Snow Bomb



LD Teacher

Might Have A Million

LD Teacher A select few get the once-in-a-lifetime chance to go on a television game show for the opportunity to win some mega-money. Douglas Grove, an English teacher at Lower Dauphin High School, had this chance. In September, Grove went to New York City to be on the popular game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” The episode Grove […]

Soaps And Supers

Election Preview

Maybe, it was the earthquake. Maybe, it was the flood. Maybe, it was the blizzard. But certainly, this year’s elections for municipal officials here in Sun Country have been overshadowed by other events. Even most of the yard signs you see along the roads are for the county, not local, races. Still, barring locusts, the election still will take place […]

‘There Are No Surprises’

Ballard Raises Warning

Less than two weeks before the election of a new supervisor, Derry Township Supervisor Sandy Ballard underlined concerns about the township’s growing deficits and shrinking reserves. In an email broadcast Oct. 27, Ballard said: Below is a five-year budget summary. The staff was able to hold the line on expenditures from 2009 to 2010. Management received no salary increases in […]

From Where I Sit



So how did you survive the snow storm? Like I’m sure many of you, I didn’t take the weathermen too seriously when they talked about a major snow storm in October. Yeah, maybe a couple inches, but nothing to worry about, right. Wrong! Rosemary is a little apprehensive of driving down and up Waltonville Hill, even in a heavy rain […]

Letters to the Editor



Hello, my name is Dave, and I messed up. In our last issue, we told you that the Derry Township Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the development plan for a new Sheetz store on Middletown Road. That was wrong. The Oct. 24 vote was only to approve the car wash part of the proposal. As Chuck Emerick, the […]

Mommie Dearest



There’s an election coming. On Tuesday, Nov. 8, there will be an election for a whole mess of municipal offices, like school board, township supervisor and county commissioner. And at this point, if I were a good member of the mainstream media, I’d tell you to get out and vote. Well, I’m not going to. The job of a newspaper […]

Castaway Critter of the Week



Preserved in Pixels



Police News



The information here is based on official police reports. Charges made may vary from the final disposition of cases. DERRY TOWNSHIP DUI CHARGE Mitchel T. Zimmerman of Palmyra was charged with DUI following a traffic stop at SR 422 and E. Chocolate Avenue, Wednesday, Oct. 5, around 9:50 p.m. Zimmerman also faces a charge for allegedly driving an unregistered vehicle. […]