ELIZABETHVILLE • Eugene “Gene” E. Spicher, age 74, of Elizabethville, passed away as a result of a tragic house fire at his residence Feb. 28, 2021. He was born Aug. 8, 1946, in Harrisburg, Pa., the son of the late Donald and Betty (Kissinger) Spicher. He is a graduate of ...
TOWER CITY • Peggy Showers, 92, loving wife, mother, grandmother (Gram) and GiGi of Tower City died Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at home. She was the wife of the late Lawrence Showers who died Feb. 1, 1998. Born June 29, 1928, she was the daughter of late Wilmer and Elva ...
TOWER CITY • Bernard G. “Bernie” Bowman Jr., 73, of Pottsville, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at Lehigh Valley Medical Center, Allentown. Born Feb. 26, 1948, in Pottsville, he was a son of the late Bernard and Arlene Bowman. Bernie was a graduate of Williams Valley High School. He ...
By Duane Good • EDITOR MILLERSBURG The Millersburg and Upper Dauphin Area school districts won’t be getting engaged. But they hope to stay good friends. In a joint meeting of school boards March 15, the long-discussed proposal to join both districts into one new entity received majority support (7-2) by ...
NEWS UPDATE Vaccination clinic opens on HACC campus HARRISBURG • A drive-through, appointment-only COVID-19 vaccination clinic for qualified individuals opened March 22 on the campus of HACC (Harrisburg Area Community College). The clinic is a joint venture of UPMC Pinnacle and the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners, along with other ...
Millersburg Borough Council released the following statement the afternoon of March 17 regarding the planned event requested by Gene Stilp and scheduled for next week: ‘‘Millersburg Borough Council considered legal advice, previous court decisions supporting Gene Stilp's first amendment rights, and after lengthy discussion, took no position with respect to the ...
LECK KILL • Keith Todd Keim died Feb. 22 of natural causes. He was born Feb. 16, 1963, in Sunbury, the son of Kenneth and Daphne (Rebuck) Keim. He grew up in Colorado and Leck Kill and graduated from Line Mountain High School. He worked for Landmark Homes in Ephrata. ...
MILLERSBURG • Gail V. Long, 86, of Millersburg, passed away March 2, 2021, at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital. Born Feb. 8, 1935, in Williamstown, she was a daughter of the late John Weaver Shomper and Esther Challenger. She attended Free Grace Church and was a member of the VFW Auxiliary Lykens-Gratz, ...
PILLOW • Dennis L. Smeltz, 78, of Pillow, passed away March 7, 2021, at his home in Pillow surrounded by his loving wife and daughter. He was born in Trevorton Jan. 4, 1943, a son of the late Paul and Hannah Smeltz. Dennis worked at Meckley’s Limestone for 45 years ...
