Explore Franklin County | PA - Great moments along the way

The Founders and Iron Forge golf courses at the Penn National Golf Course Community have been designated Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).
To achieve the certification, areas must provide at least three sources of food, water, cover and places for wildlife to raise young. At Penn National, mature trees provide nuts, [...]

Jennifer Pharr Davis, who reported hiking the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in an unprecedented 46 days this summer, is scheduled to speak during the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s (ATC) membership drive on November 13, 2011 in Harrisburg, Pa at the Colonial Park movie theater.
Jennifer is an avid long-distance hiker who has hiked more than 11,000 miles [...]

Renting out the Studio Spaces at The Thought Lot is an essential goal for Shippensburg-based contemporary arts organization, Post Now PA. In order for The Thought Lot, the group’s 10,000 square foot contemporary art center and incubator, to remain open, the group must rent out all 17 studio spaces. At that point, The [...]

An owl walk along the hiking trails of Renfrew Park in Waynesboro will be held on Thursday, November 3, at 6:00 p.m. (Storm date: Nov. 10). This fall excursion, led by Renfrew Institute staff member and naturalist, Lori Schlosser, is geared toward families and children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.
The [...]

Renfrew Institute is sponsoring a pierced-tin workshop on Thursday, November 17 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the visitors’ center at Renfrew Park. The program is open to anyone age 15 and older and will be limited to ten participants. Pre-registration is required by Thursday, November 10.
The workshop will introduce the time-honored [...]

The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter will hold its 11th annual Dog Walk and Contests, called “Canines Venture Around the Shelter” (CVAS), from 9:00 a.m. to noon, Saturday, October 29, at the shelter’s future home, 5051 Letterkenny Road West in Franklin County.
Participants are asked to get sponsors for their walk and help raise money for the [...]

A combination of haunted houses, trick-or-treating and other Halloween-themed festivities are planned throughout the second half of October in Franklin County.
“Terror Beyond Bars” opened for the season at the Southgate Shopping Center in Chambersburg at the beginning of the month. This year, the former County Market building on West Liberty Street has been transformed [...]