Press and Journal

Monday, September 06, 2010

ROOFTOP CLIMB - A Hummelstown Firefighter prepares to ascend the ladder to the roof of the Middletown Borough municipal building on Emaus Street on Oct. 24, to inspect an apparent fire in the building. Equipment overheated and produced a suspicious smell after a squirrel was trapped in a transformer and a five-hour power outage followed. It was one of many false alarms on Friday. Press/Journal Photo-Kurtis Patterson

Dark Friday: Squirrel sparks minor chaos in borough

Morning had come but the light had not. Most of Middletown was out of power Friday morning, Oct. 24, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Homes, businesses, and offices were dark. Emergency workers sped up and down the town streets. Borough workers hustled to rectify the situation and return th...

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Photo by: Bill Darrah
This little boy was dressed as a box of popcorn at the Middletown Halloween Parade on October 20.

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Penn State students using boro streets to park

Does Middletown need to create permit parking on public streets?

Residents near the Penn State Harrisburg camp...
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Park given name of outstanding citizen

Community involvement was essential to Elner Overdeer’s being.

Overdeer passed away on April 23, at the ...
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Raiders grab win No. 7

After spotting the visiting Milton Hershey Spartans a 1-point halftime lead, the Middletown Blue Raiders took control of the ...
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