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Pa. ranks third in nation for layoff notices
Plus: Erie remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson’s lasting impact Share with a friend Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre is a Lancaster tradition of nearly 40 years, offering Broadway-caliber productions alongside an all-you-can-eat buffet—or on Thursdays, a four-course plated meal—that changes with every show. Throughout the year, the theater presents eight major musicals and plays on its main…
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How love and marriage finally came calling for this Pa. couple
Plus: Sheetz has officially entered Wawa’s turf Share with a friend It’s almost Valentine’s Day, so we will indeed be talking about love in today’s Feelgood Friday edition of the newsletter. First, I wanted to recognize the anniversary of some medical history made right here in Pennsylvania. On Feb. 14, 1984, Dr. Thomas Starzl performed…
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This Pa. couple is paying 221% more for health insurance
Plus: 9 ‘Rocky’ landmarks to visit in Philly Share with a friend We’ve spent some time the last couple of months looking at how much monthly health insurance premiums for Pennsylvanians enrolled in the state marketplace Pennie were expected to rise without the extension of federal tax credits. With congressional negotiations over those subsidies “effectively…
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This Pa. restaurant is one of the best in the US
Plus: Pa. farm bankruptcies up 160% Share with a friend As I’ve said multiple times in the newsletter, the thing I love most about my job is that I am constantly learning new things about Pennsylvania, and its history, each day. My latest lesson comes courtesy of this story from our Kalena Thomhave about Philadelphia’s…
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If you have tax questions, we’ve got answers
Plus: Erie’s Benedictine Sisters honored for fighting voter fraud claims Share with a friend It’s about this time of year I usually start thinking about what noted Philadelphian Benjamin Franklin once said: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Tax prep. Ugh. To paraphrase Shakespeare, “To file jointly…
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Pa. Olympian goes viral thanks to ‘SNL’
Plus: How to get the 2026 senior tax deduction Share with a friend By the time this lands in your inbox, York County’s Summer Britcher will have made her first 2026 Winter Games run down the icy luge track at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. But don’t worry, you can watch it…
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Philly gets ‘The Simpsons’ treatment
Plus: The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony is tonight Share with a friend Welcome to another Feelgood Friday edition of The Keystone newsletter. Though the Super Bowl is coming up Sunday, we’re going to kick off today’s newsletter talking about another type of game: video games. The video game world of today—with custom gaming chairs,…
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PECO gave neighbors $250 after deadly explosion
Plus: Why passport services are ending at some Pa. libraries Share with a friend Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. And if the special someone in your life is more into horror movies and frightfests than candy and flowers, we’ve got a couple of ideas. For those hopeless romantic ghouls in the Philadelphia area,…
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Free services you didn’t know Pa. libraries offer
Plus: ICE buys a Berks County warehouse Share with a friend Just shy of three months after Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 budget was signed into law, Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his 2026-27 budget proposal in Harrisburg on Tuesday—a $53.26 billion spending plan that includes a $100 million transfer for a new fund designed to handle disruptions from…
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Hungry in Pittsburgh? Try these local meal kit options
Plus: A community snow removal effort in NEPA Share with a friend Sometime between the first cup of coffee and the moment my wife heads off to work each morning, we discuss dinner—what we feel like eating, what we have on hand, what we need to get from the store, that sort of thing. When…
