Ads For Sale?

At Derry Schools

An ad hoc committee at the Derry Township School District will look at the possibility of allowing advertis­ing on school property and in school publications, district spokesman Dan Tredinnick said. “The committee is going to look at the pros, cons and logistics of potentially allowing advertising in district publi­cations and on district property,” Tredinnick said. Tredinnick said examples of places […]

Messenger Gone, Message Remains

Reese Pulls Out

Former Hershey Trust Company President Robert Reese has quit his legal campaign to oust members of the Milton Hershey School Board of Managers and Hershey Trust Company Board of Managers. The brief, uncivil war between Reese – the grandson of H.B. Reese – and the School and Trust boards began Feb. 8 when Reese filed a bombshell petition in Dauphin […]

Teachers Take Cut

At Lower Dauphin

Lower Dauphin School Board approved a one-year pay freeze for the superintendent, teachers and administration at its Monday, April 4, meeting. When added together those salary freezes will reduce the Lower Dauphin 2011-2012 budget by $674,290. The re­duction brings the proposed budget below the bottom line laid out in the 2010-2011 spending plan. The board approved the administrators’ month-old re­quest […]

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From Where I Sit



I find it interesting that our legislature is finally waking up to the fact we need to do something about teenage driving and making them safer while they are on the road and behind the wheel. One bill introduced by State Rep. Kathy Watson, R-Bucks, would limit junior drivers to only one non- family teenage passenger and increase behind-the- wheel […]

Sun Stat of the Week



Letters to the Editor



Hi Sun staffers! This is a photo taken in Key West, FL. Cindy Shultz and SaraMarian Seibert traveled down to the southernmost point in the US for a wedding and took The Sun along! We definitely had fun in the sun and are missing those hot temps now that we’re back in PA! SaraMarian Seibert Believe me, we’re all missing […]

Growing, Together



Who says newspapers are dead? True, the city papers are still struggling, desperately trying to repackage and repurpose themselves. Still, many are on life support. Most are simply brain dead. But the suburban papers are a somewhat different story. Suburban papers like The Sun, which is a very different story. In fact, we’re growing. Fast. Our financial reports are in […]

Piccola’s Report



We live in a democracy – which means citizens de­cide, in large part, what are the values of our commu­nity, Sun Country, the Com­monwealth, and nation. All levels of government can­not be responsive without hearing the people’s voices. That’s why it is so important to get involved and become active, engaged citizens. By becoming involved, we benefit not only our­selves, […]

Notes from the Rep



Hearings, hearings, and more hearings. Many times, committees in the House hold public hearings to take input and review a new piece of legislation. During the month of March, three of the five committees I sit on held hearings. The Con­sumer Affairs Committee held several hearings on gas pipeline safety and wireless communications; the Liquor Control Committee held a hearing […]