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Bullies beware
Picked on. Teased. Bullied.
However you want to say it, students harassing their peers in today’s schools has become a major social problem.
“It usually ends up in the school’s lap on Monday,” said assistant superintendent Tom Bell, of Grove City Area School District. -
Reins put on dogs, parents
Parents and pets will have to make some changes at Hunter Farm.
Parents rushing to get their kids to Grove City Little Eagles Football and Cheerleading practice, will have to slow down--or else. -
911 call results in lake search
A call to Mercer County 911 on Friday morning (Aug. 20) prompted a search of an older man who was apparently drowning with another person in Lake Wilhelm.
Around 9:05 a.m. Friday, 911 received a call from a man who kept yelling “help, help,” said Denny Winger, supervisor with the 911 center in Mercer.
“He said there were two in the water and they’d fallen off a boat in Lake Wilhelm,” Winger said.
“You could tell he was outside. There was a lot of background noise.” -
The bus stops here
Grove City was among the last stops for a bus tour that denounced “so-called pro-life Democrats” who voted for President Obama’s national health care bill in March.
Susan B. Anthony List stopped at Grove City Memorial Park on Monday (Aug. 16) along with a crowd of about 50 supporters and 10 protesters of its “Votes Have Consequences” tour. -
Creating a windstream of kindness across U.S.
Customers at Anchors Away, a convenience store, and Subway, both Stoneboro, were in for a treat Wednesday.
Representatives from Windstream--area phone, Internet and Dish Network providers--stopped in and surprised local customers with “random acts of kindness.”
“Really?” was a common response.
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Bullies beware
- Sports
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Grove City College junior Blaine Miller takes a handoff last season from quarterback Andrew DiDonato en route to a touchdown in a win over Westminster. Miller is expected to again be the Wolverines' go-to rusher. Allied News file photo.
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NCAA Football: PAC promises to be tough
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference is bigger than it’s ever been. It seems only natural then for the conference’s football coaches to expect big things.
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NCAA Football: Presidents’ Athletic Conference at a glance
A breakdown of the football teams this season in the conference.
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Stay up to date with the Mercer County Sports Blog
Looking ahead at the 2010 high school football season. Today, a glimpse at the West Middlesex and Reynolds schedules. Click here to read all about it and other local tidbits on the Mercer County Sports Blog.
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NFL: Steelers, Smith work out kinks
For some, the NFL preseason is just part of the grind, the beginning of a long, strenuous campaign the league and its owners are looking to make longer. But for others, it’s a bit more than just going through the motions. It’s a time to try to secure a spot on the roster or - as the case for Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive end Aaron Smith - a time to work out the kinks from a year ago when you saw your season cut too short by injury.
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Regional NCAA football teams at a glance
A breakdown of the football teams this season in the conference.
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NCAA Football: PAC promises to be tough
- Death Listings
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Deaths from September 1, 2010
Braine, Paul J., 90, of Elizabethtown, Pa.
Cresswell, John “Jack” H., 81, Hempfield Township
Elekes, William, 88, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Estes, Paul E., 72, Worth Township
Foltz, Anna M., 84, Masury, Ohio
Heckman, Patrick J., 27, Jackson Center - Deaths from August 28, 2010
- Deaths from August 25, 2010
- Deaths from August 21, 2010
- Deaths from August 18, 2010
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Deaths from September 1, 2010
