Greencastle

The Greencastle Chamber of Commerce will host its next First Friday event on June 1. The downtown shops stay open from 5 to 8 p.m. and team up with local artists, vendors, and performers for an evening of entertainment, food and shopping.    Live music by Joy and Gracie Evans, “A Tribute to Patsy Cline and Friends,” will be performed on the square. Tuscarora Mountain Winery will feature wine tasting at its location. Highline Coffee House and Café will be featuring tastings by Chambersburg brewer Roy Pitz.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that roadway base and inlet work will begin Monday on a project to repair and resurface a 1.35-mile section of U.S. 11 in the Borough of Greencastle. Most of the existing concrete pavement throughout the project was placed in 1954. A small section was resurfaced in 2005, according to a news release. The $1.3 million contract was awarded on Oct. 3, 2011, to Valley Quarries Inc., a division of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. of New Enterprise, Bedford County, Pa., the news release stated.

Kimberly Robinson, a Greencastle building contractor, former retirement home owner and restaurateur since August 2000, won approval Monday night to add on to her Highline Restaurant and Railway Lounge. The council voted to grant Robinson a waiver to add an $86,000 addition to the restaurant at 101 W. Washington St., described on the Internet as a “premium dining destination.” Robinson said after the meeting that she needed more room to expand the dining room and kitchen and to add a new lounge.

GREENCASTLE, Pa. -- On Wednesday, Sienna Fitzgerald and Dolly Shoemaker both participated for the first time in the traditional Old Home Week photo. Just two months old, Sienna was among the younger participants. Her family situated the infant, dressed in a yellow-and-white onesie, toward the front of the crowd of hundreds. Her mother, Breanna Holloway, twice before took part in the photo, which is a key event in the triennial Old Home Week celebration. She described participation as important for "memories and being part of Greencastle.

Saying he would keep government small if elected president, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told an enthusiastic crowd Sunday he wants to be a leader for America during a critical time in its history. “I will not divide the American people. I believe fundamentally we are one nation under God,” Romney said. Romney, the front-running GOP candidate for the U.S. presidency, served as the keynote speaker for the Franklin County (Pa.) Republican Committee's Lincoln Day Dinner about 36 hours before polls open for the state's primary election.

Members of the Hess family pick and sort green beans in a field along Pa. 16 east of Greencastle, Pa.

Lester Martin, president of E.L.M. Shoes, gets a trim Thursday at Jerry's Barber Stylist in downtown Greencastle, Pa. Barber Kent Fraker has kept the businessman looking his best for years.

Greencastle service news Marine Gunnery Sgt. Henry D. Barthalow, son of Henry D. and Alverna M. Barthalow of Burkett Road, Greencastle, Pa., recently reported for duty with Inspector and Instructor Staff, 25th Marines, 4th Marines Division, Worcester, Mass. Barthalow is a 1978 graduate of James Buchanan High School in Mercersburg, Pa.

When Courtney Ryan left Greencastle to attend Eastern Mennonite University, she never dreamed she'd produce a television documentary. Ryan, 21, a senior at EMU in Harrisonburg, Va., along with 15 other students from her visual and communication arts class produced “Weaving Life: The Life and Death of Peacemaker Dan Terry.” The documentary will air Sunday, Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on channel 3 (WHTM). “Weaving Life,” will air on select ABC-TV stations nationally from Sunday through Dec. 16, according to a news release from EMU. Ryan said Paulette Moore, media arts and peacebuilding professor at EMU oversaw the students who worked on the documentary.