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Unique New Year’s Eve Drops And Celebrations Across Pennsylvania: Ring In 2025 Unique New Year’s Eve Drops And Celebrations Across Pennsylvania: Ring In 2025
Unique New Year’s Eve Drops And Celebrations Across Pennsylvania: Ring In 2025 Pennsylvania communities are ready to ring in 2025 with quirky traditions, family-friendly fun, and exciting celebrations—from dropping bologna to raising a Hershey’s Kiss. Here’s a roundup of free and public events happening across the region to welcome the New Year. Adams County Gettysburg Gettysburg started a new tradition a few years back: the raising of Abraham Lincoln’s stovepipe hat to count down to midnight in Lincoln Square. The event, "From Times Square to Gettysburg Square," starts at 4 p.m. with family-friendly activities, including a holiday movie, face painting, balloon animals…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Central PA Man ID'd Following Deadly Crash: Authorities Central PA Man ID'd Following Deadly Crash: Authorities
Central PA Man ID'd Following Deadly Crash: Authorities A Lancaster County man has died following a head-on collision on Tuesday, June 7, authorities say. Ray Keith Weir, 50, of Ephrata has been identified as the person driving a black Volkswagen Jetta which left the eastbound lanes on Route 487 and entered the opposing lane of traffic near the Route 54 intersection around 4:15 p.m. in Elysburg, Rapho Township police say and the Northumberland County Coroner's office confirms. Weir was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force trauma, according to the coroner's office. The driver of the pick-up truck Weir struck, Robert Bridy, 62,…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Man Killed Woman With Sword During Drug-Related Argument, Left Body For Days: Report PA Man Killed Woman With Sword During Drug-Related Argument, Left Body For Days: Report
PA Man Killed Woman With Sword During Drug-Related Argument, Left Body For Days: Report A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man said he used a large sword to kill a 43-year-old woman during an argument over drugs and then left her body inside of his home for days, the Daily Item reports citing a criminal complaint. Rhonda Pearce reportedly threatened to call police during the argument before Corey Quincy killed her in Shamokin, the outlet said citing court papers. Police were called to Quincy's home Friday when his dad called police worried about his well-being. When police arrived, officers asked if Pearce was there, too. Quincy directed authorities upstairs, where they found her body…

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by Cecilia Levine