Palmyra News

Marian Sechrist has loved dolls since she was a little girl growing up in Myerstown and Lebanon.

A Palmyra teen was among seven girls from central Pennsylvania who won awards recently at the International Chinese Youth Folk Dance Competition 2009 in Los Angeles.

Palmyra Area School District students are among the top 20 percent of achievers in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, district officials said.

Three years ago, Wayne Carey had one of the best Christmases he can remember. But that special holiday had nothing to do with the gifts he bought for his family or the presents he himself got.

A seventh-grader at Palmyra Area Middle School hopes to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., next year.

A passenger in a two-vehicle crash on I-78 in Union Township on Friday is in critical condition at the Lehigh Valley Medical Center.

A 19-year-old Palmyra man was charged with firing a rifle from his bedroom toward three people walking outside during a dispute with his girlfriend Monday afternoon, police said.

AUTOMATIC ALARM: City fire crews responded at 3:14 p.m. Monday to Stevens Towers, 930 Willow St.

The Palmyra Area school board is looking for someone to fill a vacancy. Director John Jeffrey resigned at the board's regular meeting last week, citing work pressures and responsibilities for his decision.

Borough Council is looking to hire a consultant to help it set goals and priorities on future projects.

Millcreek Township employees Art Wealand, left, and Donald Leibig, who is also the chairman of the township supervisors, check the snowplow that will be put to use now that winter is approaching.

Construction of road improvements at the intersection of Route 422 and Lingle Avenue is expected to begin in the spring.

The M.S. Hershey Foundation's Board of Managers has named Don Papson of Palmyra as executive director.

An accidental electrical fire destroyed the contents of a garage at 336 E. Sheridan Ave., Annville, early Saturday morning.

After a lengthy search and despite pending results of a shared-services study with two neighboring towns, the Borough Council has appointed a police chief.

A 26-year-old South Annville Township man was jailed on drug charges after police found prescription drugs hidden in a child's doll in his vehicle in West Cornwall Township.

Michelle Elizabeth Doll, daughter of Michael and Betty Doll, Schaefferstown, recently received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

For her birthday, Chelsea Gontz is collecting items to help a West Virginia dog-rescue program instead of getting gifts for herself.

District Judge Lee Lehman of Palmyra is retiring in January after 30 years on the bench.

A Palmyra man was arrested and charged with simple assault, harassment and stalking after an incident at his home on Tuesday.