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Chambersburg Public Opinion In a normal year, downtown Chambersburg would be heating up for the coolest event of the year: IceFest.  It should be no surprise to anyone why the winter festival, which attracts tens of thousands of people to the Main Street corridor as January turns to February, was canceled this year: COVID-19.  The IceFest planning committee made the decision in the first half of November at the beginning of what would become a massive surge of coronavirus cases in the region. With the logistics of the festival - people gathering at elaborate ice sculptures placed feet apa...

featured By Sean P. Ray Meadville Tribune Dec 21, 2020 Espresso pours into a glass at French Creek Coffee and Tea Co. After an extensive renovation process which took up the better part of the year, French Creek Coffee and Tea Co. opened the doors at its new location last Monday. And according to co-owners Michael and Tonya Reed, it's been a very busy first week. "It seemed like every day we sold more," Tonya said. "We sold so many beans and we were just selling out of things left and right." Formerly known under the names Tarot Beans Roasting Co. and Drogo N' ...

Close PHOTO PROVIDEDThe Advent Wreath outside of the Harkness United Methodist Church helps members and community connect while in-person worship has been suspended for the holidays. featured Dec 11, 2020 Dec 11, 2020 PHOTO PROVIDEDThe Advent Wreath outside of the Harkness United Methodist Church helps members and community connect while in-person worship has been suspended for the holidays. HARKNESS/PERU -- It's back to virtual worship services for the Harkness and Keeseville United Methodist Churches. Due to recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in neighbo...

Op-ed: NASA offers 'significant and positive return to the economy' Sign In Bill Cloutier FacebookTwitterEmail Coming on the heels of Election Day, many people have tax dollars on their mind. NASA may be the best investment of our tax dollars. For the fiscal year 2019, the federal budget was approximately $4.5 trillion. This includes mandatory and discretionary spending, and interest paid on the national debt. NASA’s apportionment was about $21.5 billion. While that sounds like a lot of money, and it is, it represents less than a half of one percent of the total spending (less than penny we...