Fredericksburg News

The Board of Commissioners took several steps Monday night toward making its downtown-redevelopment project a reality.

AUTOMATIC ALARM: Fredericksburg and Jonestown's Perseverance fire companies and First Aid and Safety Patrol ambulance responded at 6:26 p.m. Thursday to 150 E. Main St.

No one should need an in-depth lesson about the difficulties the real-estate market has had in the past couple of years.

A 30-year-old North Cornwall Township man faces criminal charges in connection with a party on May 30 in Cornwall, police said yesterday.

Thirteen people were placed in the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program last week.

Former band director Harlan Daubert points out some of the awards the Northern Lebanon High School band won under his direction.

A project manager for an energy developer considering construction of a natural-gas-powered plant in North Lebanon Township pushed back the timeline yesterday.

A 46-year-old East Hanover Township man was sentenced to state prison yesterday for a fiery crash in Fredericksburg that injured four people in August last year.

Fredericksburg remained unbeaten in the Lebanon County American Legion baseball circuit last night.

Firefighters hose down a smoky blaze at a hardward company s warehouse in Bethel Township yesterday as a Rural Security crew member readies his equipment to enter the firefighting fray.

It has been more than 140 years since Memorial Day was established. Shortly after the Civil War, the government officially set aside one day a year to remember, to commemorate, to honor those who had made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, It was a solemn occasion, a day marked by speeches and parades.

A teenage boy was flown by Life Lion helicopter to the Hershey Medical Center after he was thrown from his car that rolled across an embankment and landed on its roof before bursting into flames Saturday night on Route 22, east of Interstate 78, in Bethel Township, state police at Jonestown said.

A car crashed through the front of the Quentin Road branch of the First National Bank of Fredericksburg late Friday morning, destroying the glass windows at the entrance and startling employees and customers.

A city convenience store was robbed early yesterday by a man who displayed a handgun, police said.

Lebanon firefighters assist medics from First Aid and Safety Patrol as they attend to 82-year-old Andrew Martin of 800 Willow St.

ACCIDENT: Police have released more details of an accident in which a car and van collided Wednesday at 2:16 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Main Street in Annville.

The University of Mary Washington will formally inaugurate its new president in a low-key ceremony that reflects the new leader.

Jim Donley served for 10 years in the U.S. Navy. Now a civilian, Donley is still serving his country.

Fifty-three charges were filed during an aggressive-driving enforcement conducted by the Palmyra police along borough streets on Feb.

North Londonderry Township police are seeking help in solving a rash of car thefts that occurred last weekend.