GOP Puts Brann on The Menu

New candidate For Supervisor

  The Derry Township Republican Committee had a choice of two candidates to replace Skip Memmi in the race for township supervisor, a race against an experienced Democratic opponent, a race with less than three months to go. The choices were: – Chris Barrett, an experienced campaigner with more than a decade of local government experience – Christine Taylor Brann, […]

MHS Students at Food Bank



Photo Students from Milton Hershey School brought fruits of their fields to the Hummelstown Food Bank on Aug. 12. To mark the start of the school’s centennial year, more than 2000 students and staff performed also community service at nearly two dozen locations on Aug. 15. Photo: Dave Buffington.

‘An outpouring of love’



Aug. 8 and 9 were both wondrous and frightening for the family of Richard “Corky” Dengler. A “Corky’s Friends” fund raising event was held Saturday at his parents’ 11-acre farm, located on Moyer Road. Linda Dengler said more than 400 people had attended the event, which was held to raise money for medical care for her son, who lapsed into […]

Master Plan Foes Speak



In a remarkable series of meetings over a four-day span, organized opposition to the Derry Township School District’s “Master Plan” has emerged with supporters of the Hershey Public Library leading the charge. “Emergency” Meeting On the morning Monday, Aug. 10, an “Emergency Joint Board Meeting” of the Friends of the Hershey Public Library Board and Hershey Public Library Endowment Board […]

From Where I Sit



The Hummelstown Area Historical Society held their first of what will probably become an annual picnic Sunday, Aug. 2, at their Brightbill House property on West Main Street and had an excellent turnout for such a first-time event. We were apprehensive about the weather, so rather than take a chance, tables and chairs were set up in the living and […]

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Fuzzy Few, Many Winners



The Fuzzy Few Organization has announced the winners of the raffle drawing at its 46th annual carnival: 1 A.P. Williams $1,000 Cash John Walmer 2 Hummelstown Fuel Oil $500 in Weis Gift Cards Dotti Miscovich 3 Yeager Construction Specialized Mt. Bike De Shelter 4 E. Ronald Hixon, P.C. Family Camping Package Jim Appleman 5 Hershey Country Club Golf for Two […]

Mayor Wants ‘A Bite to Eat’

change coming to East End

The east end of Hummelstown will soon be hopping, again, with construction. Work is about to begin on improvements to stormwater drainage and realigning the awkward intersection of East Main Street and Walton Avenue. Borough manager Michael O’Keefe told the Hummelstown Borough Council at its Aug. 13 workshop meeting that the contractor, Kingsley Construction of York, should soon be able […]

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