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If you have some spare time in Harrisburg this Saturday, this is kinda interesting. Our family went a few years ago - a great thing for kids to check out.

Maple Sugar Festival This sweet event is free for everyone. Enjoy learning the mysteries of maple syrup making, Native American sugar making, tree tapping and children’s activities. Taste tests, great video and delicious Pennsylvania maple products for sale When: Saturday, March 3, Noon-4 p.m. Where: Centennial Barn and adjoining buildings Admission: Free

It is important the community voices its concern to The Hershey Company to invite them to reconsider downsizing its operations in the Hometown of its Founder. On March 3rd at 10:00AM, at the Hershey Italian Lodge, located at 128 Hillcrest Road in Hershey, there will be an open forum to allow you the opportunity to express your concerns about the potential downsizing of the Hershey specific operations. We encourage all to get involved and express one’s opinion in a civil manner.

Well, except for tournaments. Coaching my daughter's team this year was one of the most things I've done in a while. Thanks and congratulations to the Cumberland Valley Youth Basketball Association for running such a great program.

Have you signed on?

We the undersigned would like to let the leaders of Hershey Foods know that you can grow the Hershey business without firing people, but instead by honoring the legacy of your founder and preserving your employees' jobs.

Please, reconsider your plans.

Because they seem to be in a bad-PR free fall in Central Pennsylvania. Nice work by management!

Maybe it's you that will lose the job...

This might not be such a bad idea...

There's now a blog called Save Hershey Jobs! It looks like they plan to be around a while, they are collecting signatures through July 7th to promote a reconsideration by the company of the layoff plans.

The FCC is holding its third official public hearing on media ownership issues in Harrisburg this Friday.

Check out Eating Out in Harrisburg for some dining ideas.

This will be interesting.

Hershey Co. is cutting 1,500 jobs over three years as part of a plan to scale back production lines and move some manufacturing to Mexico, the candy maker announced Thursday.

When the plan is complete, Hershey's will make its chocolates and other candies at fewer facilities and have a lower overall cost structure. About 80 percent of Hershey's manufacturing will take place in the U.S. and Canada.

Spokesman Kirk Saville said Hershey currently employs more than 13,000 workers, which would mean the cuts will amount to about 11.5 percent of its work force.

In Central Pennsylvania, discussion about employment at Hershey is almost reverent. The deeds of Milton Hershey are well known to the area's communities. Hershey doesn't seem to be seen as just "another corporation" around here. It'll be interesting to see how this move may alter the community's reverence around here.

What is this white stuff?

Interesting business idea, based in Central PA...

She probably has the best Central Pennsylvania Bloglines listing of local blogs. I just subscribed to a bunch of the ones she has subscription listings to... some of those blogs under the Local folder are pretty cool. Take a look.

C'mon, we received less than a half of an inch of snow last night, dry snow at that, and CV calls a two-hour delay?

Of course, we can't have any real people displayed like this outside the Capitol building...