2022-03-17 E-Edition

Target: Watering Holes

You may not even know they’re there, but if you’re a patron, five o’clock at your favorite watering hole can’t come soon enough. Our Olivia Lewis and Nathan Merkel went on a mission this week to find the watering holes in Sun Country where everybody knows your name. For more, see Page 3.

Car Lot to Car Wash

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Proposed new development projects in the borough were big items of interest at the Palmyra Borough Council meeting of March 8. Ventura Real Estate wishes to build a 90-unit apartment building at 101 N. Harrison St. And, there is a plan before the Palmyra Planning Commission for a car wash at 800 East Main Street, the current location of the […]

Investigating Donna


At the March 14 Derry Township School Board meeting, the board voted to create a committee to investigate removing Donna Cronin from her position as school board president. “I would like to make a motion to assign a committee to investigate whether there should be a change in the officer of the president of the board,” school board vice president […]

I Fear Evil


I believe in the scientific method. Thanks to the process of theory and proof we now know why things fall and how to make them fly. We know that the Earth is round and the atom can be split. We know that leeches don’t cure illness but vaccines can prevent them. And because of the ability of science to explain […]

Notes From The Mayor


I wanted to start out this week with recognition to LD’s indoor drum line band that won a recent competition. Our youth continue to impress in many ways. Congratulations to all involved on the first place finish. Trail Clean-Up Our Hummelstown Parks and Rec is having a trail clean-up day on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. until noon. Both […]

From Where I Sit


Regular readers of this column will be aware Rosemary and I have been residents of Traditions of Hershey in the independent living portion since April 2019. While the facility carries a 100 North Larkspur Drive, Palmyra address, it is really located on the eastern outskirts of Campbelltown, along State Route 322, once known locally as the “Horseshoe Pike,” and is […]

Letters to the Editor

I have lived in Sun Country all my life. As we are all facing higher prices for everything we use in our daily lives, I thought I would share what farmers are dealing with. I decided at a very young age that I wanted to farm. I planted my first field of corn when I was 17. 41 years later, […]

Castaway Critter of the Week

Where Everyone Knows Your Name!