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April 2, 2008
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And the winner is.....
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot
Intense campaigning paid off for Don Wolford. With enthusiastic help from his wife Maria and daughters Christina and Rachel, the Greencastle truck driver won a $50,000 makeover for his 1977 Kenworth in a national contest. He got the good news Saturday at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisvill... More...
Jewelry is as good as gold
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot

A gold rush of sorts is taking place these days. Since fall, gold prices have skyrocketed. People aware of the situation have searched jewelry boxes and drawers for unneeded pieces of gold, as well as silver and coins, to redeem for cash at local jewelry stores. More...

Pregnancy center invites public to event
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot

The Pregnancy Resource Center in Greencastle has been in operation for over a year and would like to broaden its outreach to clients. That includes finding its own space and increasing the hours it is open. Tina Nunemaker is director of the Greencastle satellite of Pregnancy Ministries, Inc. PMI ... More...

 News
•TJ Bard to head to China on outreach mission
TJ Bard, a junior at Greencastle Antrim High School, knows his essay 'What I did for summer vacation' will be a little different this year. He will not be hanging out with his friends or laying on the beach. He will be hiking rugged terrain, wielding construction tools and surviving on unfamiliar ... More...
•Dunker Church subject of meeting
•All things tea on display at Allison-Antrim Museum
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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.): License plates were stolen from two vehicles in Greencastle last week. The plate YKP-8983 was discovered missing in the area of 158 N. Ca... More...
•Court Reports
•Deed Transfers
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 Point of View
•Overvoting and undervoting a ballot
The Franklin County Election Board offers this as the seventh in a series on the April 22 Presidential Primary on a variety of subjects that will be educational to Pennsylvania voters. The board is anticipating a larger than normal turnout for this primary election and wishes to supply information... More...
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 Sports Weekly
•Blue Devil Dispatch
The spring season got into full swing for Greencastle- Antrim athletics. Softball The Blue Devils captured a 7-6 victory at Waynesboro with help from a four-run sixth inning that proved to be the difference. Waynesboro led 4-0 and 6- 3, but were overcome in the sixth. Waynesboro rallied with ... More...
•Scott named to all-state team
•Local Schedule
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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...
•Easter reflections
•Father/son weekend set at Camp JoyEl
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 Letters
•Vet memorial fund at halfway point
We are more than half way there, and it is time to say "thanks!" The Greencastle- Antrim Veterans Memorial Committee has reached the half way point in their fund raising efforts to erect a suitable Memorial honoring those Greencastle Veterans who sacrificed all in defense of our nation. More...
•Thanks to Children's Village
•Work history questioned
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 Inside Our Schools
•G-AMS students named to fourth honor roll
The following students from Greencastle-Antrim Middle School were named to the Distinguished Honor Roll for the fourth marking period: EIGHTH-GRADE - Taylor Blattenberger, Gregory Boyer, Charles Burns, Abigail Byers, Courtney Campbell, Elizabeth Eich, Katherine Fisher, Ryan Frost, Joshua Horenst... More...
•Student's poem in top 10
•G-AMS bands to present concert
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 Obituaries
•June Hoover Fike
June Hoover Fike, 95, died Sunday, March 9, 2008 in Sebring, Fla. Born June 13, 1912 in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of Lloyd Rebuck Hoover and Mary Emma (Oller). She was a graduate of Waynesboro High School with the Class of 1930. After graduating form Juniata College in 1934, she taught in... More...
•Helga Kozub
•Joan I. Miller
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 Farm & Garden
•Gardening in dry conditions
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...
•Meeting set on sheep and goat production
•Crop insurance assistance hiked
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 Say Cheese
•Say 'Cheese'
Tara N. Goetz, Corporal USMC, with the flag she gave to Antrim Township. It flew over her Marine Corp Base in Camp Fallujah, Iraq on Dec. 29, 2007. The accompanying certificate of authenticity said the banner waved 'during the war to liberate the Iraqi people in Operation Iraqi Freedom'. Her father,... More...
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