Print edition highlights July 17, 2025
The Dillsburg Banner's winning entries for the PNMA's Keystone Media Awards Contest.
By Nicholas Moyer
The Dillsburg Banner received 11 honors in the 2025 Keystone Media Awards Contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania News Media Association, and one honor in the Advertising Category.
Mary Lou Bytof was awarded second place in the News Beat Reporting category for the Education Beat for her entries Policies on name, sex and gender under scrutiny, Board retains Stock & Leader, Principal addresses proposed changes, Gender policies explained and Social media threats. Bytof received an honorable mention in the News Feature Story category for Tropical Storm.
Chanty Webb was awarded first place in the Enterprise Reporting category for In the Military, Meet our Veterans.
Photographer Curt Werner won seven awards for photography. Werner received first place in the Breaking News Photo category for A firefighter works to put out flames; first and second place in the News Event Photo category for Over 250 students participated in the annual Splatter Fest and Northern High School Class of 2024 toss their hats; second place in the Feature Photo category for Clouds create an ethereal glow as they pass over the eclipse; first place and an honorable mention in the Sports Action Photo category for Crue Keck slides safely under the tag into home plate and A bull hurdles into the air after bucking off a rider; and an honorable mention in the Sports Feature Photo category for Zach Lloyd comes from behind.
Hilary Keeney took an honorable mention for her entry Berkshire Hathoway in the real estate category.
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By Mary Lou Bytof
The Dillsburg Borough Council voted Tuesday evening, July 8, to approve the final plan for the Sheetz Store #413 rebuild. The plan includes the redevelopment of the existing 1.93-acre property at the intersection of US Route 15 and Old Mill Road, across from Wendy's.
The rebuild will involve the replacement of all site utilities, underground stormwater management and the refurbishing of the existing detention basin, according to the plan. Municipal boundary lines of Dillsburg Borough and Carroll Township bisect the property; however, the entire store structure as well as most of the scheduled work lies within the borough limits.
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By Kristen Stagg
At the Carroll Township board of supervisors work session on July 8, residents from Berkshire Hills argued against last month's vote by their civic association to hand over Kiehn Park to Carroll Township for public use. Supervisors Dave Bush, Libby Loudenslager, and Brent Sailhamer attended in person; Kelly Wall participated via Zoom. The supervisors entertained business that they expect to act on at their regular July 15 meeting. Elizabeth Zeisloft led off resident concerns about Kiehn Park. She said she shares “consternation” with her neighbors and wants to be sure the enhancements planned by the township “are worth it.” According to Zeisloft, when a portable toilet facility was set up in the park previously, she could “see and smell it” from her front porch. “I'm asking you not to do that,” Zeisloft said.
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By Jeffery Alan Helt
Cooke Township is known to some as one of the “undiscovered pockets" of Cumberland County. With its fragrant sassafras trees, flocks of wild turkey and breathtaking ridgetop views, the mountainside region, with its year-round population of slightly over 200, has long been home to more four-legged residents than two-legged individuals. The township, less than 20 miles from Dillsburg, is part of the Big Spring School District, with a Newville mailing address and a Mount Holly telephone exchange. Tucked within the 85,000 acre Michaux State Forest encompassing the township, and less than five miles from the vintage ice cream treats of a ‘50s-style drive-in restaurant within the neighboring community of Gardners, lies Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
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