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Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) today announced more than $4.6 million in state grant funding for 21 projects across Franklin and Adams counties, delivering significant investments in public safety, water and sewer infrastructure, emergency services and community facilities. [Read More]
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HARRISBURG – Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) today announced more than $4.6 million in state grant funding for 21 projects across Franklin and Adams counties, delivering significant investments in public safety, water and sewer infrastructure, emergency services and community facilities.
The highly competitive grants were awarded through the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Statewide Local Share Account Program.
“These investments will make a real difference in communities across Franklin and Adams counties,” Mastriano said. “They will put new fire and police equipment into service, strengthen aging water and sewer systems, improve community facilities and help our municipalities and volunteer organizations meet needs that would otherwise fall heavily on local taxpayers.”
Mastriano worked in cooperation with Reps. Rob Kauffman (R-89), Dan Moul (R-91), Rich Irvin (R-81), Chad Reichard (R-90) and Catherine Wallen (R-193) to support the successful applications.
“I’m grateful for the partnership of our House members and, especially, for the work of the municipalities, authorities, first responders and community organizations that developed these projects,” Mastriano said. “These are exactly the kinds of investments that state government should be making — projects that improve public safety, strengthen essential infrastructure and enhance the quality of life in the communities we call home.”
Adams County
• Biglerville Borough – $82,769 – Purchase and upfitting of a new police vehicle for the Biglerville Borough Police Department.
• Bonneauville Borough – $110,214 – Improvements to the borough’s storm sewer system.
• Carroll Valley Borough – $500,000 – Expansion of sanitary sewer infrastructure along Country Club Trail Road.
• Fairfield Municipal Authority – $300,000 – Rehabilitation of the authority’s sanitary sewer system.
• Franklin Township Municipal Authority – $100,000 – Purchase of emergency generators for two well sites, helping ensure continued water service during power outages and emergencies.
• McSherrystown Borough – $100,000 – Acquisition of municipal equipment.
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If you’ve ever visited the moving 9/11 Tribute site at Red Run Park right outside of Waynesboro, PA, you’ve seen the incredible 1/320th scale Twin Towers replicas.
Behind this extraordinary monument is a deeply personal story. Before her passing in 2015, Ann Backer was a founding member of the local 9/11 Tribute Committee, passionately working to keep this history alive. When she passed, her husband Bob Backer turned his grief into action. As the primary fundraiser and donor, he carried her torch across the finish line to build this memorial in her honor.
Today, it stands as a double testament: to the resilience of our country, and to a beautiful local legacy of devotion, service, and love.
Thank you, Bob, for honoring Ann’s dream and ensuring we #NeverForget. 🕊️
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717-264-6100
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