It’s around 12:30 p.m., March 4, and someone finally answers their door. “Guys, I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to talk,” the elderly gentleman politely tells the two young men standing on his front porch. The two hand him a card, and wish him well. “God bless,” the man says to them before he closes... »
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Steel-High drops Wildcat girls 62-34 in D-3A final
In motor sports parlance, Greenwood girls’ basketball coach T.J. Weller subscribes to restrictor-plate racing. Steel-High’s Jess Chisholm prefers drag racing. In a clash of styles, the dragsters won. On March 4, in the District 3-A championship game at the Giant Center in Hershey, the nitro-fueled Rollers choked... »
District is likely to draw on credit to meet payroll
Newport School District should be able to make this month’s payroll, but next month will present a problem, according to Richard Meily, the district’s business manager. Payroll totals a little more than $700,000 per month. Employees are paid twice a month, with March 5 and... »
Greenwood boys denied District-3A title repeat
The old basketball saw goes, “You can’t coach size.” Would that he could, Kent Houser is surely thinking. On March 5, at the Giant Center, in the District 3-A finals, Houser’s... »
Turnbaugh’s Place seeks liquor license
Newport Borough residents will have the chance to voice their opinions about a borough bar’s attempt to obtain a liquor license. A public hearing is scheduled at 7 p.m., March... »
Capozzoli inducted into District III wrestling Hall of Fame
John Zeigler remembers that day in October 1988 well. Zeigler, at the time the athletic director at Newport, and then-principal Jeff Zimmerman were meeting with Mike Capozzoli for an informal... »
