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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of southern Pennsylvania southwest of Harrisburg. It was burned by the Confederate cavalry in July 1864 after the townspeople refused to pay an indemnity of $100,000 in gold.
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CHAMBERSBURG -- Sunnyway Foods recently opened the new Sunnyway Fuel in Chambersburg.
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In 1969 (with the company name taking the first names of the original principals) the company established itself in Chambersburg, PA.
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The choice of fir surprised a third member of the design team, Joe Champion of Champion Brothers, in Chambersburg, Pa., which did the construction and all the finish woodwork in the house.
A riverfront retreat, built with the long view Nancy McKeon 2010
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In 1969 (with the company name taking the first names of the original principals) the company established itself in Chambersburg, PA.
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Comcast says that it will experiment with a new method of managing traffic to thousands of customers in Chambersburg, Pa., and Warrenton, Va.
Comcast To Test New And Improved Methods For Throttling Internet Traffic - The Consumerist 2008
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On Thursday, it will start tests in Chambersburg, Penn., and Warrenton, Va.
Comcast Tests a New Bandwidth Throttle - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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On Thursday, it will start tests in Chambersburg, Penn., and Warrenton, Va.
Comcast Tests a New Bandwidth Throttle - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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(To find one near you, go to wilson. edu/csacenter, a resource center at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, that is named for Robyn Van En, a Massachusetts farmer who was the Jenny Appleseed of the CSA movement.)
Deliverance 2006
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(To find one near you, go to wilson. edu/csacenter, a resource center at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, that is named for Robyn Van En, a Massachusetts farmer who was the Jenny Appleseed of the CSA movement.)
Deliverance 2006
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Elizabeth Schnebly Niemyer was a native of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., and a 1947 English graduate of Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa.
Elizabeth S. Niemyer, Library Acquisitions Specialist Post 2010
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