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Brightspeed internet expands to Franklin County [Video]

The national broadband service will now be available in Chambersburg for a limited-time holiday discount.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Brightspeed, the North Carolina-based broadband internet provider, will now be available to residents in Franklin County. 

According to a statement issued by the company, the service will be offered in Chambersburg at a limited-time holiday discount. 

Brightspeed has become a national leader in broadband. Its newest fiber internet network features XGS-PON technology, making it easy for users to work from home, stream and chat online with family members. The company also promises no annual contracts, equipment costs, bundle requirements, data caps or surprise fees. 

Brightspeed hopes that its branching out into Chambersburg will help “close the rural-urban divide, enabling residents and businesses to connect to the digital economy like never before.” More than 9,000 homes and businesses in the area have been connected to the service, and Brightspeed hopes to double that in the coming …

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Florist creates wreath for Officer Horan's funeral service [Video]

12 NEWS MOBILE APP. WE ARE EXPECTING A SEA OF BLUE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TOMORROW. AS GREENSBORO AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SAYS GOODBYE TO OFFICER MICHAEL HORAN. TONIGHT, ONE IN STATE BUSINESS IS PREPARING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNERAL. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS HAS DETAILS ON A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR A FALLEN HERO FROM KINSTON TO GREENSBORO. ONE SPECIAL WREATH IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE TRIAD AS A SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LIFE AND PEACE, HONORING OFFICER HORAN. THERES OFFICERS THERE THAT THANK ME FOR BRINGING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IM THE ONE THATS THANKING THEM. RYDER MOZINGO HAS BEEN CREATING FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 16 YEARS, HONORING FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HE WAS ASKED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION TO CREATE A WHITE STAR WREATH WITH HUNDREDS OF FLOWERS. AND HE WAS THE SAME FLORIST THAT MADE THE MEMORIAL WREATH FOR SERGEANT NICKS LAST YEAR. ITS HIS WAY, HE SAYS, TO THANK OFFICERS ONE LAST TIME. I HOPE IT LEADS TO FAMILIES REALIZE HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THEIR SACRIFICE. YOU KNOW, WORRYING ABOUT IF THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES ARE COMING HOME THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THE DOOR, THERES THAT RISK THAT THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK. AND I JUST WNT THEM TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR US. ITS A PERSONAL CAUSE HE TOOK TO AFTER HIS OWN TRAINING, OFFICER, ALLISON PETERSON, DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN APRIL 2009. THE IMPACT OF ALLEN GETTING KILLED WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL. TO ME. AND I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL THEN HOW MUCH IT REALLY AFFECTED THE FAMILIES. AND TO HONOR RETIRED SHERIFFS THAT HAVE PASSED, AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO SERVED. ITS AN HONOR FOR ME. MY MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 50 YEARS, AND MY MY AUNT WAS TOO. SO I MEAN, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK IN THIS SMALL WAY. MOZINGO WILL BE HAND DELIVERING OFFICER HERRONS WREATH TO WESTOVER CHURCH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FUNERAL BEGINS. REPORTING IN GREENSBORO SARAH SOWERS, WXII 12 NEWS. AND WE WILL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF TOMORROWS SERVICE. YOULL FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WX