Hockey team raises funds for ALS

The Mars High School varsity hockey team collected $1,267 as part of an Ice ALS Night fundraiser.

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Hockey team raises funds for ALS

The Mars High School varsity hockey team collected $1,267 as part of an Ice ALS Night fundraiser.

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Mars grad Castello gets hoop honor

SHIPPENSBURG — Mars graduate John Castello, a senior forward on the Shippensburg University men's basketball team, has been named second team Division II All-District for the Atlantic Region by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

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Mars School Board

board approved items from March 10's meeting

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Wolf shuts down K-12 schools

Closures to run through March 27

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday afternoon all Pennsylvania kindergarten through grade 12 schools will be closed from March 16 to 27 in response to the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic.

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Wolf shuts down K-12 schools

Closures to run through March 27

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday afternoon all Pennsylvania kindergarten through grade 12 schools will be closed from March 16 to 27 in response to the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic.

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Ideas abound at science fair

Mars students experiment, learn at event

Mars second- grader Spencer Merkel built a miniature motor with copper wire and two Duracell batteries for the Mars Area Elementary Science Fair. Spencer's dad taught him copper isn't magnetic, but can generate an electromagnetic field when it conducts electricity.

ADAMS TWP — Two hours, two gyms and 200 students were elements in the Mars Area Elementary Science Fair on Wednesday night.

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Ideas abound at science fair

Mars students experiment, learn at event

ADAMS TWP — Two hours, two gyms and 200 students were elements in the Mars Area Elementary Science Fair on Wednesday night.

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Painful Defeat

Mars falls in OT in first round of state playoffs

Mars' Joe Craska (21) takes a shot against Elizabethtown's Alex O'Shea (14). The Planets fell to Elizabethtown 68-66 in overtime in the PIAA state playoffs.

NEW KENSINGTON — Mars' gameplan was born out of necessity — and it almost worked.

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Carmody suspension reduced to 1 game

Mars' star will sit out Friday vs. Elizabethtown

ADAMS TWP — Mars senior basketball standout Michael Carmody has been suspended one game by the WPIAL and is ineligible to play in the Planets' first-round PIAA Class 5A game against Elizabethtown Friday night.