News update May 2, 2024
Home destroyed by fire
Photo by Curt Werner
A firefighter works to put out flames on a house fire in the 500-block of Kralltown Road, Washington Township yesterday morning.
A house in the 500-block of Kralltown Road, Washington Township was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.
The fire started in the basement and quickly spread throughout the house, officials said.
Wellsville Fire Company, Northern York County Fire Rescue, Monaghan Fire Company and many other area fire companies responded to the scene. No one was in the house at the time.
For the rest of the story see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Washington Township: Voluntary trash collection considered
Carolyn Hoffman/Staff Reporter
Washington Township is going to try something it's never done before. Supervisors agreed to have the solicitor prepare bids for voluntary trash collection.
The bids likely won't be ready until June. The move came after a resident complained about her trash bill going up 30% for the next year. In Washington, which currently doesn't have any trash collection, residents can contract with any hauler they wish for trash pickup.
Under the bidding process, trash collection would not be mandatory. However, if supervisors accept a bid from a trash hauler, any resident who wants trash collection for weekly trash pickup would need to use the chosen hauler. People who use large dumpsters could still, apparently, contract with anyone they wish.
Even if supervisors put trash collection out for bids, they would not need to accept a bid they didn't like.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Dillsburg Area Public Library: Serving the community since the summer of 1953
Chanty Webb/Staff Reporter
The Dillsburg Area Public Library got its start in the summer of 1953 when local physician Martha Logan Bailey welcomed the children of Dillsburg into her office for children's story hour. By the end of that same year, the Dillsburg Women's Club opened the Dillsburg Public Library in the town's Community Building. In 1965 the library incorporated as a non-profit and in 1974, it joined the library system. Several moves later, the library now resides in what appears to be its forever home at 204 Mumper Lane, remodeled just eight years ago.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Mug Contest underway
The Dillsburg Community Fair Association Farmers Fair Mug Contest for 2024 is underway.
Eligible designs must be hand-drawn and words handwritten on a 4” x 4” square on bright white paper in black ink.
The designs must include the slogan “109th Annual Farmers Fair 1915-2024, Dillsburg, PA.” No more than two drawings per person.
This year, the drawing contest will be for two different age groups, group one is for ages 14 years and younger and group two is for 15 years and older. Each group will have one winner. The winner of each age group will receive $100.
Contestants must live within the Northern York County School District or have a Dillsburg address. Homeschooled students are eligible.
The contest begins May 4 and ends June 22. Send entries to Carl Shearer, 60 Shearer Dr., Dillsburg, PA 17019.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Northern Softball: Lady Polar Bears to meet the Mechanicsburg Wildcats
Joe Guty/Dillsburg Banner
Photo by Curt Werner
A Big Spring runner is called safe, sliding under the tag, of catcher Taylor Espenshade.
The Northern H.S. varsity softball team recorded their seventh straight win last week after they defeated Waynesboro H.S., 10-2, on Thursday, April 25. Northern had five games slated for this week beginning with Big Spring on Monday, April 29 at home followed by West Perry (also at home) on Tuesday, April 30. Northern hosts rival Greencastle-Antrim on Wednesday, May 1 and then travels to Mechanicsburg on Friday, May 3. Northern ends the busy week at Carlisle on Saturday, May 4. In one of the interesting match-ups this week, and background note: Greencastle got past the Lady Polar Bears on April 9 by an 11-7 score, and the Dillsburg crew would like to avenge that loss. Northern’s overall record, corrected from last week, was 10-2 as of April 28.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Albert bags a longbeard
Photo provided
Ann Albert, 13, of Dillsburg, shot a Tuckahoe Ridge longbeard in Dillsburg on April 27, while hunting with her dad Adam Albert and cousin Jarrett Albert.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Northern Boys Lacrosse: Northern defeats Rockets
Joe Guty/Dillsburg Banner
On Senior Night last Friday, April 26, the Northern H.S. varsity boys’ lacrosse team defeated the Spring Grove Rockets, 10-8. It was a welcome win after dropping games to Lower Dauphin, Hershey, Palmyra and McDevitt. A recent highlight for the Polar Bears has also been in the play of Ben Lightner who recently reached 100 career points. The junior is pacing towards the top of Northern’s all time points list.
Cumulative individual stats to date include: Goals: Demetrios Touloumes (22), Ben Lightner (16), Joe Coyne (19), Hayden Linebaugh (7), Hunter Henry (7) and Noah Slothower (6); Assists: Ben Lightner (20), Demetrios Touloumes (15) and Joe Coyne (15); Goalie Saves: Gavin Hebert (107) and Brogan Baublitz (38); Faceoff Wins: Demetrios Touloumes (94), Garrett Franks (21) and Ben Lightner (12); Ground Balls: Garrett Franks (63), Ryan Hammer (54), Ben Lightner (52), Demetrios Touloumes (45) Ryan Fekete (25), Zach Signor (24) and Tim Gunning (22); and Caused Turnovers: Garrett Franks (32) and Ryan Hammer (27).
Northern was slated to play Mechanicsburg H.S. on April 30 followed by State College Area (home, Thursday, May 2), Ephrata (home, Friday, May 3), Cumberland Valley (away, Monday, May 6) and Chambersburg (away, Wednesday, May 8).
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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Northern Track and Field: Quartet sets new school record at Penn Relays
Joe Guty/Dillsburg Banner
Anna Lehman, Annika Barrett, Alexa Rank and Cassidy Brunner set a new school record at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia last Thursday, April 25. Competing in the High School Girls’ 4 x 400-meter relay, the quartet clocked 4:00.38. That mark eclipsed the previous mark of 4:00.58 set at Shippensburg University on May 16, 2009 by Kailey Gibb, Audrey Eberly, Jenna Hessert and Jenna Knight. Northern placed second in their heat of 12 teams. Freedom H.S. from Woodbridge, Va. clocked 3:49.75 to win while Cornwall H.S. from New York ran 4:02.09 to place third behind the Polar Bears. Northern, whose time met the PIAA District III, Class A A A qualifying standard, raced in one of 30 public school sections comprised of about a dozen teams per section. On Saturday, April 27, the Northern boys 4 x 400 relay team also ran at Penns and clocked 3:40.99 in their section. The Polar Bears finished in 10th place in their heat. Carson Hull (56.05), Burke Heltzel (55.2), Trey Tyree (54.42) and Daniel Brosius (55.01) comprised the quartet that ran in the prestigious meet that has been hosted by the University of Pennsylvania since 1895.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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