“Halloween”



            The soulless white mask of Michael Myers might be the scariest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It was in 1997 that I read an article on slasher movies accompanied by a picture of Myers holding a huge knife. This happened to be right before I spent a week at my grandparents’ eerily quiet farmhouse, and I spent […]

Armed Officers Coming

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  At Med Center For the first time in its 48-year history, Penn State Health will arm specially trained security officers on its Hershey campus to better protect staff, patients and visitors. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center president Deborah A. Berini said certain personnel will carry firearms beginning Nov. 4. An armed officer will patrol the campus seven days a […]

FedEx Truck Crash



Mottern Home Sold



Trial Set for 2019 A bit of money may be coming to the victims of Hummelstown attorney Jeffrey Mottern. But only a little bit. And likely not soon. Four years after Mottern committed suicide in his home office on East Main Street, that property was sold Oct. 4 for $265,000 to an entity identified as “Casadaem I, LLC” in county […]

Thank You, Mr. Khashoggi



It’s a dangerous world out there. It can be especially dangerous for journalists. There are the inherent “on scene” risks that come with being along the road at a car crash, feet away from a house fire, or in the neighborhood where a shooting just occurred. But then there are the more political-related risks that come with writing things that […]

From Where I Sit



Was glad to see the Antique Automobile Club of America and the AACA Museum had “resolved all issues relating to the various trademarks of their respective organizations” as announced in a joint statement on Wednesday, Oct. 10, just at the start of the club’s Eastern National Fall Meet here in Hershey. Not exactly the outcome I would have liked to […]

Castaway Critter of the Week



HALLOWEEN GLOWS



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This Week Around Hershey

Keith UrbanGiant CenterThursday, Oct. 25Heavy Hershey SymphonyHershey TheatreFriday Oct. 26Light Hersheypark in the DarkHersheyparkOct. 26 to Oct. 28Heavy Pumpkin GlowHershey GardensOct. 26 & Oct. 27Medium Hershey Bears GamesGiant CenterOct. 27 & Oct. 28Heavy Hershey Bears GameGiant CenterSunday, Oct. 28Heavy The Drifters, Coastersand PlattersHershey TheatreSunday, Oct. 28Light Classic Films: Beetlejuice& ‘Rocky Horror’Hershey TheatreSaturday, Oct. 27Light

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