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Here’s what to try at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show food court
The Pennsylvania Dairyman’s Association unveiled a flight of red, white and blue milkshake flavors. Newer additions to the menu including pickle pizza from the Pennsylvania FFA and Lion’s Mane coffee from the Pennsylvania Mushroom Farmers, among others.
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New TV series will follow 6 people testing out Amish lifestyle in Pa.
The cast members on “Suddenly Amish” — who include a Californian content creator, a luxury-loving rapper from Missouri and a newly divorced father from Texas — will give up technology, electricity and indoor toilets and embrace a more structured lifestyle, according to a network news release.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day events & service opportunities in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on Jan. 19, answer MLK’s call to service.
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Erie’s Meals on Wheels needs more volunteer drivers. How you can help
So many people 60 and older, or who have disabilities, are seeking its services that Meals on Wheels needs between 15 and 25 additional volunteer drivers to ensure everybody who qualifies for meals can get them delivered. About 120 people currently drive for the nonprofit, including substitutes.
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Fourth grade teacher wins PA 2026 Teacher of the Year
Madeline Loring, Pennsylvania’s 2026 Teacher of the Year, is on a mission: to draw people to the education profession that she fell in love with as a child inspired by her own teachers.
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Sen. Doug Mastriano opts out of Pa. gubernatorial run in 2026
The Franklin County Republican ran against now-Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2022 and was resoundingly defeated. He didn’t endorse state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, saying “we’ll talk about that down the road.” She won the party’s nomination in September.
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Bert & Ernie emus flew their coop in Windsor Twp. Both now captured
Hersey said she bought two emus – one named Bert and one named Ernie – a few months ago from a man who offered them for sale for a low price. Ernie is more docile, while Bert tends to be more scatterbrained.
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House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership
Overpowering Speaker Mike Johnson, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted Wednesday to push forward a measure that would revive an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowered health insurance costs for roughly 22 million people, but that had expired last month.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro has $30 million for his reelection bid, a new state record
Pennsylvania has emerged as the nation’s premier presidential battleground state, and Shapiro’s strong showing in the 2022 governor’s race elevated his profile within the Democratic Party, where he’s viewed as a potential 2028 White House contender.
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Joseph McGettigan, prosecutor in Jerry Sandusky and John du Pont cases, dies at 76
McGettigan, who lived in the Philadelphia suburb of Media, died on Dec. 31, according to the funeral home Boyd Horrox Givnish Life Celebration Home of East Norriton.
