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Election Results: New and familiar faces in places for 2024

Voters made their way to the polls earlier this month, casting ballots in a wide range of municipal races across both Cumberland and Franklin Counties. Positions on the ballots included

Resident raises issues at Borough Council

The September 5 meeting of the Shippensburg Borough Council began with a discussion regarding maintenance and landscaping issues. Alvin ‘Mick’ Martin, a resident of the borough, spoke during the public

Hockersmith Steps Down As Borough Council President

Shippensburg Borough Council has a new president. After the council returned from an executive session to discuss a personnel matter, Council President Bruce Hockersmith announced his resignation during the meeting

This country cares more about guns than us

As a journalist, they teach you to be impartial. They teach you to not show biases and to report the news without showing a political stance. But with the recent events in Tennessee, I have to ask: When did children being murdered become a political issue? When did people being murdered in mass numbers on a near weekly basis become a political issue?

NDOs are a no-brainer for safety of LGBTQ2IA+ individuals

Diocese of Central Pennsylvania partnership creates emergency housing – Episcopal Cafe

Shippensburg Borough Council members said Tuesday they are excited to approve a plan by Community CARES, a homeless shelter in Carlisle, to use the former Episcopal Home as a family emergency shelter home. Executive Director Beth Kempf proposed using the former Episcopal Home located at 206 E. Burd St. as a family emergency shelter to the board. “Community CARES (previously Carlisle C.A.R.E.S.) wishes to utilize the former Episcopal Home with the permission of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania in partnership with them for the purpose of providing a shelter for families,” she said. “As an alternative, what we’ve been doing is hoteling families. We work with several agencies in the Shippensburg area, as well as throughout Cumberland County. During COVID, our model that we’ve been using of utilizing church floors to shelter people has no longer been functioning and not safe. This facility would provide a safe location to keep families separated from one another, but united in a safe, quiet place where children can have a less traumatizing experience while experiencing homelessness.”

WellSpan to open recuperative care facility at former Episcopal Home