West Manchester News

A line started to form before 11 a.m., and about 60 people had gathered in front of A Diner by the time the doors were unlocked at 11:30. The cultural notion about buffets being a place for indulgence -- the idea of "all-you-can-eat" being set forth as a potentially embarrassing proposition to each participant -- was inspiring jokes while people ...

A free buffet will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. today at "A Diner," 1405 Kenneth Road in West Manchester Township.

BAE Systems announced Monday it plans to lay off 130 people in mid-November because of a delay in receiving a government contract to work on Bradley armored vehicles.

Record harvests are being forecast for corn and soybean farmers and now the focus turns to bringing the giant crop in from the field.

Asher, Charles, of Hamilton, Ohio, died Sept. 3. Service will be at 1 p.m. today at Higher Heights Church of God, Camden, Ohio, where visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today.

The leadership of the People's National Party is claiming that its decision to skip the September 4 by-election in North West Clarendon is a major strategic move.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith will celebrate their 50th anni-versary with an open house at Archway Campground, New Paris, Ohio, on July 11, 2009, from 2 to 5 p.m. No gifts please.

AN INTENSE contest is taking shape in North West Manchester where three aspirants with strong political antecedents in the People's National Party have thrown their hats in the ring to run on the party's ticket in the next general election.

Wan Olif Foust, age 87, of New Paris, Ohio, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at his residence in New Paris, Ohio.

The local BAE Systems facility is in the running to possibly help make an updated version of the MRAP vehicle design for use in more mountainous Afghanistan.If the locally tied design is the only one selected through this process, said BAE spokeswoman Kelly Golden, it would mean probable orders for about 2,000 of M-ATV vehicles.

Police are looking for a man who robbed a Fulton Bank on Kenneth Road in West Manchester Township late Friday afternoon.