Photo by Curt Werner

Gov. Tom Wolf, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Mark McCurdy walk the hillside for the perfect Christmas tree at McCurdy's Tree Farm Monday afternoon to show support for PA Preferred farms.

Governor pays visit to McCurdy's Tree Farm to promote PA Preferred Christmas trees

Gov. Tom Wolf and First Lady Frances joined Agricultural Secretary Russel Redding and his wife, Nina, on a tour of McCurdy's Tree Farm on Monday to highlight how the Pennsylvania Farm Bill supports the PA Preferred Program and to support PA Preferred tree farms when purchasing Christmas trees during the holiday season. With more than 1,400 farms, Pennsylvania ranks third nationally in number of Christmas tree farms.

East York Street residents request to crackdown on traffic

Mary Lou Bytof

Three homeowners living on East York Street told Dillsburg Borough Council that traffic along their street and the adjacent Dill Alley is out of control, with motorists speeding and driving in the wrong direction in the alley.

At Tuesday's council meeting, John Reed said his house was hit at least three times in recent years. A year ago, two trucks knocked down his rain spout, he said. A few years ago, a teenage girl scraped the side of his house with her car.

"I own the red brick house; that's the one cars don't like. It's costing me money to pay for that [repairs]," Reed said.

Andrea Brillhart asked the council why there are no speed limit signs on East York Street. Although she has seen some police enforcement on her street, she said people are constantly going the wrong way on Dill Alley.

"I do not see a lot of enforcement on Dill Alley at all," she said. Kids ride their bikes in the alley and turn around in the firehouse parking lot. They also travel the alley to get to the ball fields, she said.

Photos by Curt Werner

Regan Wallick, JV Sportmanship Award, Connor Swope, Varsity MVP; Caleb Brown, Varsity Sportmanship and Spencer Siverling, Varsity Unsung Hero Award.

Student-athletes recognized

Joe Guty

This past Monday, Nov. 25, the Northern High School Boys Soccer team celebrated its 2019 season.

Players were recognized and honored for a successful season. Mid Penn Colonial Division champions, District III finalists and a PIAA State Championship qualifier, the Northern Polar Bear squad had one of their finest seasons.

For the varsity team, Connor Swope was named MVP, Caleb Brown won the Sportmanship Award and Spencer Siverling won the Unsung Hero Award.

Northern dominated the 2019 Mid Penn Colonial Division All-Stars with First Team members including Connor Swope, Ashton Davies, Spencer Siverling and John White. Second Team All-Stars included: Shepard Soisson, Ian Hall and Zach French. Swope was also voted the No. 3 ranked player in the Mid Penn Conference and was nominated for the All-State Team. Coach Gareth "Gaz" Davies also won the PIAA District III Class AAA Coach of the year award.

Third-year letter winners included: Ashton Davies, Nathan Spuler, John White, Joseph Carroll, Ian Hall and Connor Swope. Second-year letter winners included: Shephard Soisson, Spencer Siverling, Caleb Brown, and Bryce Andrews. First-year letter winners included: Zachary French, Sean Clark, Malachi Reid, Maddox Davies, Logan Brunner, Damon Troutman, Cody Patterson, Calen Jodon, Bailey Lutz and Aidan Romano. JV certificate winners included: Aero Edmunds, Aidan Troutman, Brandon Rice, Chase Minnich, Saleem Dabbah, Ian McCarty, Isaiah Moorhead, James Carroll, Jaren Miller, Joshua Hoffman, Noah Stake, Drew "Owen" Weaver, Phillip Nace, Regan Wallick and Zachary Tutich.

Head Coach Gaz Davies receives the PIAA District III Class AAA Coach of the Year Award.

Photos by Curt Werner

Northern High School Bands in Review Concert

The Northern High School Bands in Review Concert was held at the high school auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 21. It was directed by Andrew Sheffeer, director of bands and Chad McCartney, assistant marching band director.