Fishburn United Methodist Church’s youth



Religious Writ



Prosperity is not evil or the Lord would not have told Joshua how to achieve prosperity. “Now after the death of Moses…the Lord spoke unto Joshua…Moses’ minister saying… as I was with Moses, so will I be with you…be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest do according to all the Law which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn […]

From Where I Sit



Before continuing to report on Rosemary’s and my recent trip to Ireland, I want to make people aware of something our new governor elect Tom Corbett said before and now again after the election when asked about placing a tax on the production of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale reserve beneath a large portion of northwest Pennsylvania. Corbett said […]

Sun Stat of The Week



Notes from the Mayor



With the fall elections now behind us, I believe it is a good time to reflect on what brought us to the historic changes we saw in Congress and where these changes may take us. The electorates spoke loud and clear to let our elected officials know they are not happy with the job they are doing. The quantity of […]

Notes from the Rep



I attended the seventh annual Hershey Soup Cook-off, which was a huge success. Additionally, I really enjoyed seeing all the firefighters and residents at the Lower Swatara Fire Company’s Open House and Rutherford Fire Company’s fire prevention program. It is always great to see the community’s support for our local first responders. I also want to thank everyone who came […]

Castaway Critter of the Week



Lower Dauphin High School



LD Hires HACC Counsel

New Soccer Coach

At its Nov. 15 meeting, the Lower Dauphin School Board took the first step toward some relief from their support of the Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) with the hiring of attorney Jeffrey Litts of the Kegel, Kelin, Almy and Grim firm as special counsel for matters relating to HACC. According to Lower Dauphin’s representative to the HACC board of […]

Focus on ‘Destination Hershey’

Dutch Wonderland Sold

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company has sold Dutch Wonderland Amusement Park in Lancaster County to Palace Entertainment, the U.S. subsidiary of Parques Reuni­dos, an international entertainment park operator. HE&R declined to release the sale price, but the com­pany did say “The proceeds from the sale will be used to continue that growth strategy for ‘Destination Hershey’ for both the short […]