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The Great Race, America’s premiere old car rally, is coming to Chambersburg on Tuesday, June 14, and is expected to bring up to 100 antique automobiles to historic Memorial Square for a lunch stop.
The event, which starts in Chattanooga and finishes in Bennington, Vt., is free to the public and will be just part of [...]

A full day of discovery, education, music, art—and shopping—make Renfrew Institute’s Earth Celebration Day and Festival of Art fun, entertaining and informative. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 at Renfrew Park in Waynesboro. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.
Now in its 21st year, [...]

WAYNESBORO — Geologist Jeri Jones will lead a fossil-hunting field trip on Saturday, May 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The trip is sponsored by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club.
The excursion will explore the fascinating world of fern fossils, Jones said. “We will be collecting [...]

SHIPPENSBURG, PA (April 14, 2011) – The H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at Shippensburg University presents BRIAN REGAN on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 7 p.m. Reserved tickets are $39, $35 & $30 and can be purchased by calling the Luhrs Center Box Office at 717.477.SHOW (7469) or online at www.luhrscenter.com. Ticket availability [...]

By simply listening to the events of an earlier time, we open ourselves to the prospect of experiencing a whole new perspective and appreciation for a world that has long since ceased to exist. The inspirational bond formed through the age old act of storytelling becomes the catalyst for connecting our world today to [...]

Foot of the Mountain Restaurant is celebrating its 40th anniversary of being in business in Franklin County.
Presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, have stopped by for home-style cooking over the years.
Foot of the Mountain is located at 14191 Buchanan Trail West in Mercersburg.

A number of community leaders, volunteers and businesses were recognized at the 2011 Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Awards Breakfast.
The Inn at Ragged Edge was awarded the “Property Improvement Award” (under $150,000) while the Tuscarora Winery received the “Agribusiness Award” for agricultural innovation.
Will Pananes, owner of Olympia Candy Kitchen, was inducted into the Chamber Hall [...]

WAYNESBORO—Bargain-hunters can experience the “thrill of the chase” in finding yard sale treasures by shopping at Renfrew Institute’s sixth annual Recycle/Reuse Earth Day Yard Sale on Saturday, April 30 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The yard sale is held during the institute’s Earth Celebration Day and Festival of Art event on the grounds of [...]

Pine Grove Furnace State Park will once again observe Earth Day by having a volunteer day on Saturday, April 23rd. The event will start at 9:00 a.m. and participants are asked to meet at the Furnace Stack Pavilion. There will be a variety of projects to cater to all age groups. So, [...]

ntietam Historical Association (AHA) has established an honorary fellowship recognizing “significant literary contributions to Antietam History.” The lifetime award is named for Benjamin Matthias Nead (1847–1923). It entitles the recipient to style himself the “ B. M. Nead Fellow of Antietam Historical Association.”
At its annual meeting on March 24, AHA announced that Todd [...]