YORK COUNTY, PA — Hundreds of students and teachers will rally in support of school choice at an event in York today. School choice is a topic getting a lot of attention not only here in PA but, across the entire country. Administrators here at Lincoln Charter School say supporting school choice is a way of … Read more
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday announced more than $2.4 million has been awarded to local workforce development boards (LWDBs) to help businesses and school districts work together to better prepare students for in-demand careers across Pennsylvania. “These investments will give students the technical training they need to get good-paying jobs when they join … Read more
(Harrisburg) — Faculty at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, registered a non-binding vote of no confidence in John “Ski” Sygielski, the college’s president, last month. But it looks like both the faculty and president will have a prolonged chance to work out their differences as HACC’s trustees have extended Sygielski’s contract through 2023. Continue … Read more
Harrisburg, Pa. – Winners of the second annual Pennsylvania Farm Show Beer Competition were announced as the 2020 Farm Show kicked off this weekend. Three local breweries, including New Trail Brewing Company, Rusty Rail Brewing Company, and Boom City Brewing Company were among the winners. “This is our second statewide beer contest and we are ecstatic … Read more
It may be a Tuesday night, but you can safely bet that New Year’s Eve will be full of drinks to start the 2020’s on a high note. Pennsylvania’s liquor laws have come a long way since the turn of the century. Grocery stores now carry solid selections of beer and wine. You can even … Read more
The number of craft breweries in Pennsylvania has more than tripled within the last decade, and the state ranks first in the country for the most craft beer produced annually, according to the Brewers Association. In response to the increasing number of local breweries, wineries, distilleries and cider works, the Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau, located … Read more
More than 1,000 students were expelled at Pennsylvania schools during the last academic year, according to the state Department of Education. School districts can expel students for the following reasons: academic, conduct, drugs and alcohol, tobacco, violence and weapons. Dozens of central Pennsylvania schools made the 2018-19 list. The top 10 schools in each category … Read more
White Deer Township, Pa. – Approximately 60 cars were involved in the crash on I-80 in White Deer Township that claimed the lives to two men yesterday, according to a release by Pennsylvania State Police at Milton. A snow squall led to limited visibility and hazardous roadway conditions simultaneously, causing a chain-reaction crash. PSP Milton … Read more
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2019 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school, and together with the faculty marshals lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional. Student marshals were selected based on their GPAs from among … Read more
More than 430 students on Tuesday night walked across the stage to receive their associate’s degrees, certificates or diplomas during the commencement ceremony for HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, at the Giant Center in Hershey. They were among the more than 970 students who completed their associate degrees, certificates or diplomas during the fall 2019 … Read more
The opioid epidemic not only shined a light on the disease of addiction, it has also shown the racial injustice of drug prevention in America. After the crack epidemic in the 90s, the “war on drugs” talk was get them off the streets and into a cell. After the opioid epidemic, people began talking about rehabilitation. … Read more
While a wintry mix is possible in other areas of the state, more rain is forecast to soak central Pennsylvania before skies clear later this week. Another storm system will make its way through the Northeast on Tuesday, AccuWeather reports. Whereas precipitation was unable to reach the ground with Monday’s storm, the new storm won’t have that … Read more
American Dairy Association North East (ADANE), in partnership with Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, will boost nutrition options for Pennsylvanians served by New Hope Ministries by donating a refrigeration unit to make available additional fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich fluid milk at New Hope’s Mechanicsburg center. On behalf of dairy farmers, ADANE donated more than 60 milk refrigeration units to food … Read more
Crews responded to a three-alarm fire at an apartment building in Lancaster County early Friday morning. Firefighters were dispatched just after 1 a.m. to the Kensington Club Apartment off of Wabank Road in Lancaster County, WGAL-TV reports. There have been no reports of serious injuries as a result of the fire. About 50 people were evacuated … Read more
Lebanon, PA — A Central Pennsylvania woman is celebrating her 101st birthday all thanks to a team of doctors who decided to defy the odds. “[She’s] 101 years old and several days-two weeks- earlier, there was a real possibility she wasn’t going to make it to this milestone,” says Dr. Grant Sorkin, the Surgical Director of … Read more
Grandma and Grandpa didn’t used to grow such now-common plants as nandina, cherry laurel, Leyland cypress, and crape myrtle in their central-Pennsylvania landscapes. It was just too cold here for them to be reliable winter bets. Garden centers didn’t routinely carry them anyway. Then the climate began warming. Winter lows got milder, summers got hotter, … Read more
For the first time in more than a decade, a Pennsylvania legislative chamber has voted to increase the state’s minimum wage — this time from the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour to $9.50. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, D-Philadelphia, passed 42-7. Every Democrat and the majority of Republicans supported the bill. … Read more
A long-awaited medical marijuana dispensary has opened in Harrisburg. Harvest of Harrisburg opened on Tuesday at 2500-2504 N. Sixth St. in Harrisburg in the former Camp Curtin Fire Station. For 30 years, the fire station was home to the Camp Curtin Bar-B-Que Station. The restaurant closed at the end of March. The dispensary was suppose to … Read more
Speed cameras in work zones are for revenue. If not, then why do we not do things like adopt the zipper merge, and post 85th percentile speed limits? Low speed limits cause a decent speed variation between the vehicles, which promotes tailgating, constant passing and rapidly approaching a vehicle. Here is Michigan’s strategy. Most freeway … Read more
First Industrial Realty Trust will officially opened on Monday a new 739,000-square-foot warehouse-distribution center in Central Pennsylvania that is fully leased to Ferrero Inc., an Italian global confectionery company that owns such brands as Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, Tic Tac and Kinder. The new facility at 112 Bordnersville Road in Jonestown will be used to distribute brands Ferrero USA … Read more