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PA Game Commission now accepting bear ‘paw-traits’ for wildlife design competition
(WJET/WFXP) – Pennsylvania artists have several weeks to get their bearings for the 2025 Working Together for Wildlife Design Contest. The Pennsylvania Game Commission holds the Working Together for Wildlife Design Contest as a way to raise money for wildlife conservation as well as feature local talents. PA artists are assigned a featured species, this year […]
Memorial day parades canceled as storms loom in central Pa.
Several Memorial Day parades planned for Monday have been canceled due to predicted severe weather, including in the towns of Carlisle, Lingelstown, Lititz, Lebanon, Elizabethtown Borough, and Chambersburg. Many of the municipalities that canceled their parades will still have indoor Memorial Day Services. The Elizabethtown Memorial Day Service that normally...
New puppet theatre coming to Harrisburg
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A new puppet theatre will be opening its doors to the public in the coming days at the Strawberry Square in Harrisburg. ‘Imaginary Friends’, which is a new puppet theatre, will be opening its doors to the public on Saturday, June 1 in suite 117 on the first floor of Strawberry […]
Meet author Taj Magruder | FOX43 Book Club
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Author Taj Magruder has lived in the Philadelphia area for most of his life, but it was a murder 100 miles and 90 years away that captured his attention to become the subject of his first novel. May’s FOX43 Book Club pick combines research and imagination...
Italian restaurant brings new life to longtime Dauphin County bar
Doug Smart wants the public to know one thing about Bruno’s Corner Bar & Family Italian Restaurant in Middletown. “It’s not what you think it is,” said Smart, Bruno’s general manager. The corner building at 101 E. Main St. dates to at least the early 1800s...
Harrisburg Artsfest 2024: photos
Harrisburg’s 56th annual Artsfest along the riverfront featured over 150 juried artisans and craftsmen along with live entertainment and food trucks. Attendees painted fish sculptures for the community art project. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive...
Memorial Day 2024: What grocery stores and retailers are open?
Memorial Day is a holiday for military members who died in the line of duty and is typically observed on the last Monday of May. This year the holiday is on May 27. Government offices, banks and schools are among the places closed for the day, but numerous grocery stores and retail stores are open for limited or regular hours.
Peregrine falcon nestlings get banded
Harrisburg, Pa. — Peregrine falcon nestlings atop a state office building in Harrisburg were banded during a livestream event last week, allowing wildlife biologists all over the world to track the birds. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (PGC) banding of the 2024 Rachel Carson State Office Building peregrine falcon nestlings on Friday. The video is available on the PAcast website. ...
Restaurant with brewery/distillery in Dauphin County is up for auction
Those in the market to open a restaurant or event space in Dauphin County can look no further than the former Tattered Flag Brewery & Still Works in Middletown. The retail property, where the 10-year-old brewery and distillery closed last fall at 1 S. Union St., is scheduled for auction on June 24, according to Nik Sgagais of NAI CIR, a commercial real estate company in Lemoyne.
Lebanon County restaurant inspections: raw meat stored on the floor among violations
Golden Soft Pretzel mobile facility, Heidelberg Township. Dutch Way, Heidelberg Township (Follow-up inspection) Fertile Valley Farms Soft Serve mobile facility, Myerstown. Rivera's Blessed Hands Restaurant, Lebanon. Hauz O'Hoagies, South Londonderry Township. Inspected May 10, 2024. Taqueria El Compadre, Lebanon. Schaefferstown Fire Company, Heidelberg Township. Red's Cupcakery, Lebanon. Montro Grocery, Lebanon.
What to eat at Artsfest 2024: Crab cakes, tacos, burgers, funnel cakes and more
If you’re heading to Artsfest in Harrisburg this weekend, be sure to bring your appetite. About 25 food trucks and vendors will be selling an array of festival favorites, including empanadas, milkshakes, ribs, wok-fried noodles, artisan hot dogs, stuffed soft pretzels, dumplings, and funnel cakes. The event features more...
Zoning change likely paves way for new Wawa, Aldi stores at proposed central Pa. development
A zoning change approved by Mount Joy Township supervisors earlier this week will likely pave the way for Wawa and Aldi stores on a properties in Lancaster County near Elizabethtown. Township supervisors approved a request by the Pennmark Management Company to change the zoning classification for two tracts of land...
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