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York County Shelter Food Pantry Struggling to Meet Thanksgiving Demand

York County Shelter Programs Food Pantry is looking for donations of turkeys to help fill the 900 or so Thanksgiving food boxes distributed to needy York County families and is hoping folks will step up to help. Here, assistant food pantry manager Jim Colligan pauses beside boxes of winter squash at the pantry.By Tammy Wells - York County media specialist Higher food prices over the past couple of years means a longtime York County pantry program is looking to the…

Proposed Recovery Center Clears First Hurdle

An artist’s rendering shows the substance use recovery center being proposed near the York County Jail in Alfred. By Tammy Wells, York County media specialist ALFRED – The Alfred Planning Board voted unanimously on Monday, Oct. 23, to declare York County government’s application for a substance use recovery center complete and set a public hearing for Nov. 27. The decision of the six members present is a first step in the permitting process. Some planning board members expressed concern that…