Fireworks show on tap … I hope to see you at the fireworks show at Koons Park this Sunday, July 5. The first rocket will be laucnhed at 9:15 pm or so. The event sponsored by Linglestown Fire Company and Lower Paxton Twp. usually attracts a huge crowd…

Pennsylvania’s annual budget impasse (2009 edition) is well underway.  Today, June 30th, is the deadline for a budget to be passed as per state law.  Naturally, our legislature and governor are all too busy having a pissing match to be bothered to actually do their jobs.  But they’ve all found plenty of time to spread [...]

Linglestown Twilight (12–2) continued its winning ways by downing Hummelstown 6–2 Tuesday on the road.Linglestown erased Hummelstown’s early one-run lead by scoring four in the third inning. Nate Shroy (pictured) started things off by blasting a …

Seven years.
My grandmother says that things go in seven year cycles.
Seven shit years followed by seven years of triumph.
Seven year chapters of relationships.
You see, my grandmother was married for over fifty years. She’s clearly experienced enough to dispel this wisdom.
Me, however, I’m still in those seven year chapters.
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Sometimes you just want a steak. Under normal circumstances, when I get a craving for some red meat, I’d go by some and grill it myself. Well, my apartment has no outdoor space and for now, I don’t own a grill. Bummer. I have yet to find a st…

CLICK HERE to read a Patriot-News story about Lower Paxton Twp. police detective Joey Allegrini, who died May 14 at age 43 of complications from hip surgery.

STOP! Please check out this post. This one and others you’ll see in the future are intended to help you stay on top of what’s happening in your backyard.The Lower Paxton Twp. Zoning Hearing Board, for the most part, rules on development proposals that …