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August 27, 2008
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Antrim supervisors dismiss six employees
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot
The ax fell Aug. 21 for six Antrim Township employees at a 7 p.m. special meeting. After a presentation by Dhillon Management Services on the operational study of Antrim Township and after taking extensive questions from 40 members of the public and press, Board of Supervisors Chairman Curtis Myer... More...
The final minutes of employment
"Fred (Young) told us to leave immediately. I told him this is public property." — Larson Wenger, former utilities superindendent
By PAT FRIDGEN Echo Pilot

All Antrim Township employees were required to attend a meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, according to two of six employees fired that evening. The personnel session was in advance of a 7 p.m. advertised public meeting. The Echo Pilot learned of the earlier meeting from the township. More...

Newspaper request delayed

The Echo Pilot requested a copy of the report of the operations study conducted by Dhillon Management Services. A reply to the Aug. 15 request was received on Aug. 19 from Renee Perrin, Antrim Township Secretary Treasurer. More...

 News
•Minor glitches for ATMA, grant sought with a little help
Interim director of utilities Rick Baer had one terse comment for the sewer and water departments he has been in charge of since last Thursday, when he and three other Antrim Township supervisors fired former utilities director Charles Goetz and five other management personnel. More...
•Statement from the supervisors
•Employees' statement
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 Inside Our Community
•REMEMBERING WHEN
100 Years Ago Aug. 27, 1908 Messers. J. Ed. Omwake and C.P. Omwake, owners of the Greencastle evaporator which was destroyed by fire last winter, have a large force of men at work rebuilding the evaporator on land of the Greencastle Elevator Company north of the C.G.&. W. Trolley tracks at the... More...
•History's Echoes
•Rotarians host district governor, begin new year
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 Point of View
•Editorial
Questions abound
There are so many questions surrounding the action of the Antrim Township Supervisors Thursday, Aug. 21 and all that led up to it. Following are just some of them: Why did Antrim Township Supervisors not follow their own Request for Proposal for the Management, Operations, Staffing and Spacing Ne... More...
•Letters To the Editor
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 Sports Weekly
•Cross Country
Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School
Head Coach: Richard Secrest Boys' Team Girls' Team 2008 schedule More...
•Volleyball
•Soccer
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 Business
•Chamber to host Insurance Day
The Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce will host an in-house Insurance Day in conjunction with PCI Insurance Thursday, Sept. 11. Paula Smee, a PCI Regional Account Executive, will be on hand to discuss health insurance options available to business owners. More...
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 Faith/Values
•God helps us through change
Life is always filled with change, but the beginning of school creates a change in all: no children in the community during the day, vacations mostly completed, getting ready for colder weather. Life itself always brings change, some sudden, some gradual, some so gentle that we hardly notice, but... More...
•Outdoor SS ends
•Faith Raisers
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 Inside Our Schools
•G-ASD enrollment expected to increase
Greencastle-Antrim School District officials are expecting nearly 3,000 students to enter its buildings when classes begin Sept. 2. "This will change," related C. Gregory Hoover, district superintendent, as he presented the school board last week with his projection of anticipated enrollment. More...
•G-A school security is tighter this year
•School Menus
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 Obituaries
•Howard M. Smith
Howard Mason Smith, 88, of 9725 Brown's Mill Road, Greencastle, died at 11:17 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sept. 30, 1919 in Chewsville, Md., he was the son of the late Mason R. and Sarah Ann (Kuhn) Smith. More...
•Valerie L. Taylor
•Julia R. Ludwig
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 Farm & Garden
•Carpenter bees readying for winter
COMING EVENTS Aug. 27 — Tomato Tasting Day, Franklin County Cooperative Extension and Penn State Master Gardeners, Noon to 5 p.m., Horticulture Gardens, rain or shine. Sept. 3 —Turf Establishment & Care Workshop, Franklin County Master Gardeners, 7 p.m., Ag Heritage Building (next d... More...
•Market News
•Doing the right thing
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 Say Cheese
•Say 'Cheese'
your WEEKLY COMMUNITY PHOTO ALBUM
Already the back-to-school chime is ringing, but in this photo from this past school year, Jessica Enderlin poses with Ronda Fearer's kindergarten class after reading the students her newly-published book 'Is There a Snuggle-Bug More...
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