Drew Weidman

Two Lower Dauphin High School graduates were killed in separate vehicle crashes during the past week – one in a motorcycle accident and the other in a crash on Route 283. On Sunday, July 12, 19-year-old Owen O’Hara of Hummelstown was killed when his vehicle crashed in the westbound lanes of Route 283 in Mount Joy Township. The crash occurred […]

What is an “original” worth? It’s an interesting question. An original George Washington signature? Probably quite a bit. An original Picasso painting? Probably even more. But an original recording of Wilt Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game at Hersheypark Arena? Now that’s a fascinating question. Audio from the March 2, 1962, game – arguably the most famous basketball game ever played – […]

There are few things I hate more than mosquitoes. And there is nothing more I hate than mosquitoes biting my children. I remember when my son was one year old and an Asian tiger mosquito landed right on his forehead. Without thinking, and so determined to prevent it from biting him, I bopped my son on the head to kill […]

One of the things that terrified me most as a young child was hearing the fire siren in the middle of the night. We didn’t have air conditioning back then, so, on summer evenings, our bedroom windows were open. When that haunting wail pierced the darkness, it sent me into a panic. The worst part was the silence between each […]

Two people died following a crash at the intersection of North Hockersville Road and Hersheypark Drive on Aug. 11. According to police, the crash claimed the life of 57-year-old Ronald Lindenmuth of Phoenix, Arizona and James Eyerly, 63, of Harrisburg. Police said Lindenmuth was driving a van westbound on Hersheypark Drive shortly before 9 a.m. when he turned in front […]

The debate over data centers is increasingly being framed as if there are only two positions to take: You are either for data centers or you are against them. That is the wrong argument. The real question is much more practical: How do we regulate data centers so that, if they come here, they are good neighbors and do not […]

A New York woman is facing charges after police said she neglected 45 animals she was transporting in a U-Haul van from New York to Oklahoma. Police said as a result of the neglect, one of the animals, a pug named Joey, died from heat stroke. Selma T. Kizil, 57, of Manhasset, New York, was charged with felony cruelty to […]

I continued to be miffed by AI. I understand for lots of folks, including myself, AI is the proverbial “easy button,” when it comes to getting information. You no longer have to scour the web to find out what kind of oil filter your car uses or how to make a soufflé. However, I think we can all agree, unlike […]

Social media was set ablaze Friday night after a Milton Hershey football player was injured following a tackle early in the first quarter of the annual Cocoa Bean Game between Hershey and Milton Hershey. The injured player, Milton Hershey’s quarterback, was tackled by a Hershey lineman, who appears to twist the quarterback’s ankle as he brings him to the turf. […]

Football has never been a game for the faint of heart. It is violent. It is physical. It is played at full speed, with 11 players on each side trying to impose their will on the other team. I cringe every time my son takes a big hit or is at the bottom of a pile. Last Saturday, he took […]