Local history enthusiast Jonathan Miller, known as the Hometown Historian, is set to present living history tours at the Isaac Meier Homestead, portraying a World War II veteran and sharing insights into Myerstown’s 1940s history.
Tom Knapp
Tom has been a professional journalist for nearly four decades. In his spare time, he plays fiddle with the Irish band Fire in the Glen, and he reviews music, books and movies for Rambles.NET. He lives with his wife, Michelle, and has four children: Vinnie, Molly, Annabelle and Wolf.
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Amish Outlaws, Sapphire are among headliners this year at the Lebanon Fair
Planning ahead is part and parcel of organizing the entertainment at the Lebanon Area Fair, a local tradition that this year features more than 20 musical acts as well as plenty of other diversions and spectacles to keep folks coming back.
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Local bar owners say happy hour expansion bill is ‘huge win’ for PA
A bill to expand the special deals that bars and restaurants can offer to their customers has some local pub owners feeling pretty happy.
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Lebanon delegate will take his passion for Trump to GOP National Convention
A Lebanon County man is headed to Milwaukee next week to rally for Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention.
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Leasing plan for land outside Fort Indiantown Gap passes state Senate
A bill that would provide a “steady stream of funding” for veterans and their families by leasing out land around Fort Indiantown Gap has passed the state Senate and has moved into the state House of Representatives for consideration.
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Lebanon city cafe closes on Sunday, replacement coffeehouse announced
Sydney Roasting Co. at 722 Quentin Road was planning to close its doors for the last time at 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Fort Indiantown Gap is central piece in a new, 250-mile-long Sentinel Landscape
Kittatinny Ridge, a diverse, 250-mile-long stretch along the Appalachian Mountains from northern Maryland to New York’s Catskill Mountains that includes Fort Indiantown Gap in its span, has been designated a Sentinel Landscape by the federal government.
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Why is Fort Indiantown Gap tagging and studying the local whitetail population?
“We wanted to update our deer management plan,” Nick Hoffman, ecological program specialist and outdoor recreation program manager for the military base, explained.
