Abbottstown News

Hamilton Township switched to state police coverage in 2006 after the police department it shared with Abbottstown Borough disbanded.

Abbottstown officials have taken the next step toward rezoning a large portion of routes 30 and 194 through the borough to allow for more home-based businesses.

Vincent Guy, 9, of Hanover, and Ian Rehm, 10, of Dover, take apart common household appliances on Wednesday to create an egg-launcher during Camp Invention at New Oxford Elementary School.

It's been slightly more than a year in the making, and delayed for the past couple weeks, but the much anticipated merger between New Oxford and Abbottstown fire companies has been given final approval and will reach its culmination at a Saturday ribbon-cutting. United Hook and Ladder No.

An Abbottstown woman faces charges after police allege she received food stamps for which she didn't qualify.

CHEERS to Adams County Coroner Pat Felix on her annual ceremony to remember victims of traffic fatalities in the county.

New Oxford and Abbottstown fire companies expect their costs to shrink when they join forces as the United Hook and Ladder Co.

Jeremy Newman, 17, of Abbottstown, completely remade the flag pole at the Abbottstown Community Park to complete his Eagle Scout project.

Red Lion's Cody Darrah captured his second win in as many weeks in the 25-lap 410 sprint feature on Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway.

Abbottstown s antique 1929 Pumper Truck participates in the McSherrystown Fire Convention Parade in 2007.

New estimates are in for Abbottstown Borough's Square Beautification, and they indicate the project should cost $20,346 less then previously expected.

There are two seats up for election this year on the Abbottstown Borough Council, but the same four candidates who are on the ballot in the year's primary are likely to be on the ballot again in November.

Elizabeth Markle and Daniel Watkins Jr., Abbottstown, a son, May 3, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

The office of Abbottstown Borough mayor is being contested in the Republican primary election, with Mayor David Shuff facing a challenge from Perry Shearer, a member of the borough's planning commission who sits on a number of borough committees.

Abbottstown's square beautification project has plans to make the concrete round-about more inviting and safer for pedestrians.

Abbottstown officials are still seeking participants for the borough square-beautification project's newest fundraiser to be held later this month.

Mauricio Mora, a painter at Lincolnway Powder Coating on Route 30 in Abbottstown, works on painting bookends made by South Western High School students on Tuesday.

I went for a lovely ride this week, all the way to Abbottstown. Stop laughing, I hadn't been out Broadway for ages.

When 44-year-old homeschooling mom Gail Berger started the Beacon of Hope Ministries in 2000, she was answering a calling from years ago.

For the second straight week, the weather was beautiful, and a large crowd was treated to a great night of racing at Hummingbird Speedway.