule yesterday on a preliminary injunction granted to residents of Moss Spring Estates March 13. Fourteen families living in Phase I of the Planned Residential Development in Greencastle, through attorney Paige Macdonald Matthes, entered... More...

 News
•Author Katherine Ayers to visit Besore Library
Katherine Ayres, author of Up, Down and Around, will visit the Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library at 10 a.m. Friday, April 4. Ayres is a Pennsylvania author whose book was selected for the 2008 One Book, Every Young Child early literacy program. The book has been called a "rollicking celebration of... More...
•Greencastle-Antrim Women's Fellowship to meet March 25
•Egg hunt scheduled at Kauffman
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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.): Police are investigating several thefts of Oil of Olay products from CVS Pharmacy, 305 W. Baltimore St., and Rite Aid, 200 N. Antrim Way,... More...
•Court Reports
•State Line eatery robbed at gunpoint
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 Point of View
•Editorial
Lots of 'good' news
The media in general often get a rap for only bringing "bad" news to the public. It's not true, of course. News is news and those stories must be told. We are able to find lots of "good" news to share about the Greencastle-Antrim community as well. There is lots to choose from. More...
•Commentary
•Election Series
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 Sports Weekly
•Scott, Gembe to play in Roundball Classic
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Two Greencastle-Antrim boys' basketball team members will be part of the 2008 McDonald's Roundball Classic, a senior all-star tri-state basketball extravaganza Friday, March 21 at Hagerstown Community College's ARCC. More...
•Halos
•Greencastle players win with FCA volleyball teams
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 Business
•Businesses share $160,900 dividend
Ninety area businesses recently shared a $160,990 dividend from Penn National Insurance as part of an innovative insurance program called Chamber + that rewards businesses which practice loss prevention. More...
•New bridal boutique opens
•Loan fund open in Franklin County
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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...
•Seeds from the Sower
•Faith Raisers
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 Letters
•Come up with better laws
I am so glad that a piece of legislation was passed to put lights on top of pizza delivery cars. Maybe now if a criminal wants to lie in wait to hold up one of these guys, he can see him coming further away. I would like to know how the government sets their priorities. More...
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 Inside Our Schools
•Students named Students of Month at G-A High School
Aditi Patel and Steven Asbill Jr. have been chosen as Greencastle Antrim High School Students of the Month for March. The program, conducted during the months of the academic year, is sponsored by the Greencastle Lions and Greencastle Antrim Lioness clubs. More...
•On-campus counseling center to aid community residents
•Scholarship programs abound
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 Obituaries
•Erla Jean Houpt
Erla Jean Houpt, 72, of 5959 Penrose Court, Port Orange, Fla., died at 9:30 p.m. March 5, 2008 at the Port Orange Hospice Care Center. She had resided in Port Orange since 1985. Born March 6, 1935 in Bruin, she was a daughter of the late Fred W. and Amanda Wyant Linamen. More...
•C. Romaine Hissong
•Gladys B. Gayman
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 Farm & Garden
•Unwelcomed guests about to appear
COMING EVENTS April 3, 10, 17 and 24 - Beginning Beekeeper's Shortcourse, Franklin County Cooperative Extension office, call (717) 263- 9226. April 5 - Gardening 101 - XRated Gardening by the Franklin County Master Gardeners, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Extension Office, pre-register by calling the E... More...
•Market News
•Design course continues
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 Say Cheese
•Say 'Cheese'
There wasn't much snow during this past winter, but Samantha Brager and Bryce and Zach Fisher used what we did get well by building this big snowman. More...
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