Swim Club Banquet Hall
Yes, ButThe 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 […]
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 […]