News update April 25, 2024
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Emergency rescue crews carry the victim of a tractor trailer accident up a small ravine to a waiting ambulance Friday, April 19, just past the Clear Springs intersection on Rt. 15 South.
Tractor trailer driver crashes into ravine
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The driver of a tractor trailer lost control and careened down over an embankment, smashing through guard rails, into a small ravine in a wooded area while traveling south on Rt. 15 just past the Clear Springs Road intersection Friday evening, April 19.
For the rest of the story see the April 25, 2024 edition.
Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program
Over 1,000 acres preserved
Carolyn Hoffman
Warrington Township has now surpassed 1,000 acres preserved through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program. The announcement by Chair Jason Weaver came at the April 11 supervisors' meeting. Weaver is a member of York County's agricultural preservation board.
Weaver noted the board met earlier that day, and 234.3 acres more from Warrington were added to the preservation list. In neighboring Washington Township, the 182.2 added acres boosts that township to over 2,000 acres pre- served.
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Northern Softball: Lady Polar Bears to meet the Mechanicsburg Wildcats
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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
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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
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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
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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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