Hotel Transylvania



“Hotel Transylvania”By Bob Garver            I have a feeling that “Hotel Transylvania” is going to become a Halloween institution. Not because it’s in any way a good movie (it isn’t), but because of its cast of characters. The film makes the good decision to combine classic Halloween creatures in such a way that the mere idea of them interacting with each […]

‘In My Blood’



LD Gets ‘Warning’

Smith Strikes Back

The Lower Dauphin School Board received the 2012 results of the state Department of Education’s benchmarks under the federal No Child Left Behind Act at its Monday, Oct. 1, meeting and learned that the district, for the first time, did not meet all of those benchmarks. The district was cited for not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks because the […]

Kidney Needed Now!

Months to Live

Friends, family and area fire companies are rallying forces to provide Richard Slusser with a new lease on life. Doctors at the Med Center recently told Slusser that without a kidney transplant he has only months to live. He is a former chief, firefighter, and Life Member of Union Deposit Fire Company #47. Having inherited a rare genetic kidney disorder […]

Letters to the Editor



On Aug. 27, I emailed the four questions in my Sept. 6 Letter to The Sun Editor to our School Board. As promised, on Sept 10, I asked them verbatim at their public meeting. Donahue looked absolutely puzzled when I asked the members if they had received my email. Grab explained that three of them (Hancock, Morelli and he) abstained […]

Eat This



This is a bottle of apple juice.This is a can of fruit.And this is a can of soup. And no, we are not channeling Andy Warhol. This is neither a pop quiz nor pop art. These are things desperately needed by our friends at the Hummelstown Food Bank for the fall season. The White House may be saying the economy is […]

Shine a Light

Essays from our readers

Worry Free By Torri Kugle Now that schools are back in session, there is always something we seem to forget about … that is, school bus safety. School buses play a huge role in the learning process. Without buses, how will students get to class? Or how will some parents enjoy the game on Friday night if there is no […]

From Where I Sit



Finally finished off reporting on summer travels, historic research and sites visited as well as my summer reading. To bring things up to date, we hit the road again over Labor Day weekend, back to Chincoteague Island, Virginia. It was a rainy weekend there. Rosemary didn’t get in one beach day while I made my usual visit to the NASA […]

Castaway Critter of the Week



In My Blood



Hershey Chief Pat Leonard commented that fire service, like law enforcement, does tend to run in families. “It is not just in this area, it’s the whole fire service. In New York or Philadelphia – you’ll see brothers, fathers, sons all serving together,” Leonard said. That fact is well illustrated in Leonard’s own family, where he serves with two brothers […]