A good crowd turned out for Friday's Franklin Easter egg hunt in Fountain Park. (By Brad Lena)
Unlike last weekend, the weather cooperated and kids and their families turned out en masse for Franklin’s annual Easter egg hunt in Fountain Park on Friday evening.
The hunt and a photo-op with chicks and bunnies were rescheduled from April 9 because of wet conditions.
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A three-vehicle crash on River Hill in Clarion Township Saturday evening left one person dead and another seriously injured. Tammy Zacherl, 53, succumbed to her…
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