Dr. Anastasia Rose Goerl (1994-2022)

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Dr. Anastasia Rose Goerl, 27, of Marietta, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022, in her home, with her loving husband by her side. Born in Harrisburg on December 4, 1994, she was daughter of Pamela M. Muth Goerl and the late John J. Goerl, who passed away on January 5, 2010. Annie was a 2013 graduate of Lower Dauphin High […]

2022-01-20 E-Edition

COLD AS ICE

Hershey’s Garrett Pilon celebrates a late goal that sent this Jan. 15 Bears game to overtime against Toronto. The Sun was there to capture all the action, but not in the way you’d expect. For more, see Page 3.

Ryan Not Running


Republican Representative Frank Ryan, who now represents the Lebanon County portion of Sun Country in the state House, has announced that he will not run for re-election. Since he was elected to the post in 2016, Ryan has been an outspoken voice for fiscal responsibility in Harrisburg – a place where those words are hardly heard and rarely heeded – […]

COVID Plan Changes


A short agenda for Palmyra Area School Board’s Thursday, Jan. 13, meeting stretched into a three-hour discussion among board members. Headlining the meeting was discussion on updating the district’s Health and Safety Plan, which was updated to allow students to return to school after a five-day isolation period. Board President Joshua Jones bemoaned the fact that despite strong reactions from […]

50 Years Ago


50 Years Ago may not be featured in every issue of The Sun going forward into the new year. The Sun does not have access to some copies of the paper over the next few months. Keep an eye out, as the column will run when it has the resources to do so. From The Sun Jan. 19, 1972: Two […]

From Where I Sit


Regular readers of this column will remember in the Nov. 18 issue of The Sun I reported on the inspiring talk delivered here at Traditions of Hershey by Eleanor Isaacson of Lancaster on the terrifying years of her early life in Nazi Germany. She told of how she had been born in the United States but had been returned to […]

Notes From The Pen


Having to constantly keep one eye open and watch your back is not a fun way to live. Unfortunately, for years this is exactly the kind of mindset I had to possess just to survive, and now that I’m out of prison, I am realizing this habit isn’t easy to shake off. There’s a commonly used term for somebody who […]

Notes From The Mayor


I’m just getting back from Naples, Florida and had a nice visit with my sister and some friends. The weather was great, and I got to play some golf. There were some nasty storms that delayed my arrival back here at Harrisburg. It was a great trip but I’m happy to be back where I belong, Hummelstown. A special thanks […]

Not Living in Fear

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Some 88 years ago, at his inauguration, Franklin Roosevelt spoke these now famous words … “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” That statement became inspiring for the American people at the time, but let’s face it, was a blatant lie. The year was 1933. Hitler was coming into power, the U.S. economy had collapsed and we […]