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Black-Legged Tick Nymph – The Unseen Lyme Culprit
By Jason Goetz, Franklin County Mosquito and Tick-Borne Disease Control Specialist All information for this article was taken from the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency. Lyme disease is the number one reported vector-borne disease in the United States and the state of Pennsylvania leads the nation in the most reported cases…
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Two Franklin County Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Vector Management has reported two mosquito samples collected in Franklin County as testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). One positive sample was collected from one trap in Quincy Township and one was collected in Southampton Township. The Franklin County Planning Department’s WNV Program and the Pennsylvania Department of…
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Franklin County Welcomes New Planning Director
Franklin County is pleased to welcome Mr. Steve Thomas as the new Franklin County Planning Director, effective June 27, 2019. He comes to Franklin County with over fourteen years of planning experience at various levels of government and within various fields of planning concentration. “I am beyond excited to become part of the Franklin County…
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Franklin County Preserves 132 Acres of Farmland
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners preserved two more Franklin County farms through the Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program. The first, Hissong Farmstead, located in Montgomery Township, is a 50-acre crop farm. The second farm, Rice Crest Farms, is an 82.64-acre crop and livestock operation located in Guilford Township. These farms join the 135…
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Franklin County Commissioners to Administer West Nile Virus Prevention
Franklin County Commissioners will pursue funding to administer the West Nile Virus Program in Franklin County. Since 2000, Pennsylvania’s State budget has included funding to prevent potential public-health effects of West Nile on state residents. Penn State Cooperative Extension has been delivering the local program but recently indicated that they will discontinue administration of the program…
