by Janet Pollard | Feb 25, 2025 | Art, Blog
Buttonwood Nature Center’s spring speaker series, Feathers, Fur & Fins: Wildlife and Water Habitats continues on Thursday, March 13 with “The Beavers at Gettysburg National Park.” Presented by Chris Davis, park biologist at Gettysburg National Park, the program...
by Janet Pollard | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog
America is poised to celebrate its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, and Franklin County PA is joining the America250PA celebration. Get involved by helping to select the winning submission for the Franklin County America250 PA T-Shirt Design Contest. During IceFest,...
by Janet Pollard | Feb 7, 2025 | Blog, History
Look to the stars when Buttonwood Nature Center presents “Astronomy and Our Place in the Universe” on Thursday, February 20 at 7 p.m. at Church of the Apostles in Waynesboro. Admission is free. The guest speaker is William Laska, an astronomy instructor at Shepherd...
by Janet Pollard | Feb 7, 2025 | Blog, History
The public is invited to join the Franklin County Visitors Bureau on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at the Franklin County 11/30 Visitors Center for A Tourism Brunch. Discover the impact of tourism on Franklin County, review the highlights of 2024, and see what is new in...
by Janet Pollard | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog, History
Franklin County Visitors Bureau is reminding the community that submissions to the Always The Right Time To Do The Right Thing Essay Contest are due no later than midnight on February 12. The contest is inspired by a quote from a speech given by Martin Luther King,...
by Janet Pollard | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog, History
IceFest is here! With temperatures rising to the high forties and rain on Friday, the IceFest small sculptures will be placed early Saturday morning, beginning at 6 AM. All else remains the same for IceFest 2025. The ribbon cutting with IceFest’s presenting sponsor...