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23 hrs ago | Out of My Mind in Mechanicsburg By Ph...

Time for the annual Mechanicsburg Halloween Parade

And it looks like there will be no rain this year. Yeah! Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce's annual Mechanicsburg Halloween Parade is scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, at 7:00 p.m. The two-mile parade will set ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween

Sat Oct 11, 2008

WHTM

Police Seek Information in Fire

Police are investigating several incidents of criminal mischief that took place in Upper Allen Township overnight - mostly in the area of Temple Beth Shalom on Allendale Road.

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Thu Oct 09, 2008

PennLive.com

Shermans Dale man indicted on federal charges

A Perry County man has been indicted on federal charges in connection with a car chase in August that ended in a crash on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity in Mechanicsburg, Hampden Twp.

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Related Topix: Shermans Dale, PA, Train Disaster

Cumberlink.com

Sentinel Morning Update: Bail reduced to $1 in child rape case

A West Pennsboro man arrested in March on charges of raping a child had his bail reduced to $1 this week based on procedural rules granting a defendant a right to a speedy trial.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, PA

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Former firefighter charged with theft from Silver Springs department

Former Silver Springs Community Fire Company member James Cooley Childs IV was arrested Oct.

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Related Topix: Fire

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Cumberlink.com

2003 Mechanicsburg grad dies in D.C.

A 2003 graduate of Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School was killed Sunday in Washington, D.C. Ian M. Wolfe, 24, graduated from Virginia Tech in 2007 and became a resident of Bethesda, Md., according to ...

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WHTM

Two Robbed at Gunpoint in Separate Cumberland County Incidents

Police in Cumberland County are investigating two separate, yet similar, armed robberies.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, PA

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Out of My Mind in Mechanicsburg By Ph...

Mechanicsburg is the place to be

There are so many things going on in The 'Burg, you had better get a cup of coffee to help you get through the entire list.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Fall festival slated for Sunday at Mechanicsburg

People will have the opportunity to recycle certain unwanted electronic devices at Sundaya s Fall Festival.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Computers, Kids, Family

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Perry County Times

Gerst golf tourney raises $19,000 for kidsa college

Gerst golf tourney raises $19,000 for kids' college By Bonnie Swinehart Eight months later on Sept.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Mechanicsburg hires borough manager

Mechanicsburg Borough Council voted Tuesday night in a special meeting to authorize the hiring of a new manager.

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Chambersburg Public Opinion

Walter Terry Eichelberger

Walter Terry Eichelberger, 60, 155 Fogelsanger Road, Shippensburg, died Thursday, September 25, 2008 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

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Related Topix: Shippensburg, PA, US Military, US News, US Air Force, US National Guard, Opinion

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Mechanicsburg kindergarten gets makover

Parents, teachers and district officials rededicate Kindergarten Academy at Filbert Street, look forward to greater student experience By Kelly Wilson, Sentinel Reporter , September 29, 2008 Monday, September ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Kids, Family

Sat Sep 27, 2008

The Lebanon Daily News

Competition Heats Up at Hinkelfest

Elizabethtown resident Jennifer Colna s recipe for Bruschetta Chicken Cakes was the first-place winner in the Whole Chicken, Cooked Your Way category at last weekend s annual Hinkelfest.

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Related Topix: Myerstown, PA, Bethel, PA, Lebanon, PA, Harrisburg Metro, Recipes

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Rutland Herald

Distracted by GPS, motorist wrecks car

Police said a global positioning system distracted a Pennsylvania motorist enough to send him off the road and to the hospital Saturday afternoon.

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Tue Sep 23, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Mechanicsburg traffic detoured for rear-end collision

Mechanicsburg traffic was detoured for about an hour and a half Thursday after one driver rear-ended another at the intersection of N. Walnut Street and Schoolside Drive, police said.

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Mon Sep 22, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Teacher assault leads to charges

A 14-year-old student at the Yellow Breeches Education Center in Upper Frankford Township was arrested Friday after a teacher was assaulted.

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Related Topix: Harrisburg Metro, Carlisle, PA

AllAroundPhilly.com

School board stunner: Renovations could be $50 million

The school board got $50 million worth of sticker shock Thursday night when its architect laid out the cost for the various options of renovating and expanding the district's elementary schools.

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Related Topix: Franklin, PA

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Talk to 21: Credit Union Phone Scam

Hundreds of members of a local credit union got an early wake-up call Thursday morning from what turned out to be a scam artist.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, PA

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Firefighter from Rehrersburg an expert on farm rescues

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Eric J. Rickenbach was recently honored as rescue technician of the year by the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council.

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Related Topix: Leesport, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Wyomissing, PA, Pennsylvania

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania is located in Cumberland County and is part of the Harrisburg Metro Area. Zip codes in Mechanicsburg, PA include 17050, and 17055.

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