We’re in a pandemic, it’s winter and many events we hoped to attend this season have been canceled. If you’re feeling the winter blues more than usual this year, there is still plenty to explore outside and unique experiences from right in your home. Here is a list things you can do this weekend! 1. … Read more
Central Pennsylvania could see anywhere from a few inches to a foot of snow early next week from an anticipated nor’easter. It all depends on how the ingredients come together, meteorologists say. “The potential is there for a high impact winter storm,” National Weather Service meteorologist Michael Colbert said. The timing of the storm is Sunday … Read more
Area seniors are taking advantage of Pennsylvania’s distribution plan even if it doesn’t benefit our area. Many are recruiting family and friends to help them get a coveted appointment, on Wednesday CBS 21’s Ryan Eldredge spoke with a 66-year-old woman from Palmyra who just recently made a trip to a Geisinger health center in Danville … Read more
It’ll be a cold and gusty end to the week before a weekend snowstorm that could drop between three and six inches of snow Sunday into Monday, forecasters said. The storms will start around 1 p.m. Sunday and continue through 7 p.m. Monday, according to AccuWeather. It’s likely there will be some snow accumulation, since temperatures … Read more
Harrisburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Envirothon is one of the state’s largest natural resource education competitions, providing thousands of high school students with knowledge and tools necessary to address today’s natural resource challenges. This year’s state competition will be held virtually and include station testing and an oral presentation component. Envirothon is a team competition. … Read more
Nate Bruce and Nolan Rucci might have been the best offensive linemen in Pennsylvania last season, and before it is all done one of the big fellas might just take home a trophy as the state’s top player. That’s because Bruce, a Harrisburg High star who signed with Penn State, and Rucci, a Warwick star … Read more
Both Central York High School and William Penn Senior High School are closed temporarily this week due to active COVID-19 cases. The Central York School District recorded 10 COVID-19 cases at the high school within 14 days, according to the district. In accordance with guidance the district agreed to comply with from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, … Read more
A new Dunkin location has opened in Lebanon County, and it’s been designed with drivers in mind. The new store, located at 101 N. Larkspur Drive in Palmyra, is a “next-generation drive-thru only restaurant, the first in Central Pennsylvania,” according to a press release. The store has two drive-thru lanes and orders can be made … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has forced more and more residents in our community to turn to food banks to weather the storm. “Hunger is a huge problem in Central Pa. during normal times,” said Renewal by Andersen general manager Linda Johnston. “The pandemic has only heightened the need for that and the food banks are struggling. … Read more
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa. — Weis Markets says it has been able to get a supply of the COVID-19 vaccine and there are 20 stores in central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Valley that will start giving the shots on Thursday, Jan. 21. Weis will be using the Moderna vaccine. The stores are giving priority to health care workers, people 65 and … Read more
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — UPDATE: Lumen Telecommunications released the following statement on Wednesday. “.. 911 calls made by Pennsylvania residents in most of the areas surrounding Adams, Bedford and Butler Counties have been successfully rerouted and are being answered. Our technicians are still working hard to resolve a 911 service disruption for some customers in the areas … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A total of 15 restaurants across the state — including 11 in Central Pennsylvania — were closed for refusing to comply the Department of Agriculture’s COVID-19 mitigation enforcement actions between Jan. 11-17, according to numbers released by the department Wednesday. One of the restaurants was A Taste of Sicily in Palmyra, Lebanon … Read more
A Pennsylvania-based company with plants overseas is looking to buy a shuttered recycling and waste-to-energy plant in Hampden, a committee representing the solid waste disposal interests of more than 100 Maine municipalities announced Tuesday. The Municipal Review Committee held a virtual town hall meeting to introduce Robert Van Naarden, founder and chief executive officer of … Read more
Brief but heavy snow Wednesday morning could make roads slick and dangerous for midstate commuters, forecasters said. Locally heavy snow showers or snow squalls could affect a number of central Pennsylvania counties, mainly between 8 and 9 a.m., the National Weather Service said. Little or no snow is expected. A hazardous weather outlook for Wednesday includes nearly … Read more
HARRISBURG — In 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection initiated the Food Infrastructure Recovery Grant Program to address food security. Funded through the commonwealth’s Recycling Fund, the grant program provides grants of up to $200,000 to Pennsylvania nonprofit organizations to purchase equipment that preserves food, like refrigeration units, for example. The Central Pennsylvania Food … Read more
Powerful wind gusts could couple with snow showers Wednesday morning to make for a bitterly cold day in central Pennsylvania, forecasters said. The National Weather Service said there is only a 20% chance of snow Wednesday, but up to 26 mph wind gusts are likely to make near-freezing temperatures feel even chillier. Before that, Tuesday is expected … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Angie Miller has watched her hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania go from being the notorious center of one of the country’s worst disasters to now being one of its most desired places to live. Miller has been a realtor specializing in the Harrisburg area, including the West Shore of Cumberland County, for decades, … Read more
It may be a new season, but Kyle Larson is still at the top of his game. Last week, Larson was named the top 410 sprint driver in the nation for the 2020 racing season. He then went on to score his second consecutive Chili Bowl midget feature in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Larson topped off a great … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Centric Bank has opened its portal for the second round of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding, effective immediately to all small businesses in Centric Bank’s markets, which include the Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Philadelphia regions, South Jersey, and New Jersey counties adjacent to Pennsylvania. “Our focus continues to be acting as a lifeline to businesses so they can … Read more
After 18 months of planning and construction, State College’s newest downtown hotel is finally set to open its doors Friday — and it’s embracing both the history of its building and the community. With a collage of 40-year-old fraternity formal photos near the entrance, framed Penn State scenes in each of the 72 rooms and … Read more