With a new state budget due on June 30th, newly elected Democratic governor Tom Wolf’s new proposal has created a disagreement with Republicans in the state legislature, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. According to the organization StateImpact: NPR, Wolf initially proposed a 5 percent severance tax on the removal of natural gas through fracking but lowered his proposal to 3.5 percent plus 4.7 cents per million cubic feet of natural gas in October.

Franklin Regional School District has recently implemented major upgrades to their security system, including digital cameras, a visitor-access system, and badge readers for faculty, staff, and administrators. The total cost of equipment, software, and installation was $900,000, according to Superintendent Gennaro Piraino. The installations began the last week of school last year and lasted through August. “With the advancements in technology, we knew that we wanted to purcha

Two times each school year, young actors from our high school get together and put on a play. It is held in the high school auditorium, according to Susan White, who has been thespians assistant-director for seven years. With about 35 members in the club, the club meets between four and five times a week before the production, said director Kristin Antosz. She took the place of Julie Babal in January. “We make [sets and costumes] or find them in the loft or from other shows,”

Imagine how hard it would be to lose your child at only 16 days old. Any parent would be heartbroken. That is how Patricia and Robert Vince felt when their son Zachary died in 2008. Zachary was born June 13, 2008 with a congenital heart defect, according to the website Zachary’s Mission. He died 16 days later, said Darla Bryant, Franklin Regional Student Council sponsor. But the amazing thing about this unfortunate story is that the Vinces were able to change this tragedy int