McSherrystown News

McSherrystown Borough officials gave a hats-off thank you to members of a local church who recently helped clean up Plum Creek.

The interior of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which is marking its 50th year as a basilica.

Thanks to a sizeable donation from two local organizations McSherrystown will soon have a new electronic speed sign that can be placed on any borough street to let drivers know how exactly fast their vehicle is going.

A teacher at a McSherrystown school has been charged with punching an 11-year-old student, according to the borough's police department.

Summer vacation is just around the corner, but kids in the area still have plenty of time to sign up to have "summer fun" in McSherrystown.

Above, Hanover 11-year-old Jamie Wallace holds her nose and does a dance move as she jumps from the diving board Sunday at Neiderer's Pool on Second Street in McSherrystown.

2:40 p.m. Criminal mischief was reported in the 200 block of Maple Avenue where an outside mirror on a parked car was damaged.

Ford Mustangs for sale in the lot of Performance Motors in Hanover. The local classic-car dealer intends on turning the McSherrystown fire station into a classic car showroom.

The man accused of beating his aunt to death at her Conewago Township home last month will have to wait until September to find out if prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him.

A 1996 Mercury operated by Elizabeth Walen of McSherrystown collided with a 2002 Jeep operated by Carol Emig of Hanover.

McSherrystown Borough officials have approved a conditional use request that will allow a Hanover business to open a classic-car showroom in the old McSherrystown fire station on Main Street.

11:51 a.m. Public drunkenness charges will be filed against a 63-year-old Hanover man following an incident in the 200 block of North Franklin Street.

A 19-year-old Maryland woman was pronounced dead at Gettysburg Hospital from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident on Route 15 north.

McSherrystown officials are pleased that a decision they made at their last meeting has the blessing of Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services.