Aspers News

Peach growers and consumers now have two new sweet, juicy, yellow-flesh peaches to add to their list of favorite varieties.

It's easy to be spoiled. Sure, sports writers can sit in press boxes and follow the events' progress, and we often do.

7 p.m. Harassment involving two 16-year-old females was reported at Gettysburg High School, Straban Township.

A loose mudflap triggered a two-vehicle accident yesterday afternoon on Interstate 81 in Cumberland County that resulted in minor injuries to one person.

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.

Plans for a new medical facility in York Township that WellSpan Health delayed last year because of the economy are now back on track, the local healthcare provider said Wednesday.

Blossoms decorate apple trees along Main Street near Bendersville. According to fruit growers in Adams County, the apple industry itself also is blooming locally and has been helped along, believe it or not, by recent gas-price spikes.

A stolen credit card and a truck fire led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Gettysburg man, who pleaded guilty in Adams County court on Monday to charges of access-device fraud and receiving stolen property.

Adams County's commissioners approved 11 local projects for Community Development Block Grants this week and also plan to seek stimulus money for one of those projects.

A Wednesday night fire in Huntington Township that caused a home's roof and floors to collapse and sent one firefighter to the hospital was one of the worst York Springs Assistant Fire Chief Bob Herman said he has ever seen.

Six farmers, including one from Adams County, have received the prestigious 2009 Master Farmer awards for their strong work ethic and knack of surviving challenges.

Between 2:30 a.m. and noon. Someone broke the rear window out of a 1999 Toyota Camry in the 4500 block of York Road in Mount Pleasant Township.

Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a man they say pointed a gun at two men during a robbery Friday in the parking lot of a Menallen Township church.

A faulty radio hookup not only could have caused a fire that severely burned a Ford pickup but also might have led police to file a felony charge against the man who had been driving the allegedly stolen truck.

A fire company that's been around since 1928 and has been recognized by Gov. Ed Rendell for heroism has been cut from Bendersville Borough because municipal officials say they don't trust it.

With requests coming in at what will likely be about twice the available money, Adams County Commissioners will decide in the next two weeks how to award grants for community projects.

Rep. Will Tallman, R- Adams, announced last week that 15 area first response organizations would receive more than $100,000 worth of combined grant money.

Aspers Fire Company will no longer be responding to emergencies in Butler Township.

A Gettysburg-based rail line is getting nearly $330,000 in state money to improve its tracks.

Some people may go their entire lives without wondering who their distant relatives are.