Geese in Winter?



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Swim Club Banquet Hall

Yes, But

The Hummelstown Borough Zoning Hearing Board gathered Monday, Jan. 16, to vote on a “special exception” to allow the popular swim club to add a banquet hall to its Kokomo Avenue swimming and sports venue. The banquet hall would be built on 1.9 acres of land the club would obtain from Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company, which operates Highmeadow Campground […]

Comp Plan Meet Set

Zoning Changes?

The League of Women Voters Hershey Area will spon­sor a public meeting on the Derry Township “Comprehen­sive Plan” on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Derry Township Municipal Building on Clearwater Road. The new Comprehensive Plan – a.k.a. “Comp Plan” – now under discussion will determine the zoning of proper­ties in the township, and so, it will […]

Which intersections should be placed on a priority list for improvements?



Hersheypark Drive & Walton Avenue 44.8% Middletown Road & Wood Road 39.4% Cherry Drive & Governor Road 34.4% Hockersville Road & Areba Avenue 320 28.4% Source: Derry Township Comp Plan Survey

Letters to the Editor



Next year’s 0.35 mil increase leaves Derry homeown­ers relatively in the same place we were prior to the tax in­crease. Yes, we’ll pay more, but Derry remains 3rd highest – per DCED data – among the Dauphin County municipalities covered by The Sun. In stark contrast, our 25% Occupation Tax increase makes a person earning $10,000 per year pay a […]

Castaway Critter of the Week



Defenders of The Light: LCpl Lance Souders



Marine Lance Corporal Lance Souders, a 2010 Low­er Dauphin grad, returned to Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Dec. 24 after serving seven months in Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 9th Ma­rines, Company C. For his service, Soud­ers was awarded the “Non- Article 5 NATO” medal, and he was also the subject of a Meritorious MAST for out­standing service in the per­formance […]

Risky Business



“No one was telling us what to do, at all.” – A passenger from the capsized cruise ship, the Costa Concordia. It’s early in the investigation of the Italian disaster, but it’s already clear that the scene onboard the listing ship was a nightmare. By multiple accounts, there was pushing, shoving, tangled life boats and confused crew members. The captain […]