Summer of Storms



Ad Plan Advances

$30,000 Goal

Derry Township School District is moving forward with a plan to sell advertising. That plan is projected to bring in $25,000 in its first stages with a goal of raising $30,000. An official policy on the initiative will be drafted in September. That policy will include regulations and authorize specific businesses to partner with, board member Chris Morelli reported at […]

Are You A Closet Tree Hugger?




So, are you? Are you hoping the tree canopy above Hummelstown will be preserved in the future? Are you looking to give something back to a community that provides so much to you? Have you been wanting to get involved in the local government? Then the Shade Tree Commission NEEDS you! The Shade Tree Commission is a group of volunteers […]

Stirred, Not Shaken



The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Virginia also stirred folks in Sun Country, but the damage here seemed to be limited to interruptions in cellular phone service. The quake waves reached the area shortly before 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 23. Here at The Sun office, desks shook, and one Med Center employee reported that “the entire building rocked for a […]

Photo



9/11 Remembrance At Hershey Free



A “remembrance program” in memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 and service members who have lost their lives since then will be held Friday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m. at the Hershey Free Church, 330 Hilltop Road. Local first responders will be honored at the event. From 6 to 7 p.m. there will be displays of […]

From Where I Sit



As you are reading this column, Rosemary and I have just returned from our annual vacation on Ocracoke Island, off the North Carolina Outer Banks. We left on Wednesday, Aug. 3, making our usual stops, first at Mountain Gate Restaurant at Thurmont, Maryland and overnight in Williamsburg, Virginia at Country Hearth Inn and Suites, which is still $62 a night, […]

The Channel



Well, I spent good parts of two days watching the various guest worker protests in and around Hershey, and I’ve come away with one overwhelming feeling: I want my two days back. First, it’s really, really hard to picture these kids, these students as victims. As I watched them, I didn’t see the cast of “Les Misérables.” Instead, I saw […]

Letters to the Editor



A little more than 40 years ago (June 1971), I was given an assignment to cover a Little League Baseball title game in Lebanon. That began my career as a sportswriter for the Lebanon Daily News Last Monday, Aug. 15, I covered Palmyra in its title win of the East Shore Twilight League. That officially ended my career as a […]

Castaway Critter of the Week