Chambersburg Public Opinion
Charles Quinton “C.Q.” Smith, a U.S. Army veteran, Boy Scout leader and businessman who presented himself as a pillar of the community in Chambersburg but perpetrated acts of sexual abuse for decades and escaped criminal prosecution, has died at 81.
In an email on Wednesday, the Rev. Andy Hart of the Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, where Smith was a longtime member, notified others of his death.
Smith, he wrote, had been living at Providence Place Senior Living and died on Tuesday.
The cause of death has not been revealed, but Smith was in poor health for some time.
Raw sewage in the Susquehanna: Pa. state government is basically defecating in the river
Antiquated sewer systems in Harrisburg and other Pa. cities spew untreated sewage into the Susquehanna during heavy rains. One test found found off-the-charts levels of E. coli.
Mike Argento, York Daily Record
Published
5:56 pm UTC Feb. 9, 2021
Antiquated sewer systems in Harrisburg and other Pa. cities spew untreated sewage into the Susquehanna during heavy rains. One test found found off-the-charts levels of E. coli.
Mike Argento, York Daily Record
Published
5:56 pm UTC Feb. 9, 2021
This USA Today Network special report explores solutions to deep threats that flow through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland as the Susquehanna River feeds the Chesapeake Bay with life and death.
Hell-bent for Hellbenders: The canary in the coal mine of the Susquehanna River watershed
Just about every ecological challenge facing the Susquehanna River watershed affects the Eastern Hellbender. Peter Petokas is trying to save them.
Mike Argento, York Daily Record
Published
2:23 pm UTC Feb. 3, 2021
Just about every ecological challenge facing the Susquehanna River watershed affects the Eastern Hellbender. Peter Petokas is trying to save them.
Mike Argento, York Daily Record
Published
2:23 pm UTC Feb. 3, 2021
This USA Today Network special report explores solutions to deep threats that flow through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland as the Susquehanna River feeds the Chesapeake Bay with life and death.
On Feb. 3, the
USA Today Network will publish a special report, Killing the Chesapeake, focusing on the people of the Susquehanna and Chesapeake watersheds, the problems facing these iconic waterways and potential solutions to those problems.
The project brought together journalists from Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York for more than a year of reporting on these crucial environmental issues. Mike Argento, Julia Rentsch, Frank Bodani, Paul Kuehnel and Jeff Platsky produced stories, photos and videos to illustrate the difficult issues and explore possible solutions.
Here is a preview of some of the stories we ll be diving into:
Pennsylvania is failing the Chesapeake Bay and how that affects you