News update May 9, 2024
PBF celebrates with gala
Photo by Curt Werner
A group smiles for the camera during Havana Nights at Ashcombe Mansion April 26.
Megan Ingraham/Intern Reporter
The Polar Bear Foundation celebrated their annual gala by transporting guests back in time, to a night in Havana, Cuba in the 1960s.
Over 250 guests donned colorful attire of the era to celebrate “Havana Nights” and the works of the foundation on Friday, April 26 at the Willows at Ashcombe Mansion. The Automobile Club of America of Hershey showcased 1960’s styled cars. Guests were entertained with Caribbean-style music and a professional cigar roller.
For the rest of the story see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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Carroll Township: Configurations of roundabouts discussed
Kristen Stagg/Staff Reporter
During the Carroll Township board of supervisors work session on May 6, discussion centered on three main topics to be considered at next week's regular board meeting: location of the roundabout proposed for Siddonsburg and Ore Bank Roads, the traffic impact study for Northern's Middle and Elementary School campus, and the proposed zoning amendment for property located along US Rt. 15 between Golf Course and Glenwood Roads.
The Comprehensive Plan's goals and issues also will be discussed at the regular board meeting on May 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Roundabout on Siddonsburg and Ore Bank
When presenting possible configurations for the roundabout on west Siddonsburg Road and Ore Bank Road, township engineer Phil Brath repeated what he shared with the Transportation Committee May 1 in determining the best location. Brath said PennDOT wants the “legs” of the roundabout to be as close to 90 degrees as possible to “slow everything down” instead of allowing traffic to “slip through” at high speeds. Brath presented three configurations, of which he recommended one that wasn't as close to the Inch property, wouldn't require relocation driveways or purchase of properties, but might require relocation of a Dillsburg Area Authority pressure valve.
For the rest of the story, see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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Wellsville Borough: Funds may be available for new restrooms
Carolyn Hoffman/Staff Reporter
Wellsville Borough may have found an answer to how the town could pay for building restrooms in the town park. Engineering firm KPI located a $250,000 grant possibility, through CFA, the commonwealth financing authority, and the borough council gave KPI the go-ahead to apply for the funds. Unlike some grants that have a matching requirement that is still too large for Wellsville's small annual budget, this one had a match of just 15%.
The match for the full amount would be $37,500, and the borough reported having $40,000 from another grant that could cover the needed funds. The deadline for the grant application, which KPI will write, was said to be the end of May. No word was available at the May 6 council meeting about when the funds might be awarded.
For the rest of the story, see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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Jimmy Jaxxx celebrates one year anniversary
A mélange of music, moonshine and food trucks will headline Jimmy Jaxxx’s Shine Shack’s anniversary celebration from 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon on May 18 through 10 p.m. that evening.
The celebration is in honor of the legal moonshine distillery’s one-year anniversary at its 735 Harrisburg Pike location under the Back to Basic’s Western Wear store.
“It’s going to be a pretty big event going on,” owner Jimmy Runkle said on Wednesday. Runkle said that he is surprised that people from all over the world have heard about his distillery.
For the rest of the story, see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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Northern Softball: Magee paces Northern as Polar Bears win four in a row
Joe Guty/Dillsburg Banner
Photo by Curt Werner
Sabrina Paulin beats the throw to home plate.
Posting an 8-4 home victory on Monday, May 6, the Northern H.S. varsity girls’ softball team improved to 14-3 on the season. The win over the Waynesboro H.S. Maidens was also the Lady Polar Bears’ fourth straight. Among 30, District III, Class 5A schools, Northern is currently ranked 6th. The top 16 teams advance to the District III Playoffs. Southwestern H.S. is ranked first with an 18-0 record followed by Donegal (19-1, Mechanicsburg (15-3), Solanco (15-2), Greencastle-Antrim (11-3) and Northern.
Last week, Northern fell to Big Spring but then reeled off consecutive victories. At Mechanicsburg H.S. on Friday, May 3, Northern belted 11 hits on their way to a key 7-4 win over their crosstown rivals. Starter Sammy Magee went the distance allowing five hits, four runs and four walks. Magee struck out eight batters. At the plate, Magee had one hit and an RBI. Teammates Tayler Yoder, Emily Randalls and Jalyn Welch contributed two hits apiece. Izzy Hobby, Sabrina Paulin, Trinity Artman and Hannah Keith contributed one hit apiece. Artman, Paulin, Randalls and Keith all had doubles.
For the rest of the story, see the May 2, 2024 edition.
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First turkey for Baker
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Six-year-old Wyatt Baker shot his first turkey with a .410 in Dillsburg.
For the rest of the story, see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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Northern Baseball: Polar Bears edge Wildcats
Joe Guty/Dillsburg Banner
Holding Mechanicsburg to two hits, the Northern H.S. varsity baseball team edged the Wildcats 5-4 last Friday, May 3. Oskar Dees pitched three innings and allowed no hits, two runs. Dees walked six and struck out four. Collin McDonald pitched four innings and got the win as he allowed two runs on two hits. He walked two and struck out six. The Wildcats and Polar Bears scored two runs apiece in the third and fifth innings, respectively. The winning run was scored by the Polar Bears in the bottom of the seventh. Ryland Yinger went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Colby Pentz went 2-for-3 with one RBI. Spencer Cunnigham, Jacob Yost, Matt Kendall and Grady Bonin added one hit apiece. Yost, Bonin and Ryan Cromer had one RBI apiece. Cunningham, Yinger and Kendall all had stolen bases as Northern defeated the top ranked District III, Class 5A Wildcats.
For the rest of the story, see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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Northern Track and Field: Record breaking Polar Bears prep for Mid Penns
Joe Guty/Dillsburg Banner
Winning can be contagious for Northern H.S. By a score of 118-32, the host Northern H.S. boys track and field team defeated Camp Hill H.S. last Tuesday, April 30. And the girls’ team claimed a 126- 24 victory over the Lady Lions. With the Mid Penn Conference Championships slated for this Saturday (May 11) at Chambersburg H.S., Northern is ready to bring back more hardware to Dillsburg.
And school records keep falling.
At the 19th annual Hoka / Bryn Mawr Running Club Henderson Invitational held at West Chester Henderson H.S. last Friday, two Polar Bear relay teams again set new school records. After establishing new marks in April, the 4 x 400 team of Alexa Rank, Annika Barrett, Anna Lehman and Cassidy Brunner placed first overall and clocked 4:00.03 to break their record of 4:00.38 set at the Penn Relays. Meanwhile, the 4 x 100 relay team of Rank, Barrett, Tae Townsend and Brunner cruised a 50.96 for 13th place overall and a new school record (beating the previous one of 51.34). Other top performances at the Henderson Invitational included Josh Durika’s second place finish in the discus throw with a 166-05 mark. That effort was also a new Northern junior class record. Durika added an 8th place finish in the shot put too (47-0). Lauryn Hose threw 114-6 in the discus for a solid third place finish and new sophomore class record.
For the rest of the story, see the May 9, 2024 edition.
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