One of the biggest storms of the winter, dubbed Winter Storm Stella, slammed the northeastern United States early Monday night into Tuesday night, responsible for over 42 inches of snow, gusts to hurricane force and coastal flooding.

    Over 6,000 flights were canceled across the United States on Tuesday due to the blizzard with hundreds of more cancellations on Wednesday, according to Accuweather. Gusts frequented 60 mph from New Jersey to New England with winds of hurricane force near Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Dillsburg Borough residents on S. Second Street begin to dig out Tuesday, March 14 during Winter Storm Stella that dumped 18” of snow, shutting down roadways for 24 hours.

For more information see the March 16th, 2017 edition of the Dillsburg Banner.

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Business plan
sought

Merger between fire companies

Shirley A. Knight
Staff Reporter/Dillsburg Banner

     The pending merger of the Dillsburg Citizens Hose and the Franklintown Fire Company became the subject of discussion at the March Supervisor’s meeting in Franklin Township.

    Mike Whitzel, Franklintown fire chief, was questioned at length about the status of the merger after a recent tied vote of the joint committees with only eight of the 28 members present. The vote of those present at the meeting was tied at four to four and no action was taken on the resolution. Whitzel expressed his disappointment at the lack of attendance.

    Supervisor Michael Ryan was concerned there might be some problem and wants to see where the money is going and why there is no business plan being offered. He is concerned whether there is a cost savings to the township with this merger. He said he “wants to see a report of fund expenditures before the expansion happens.” Whitzel stated he just received the auditor’s report for 2016 showing expenditures two weeks ago and would get copies out to the township as they do each year. Ryan was not aware this was done annually.

For more information see the March 16th, 2017 edition of the Dillsburg Banner.

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Koser claims fourth place at state tournaments
Andy Sandrik
Dillsburg Banner

    Northern's Jake Koser established himself as one of the toughest wrestlers in the state at last weekend's PIAA Class AAA Championships, held at Hershey's Giant Center.

   Koser, a junior, went 4-2 in the 195-pound bracket to claim fourth place. He is the second state medalist from the Koser family as older brother Kyle took fourth at 182 pounds as a senior in 2014.

Jake Koser, top, controls Upper St. Clair's Eli Grape. Koser won the hard-fought, round-two match 7 to 6 in the 195 lb. weight class at the PIAA 2017 Wrestling Championships held at the Giant Center on Thursday, March 9.

For more information see the March 16th, 2017 edition of the Dillsburg Banner.

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NMS to perform “Peter Pan Junior” this weekend

     Northern Middle School will perform “Peter Pan Junior” at Northern High School auditorium, 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18. The cost is $10.

Hannah Speiser, as Wendy, lays on the floor after being shot by an arrow. Photo by Curt Werner/Dillsburg Banner.

For more information see the March 16th, 2017 edition of the Dillsburg Banner.

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