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The first spring “Ballroom in the Barn” dance will be held on Friday, April 20 from 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. in the German bank barn on the property of Allison-Antrim Museum, located at 365 South Ridge Avenue in Greencastle.
Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha Cha, East Coast and West Coast Swing and Country Two [...]

Bargain-hunters can experience the “thrill of the chase” in finding yard sale treasures by shopping at Renfrew Institute’s 7th annual Recycle/Reuse Earth Day Yard Sale on Saturday, April 28 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 [...]

Waynesboro Historical Society will host a Victorian Tea from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Oller House, located at 138 West Main Street.
The theme is “Tussie Mussies — The language of Flowers.”
Tussie Mussie is an endearing term from the early 1400s for small bouquets of herbs and flowers with symbolic [...]

The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter will hold “Howl to Heal,” a dog walk in memory of John Hepfer, Jr., from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Hawthorne Arena at Wilson College.
Participants are asked to get sponsors to raise money for the shelter’s Second Chance Fund for animals who need special attention [...]

Post Now PA, in its continued effort to bring sustainable community choices to the Cumberland Valley and Shippensburg, is pleased to announce Thoughtful Farmers Market, a producers only, weekly local farmers market. Thoughtful Farmers Market will kick off on Thursday, May 10 in the North East corner of the parking lot at the Thought [...]

Come fill all of your senses at the second annual Blues, Brews and Barbeque event in the Back Lot of the Capitol Theatre Center in Downtown Chambersburg. That’s the place to be…rain or shine…on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Last year’s inaugural event attracted more than 600 people. [...]

The Renfrew Institute program, “Water Striders,” recently received a $1,000 sponsorship from Waste Management’s Mountain View Reclamation. The facility, located in Upton, Pa., has sponsored Water Striders for 10 years.
Water Striders is an after-school program for students in middle school and up. The group conducts water quality tests on the East Branch of [...]

With spring making its appearance in early March this year, thoughts of, “Take me out to the ball game: America’s Great Pastime,” have already crept into our minds and are now the focus of the April exhibit in the south exhibit bay of the German bank barn at Allison-Antrim Museum, located at 365 South Ridge [...]