Local News

[Edit 11/15/17 to include synopsis and post-event Photo gallery]

"Although the morning was very cold, the Veteran’s Day Ceremony was held on Saturday, November 11th at 11AM in High Acres Park.  The High Acres Park Committee had arranged a beautiful service attended by veterans and their families, the local Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, American Legion Color Guard and residents.  Fortunately the sun shone brightly on our glorious flag, and all attending were grateful to those who have served and sacrificed for our country. 

Joe O’Malley not only emceed but sang a beautiful tribute while playing his guitar.  Rosemary Brown, State Representative, gave a heartfelt thanks to all the veterans and their families for their service; and Summer Shumway, a 94 year old veteran from WWII, spoke very movingly about his service and family. In addition Linda Spoerer, Commander of our local American Legion, added her feelings about the tribute, and Betty Oppelt, Past President, read the Veterans Poem. After the ceremony, a warm and welcoming Open House was held for all attendees at our local American Legion.

Thanks should be extended not only to the High Acre Park Committee (Nicole Hilfiger, Priscilla Blitz Kice, Cherie Jean Jones, Susan Seese, Gloria Smith, and Sonia White) but also to Stonewall Gardens for creating and donating the lovely evergreen swag placed on top of the Veterans Memorial." 

- Ethel Huff

We are having our GRAND OPENING this Friday and Saturday! (October 27 & 28, 2017)

Our ribbon cutting ceremony will be on Saturday around 10AM.  We will have a sale and special raffles and giveaways going on along with demos from Husqvarna equipment. 

We will continue so stock lumber and building materials, along with hardware, electrical, plumbing, housewares, paint, lawn & garden, outdoor power equipment and even pet supplies!

Update 1/10/18
Photo updated.  The recycling bins have been removed.

At the Barrett Township Supervisor meeting on Wednesday September 27, the supervisors made a motion to shut down the Recycling Center in front of the Maintenance Department on Sand Spring Road. 

To Whom it may Concern:
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This means that essentially ANY email service is going to be a better choice than PTD: even Gmail. If you own a domain name for your business or organization, you should be using an email address like you@yourbusiness.com, anyways. That generally means your email is running through your hosting company, so the passwords SHOULD be encrypted, there, too… as long as you’ve chosen a reputable host.