The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

If you love Santa - or at least like him - then you can meet the old chap at Gettysburg Hotel on November 29. The hotel will host Santa for the fifth straight year starting at 7:30 a.m. and going to 11:30 on November 29 of this year. For a small donation parents can have [...]

Eight-year-old Daniel Kyle arrived in Gettysburg Pennsylvania yesterday. He lives with his parents in Edinburgh, Indiana and was invited to Gettsyburg by Gettysburg Hotel General Manager Phil Murray when balloons that Daniel let go of in Edinburgh landed in Gettysburg. Murray paid for gas and gave a free room to the Kyles for their stay [...]

If you’ve been driving the area in and around Gettysburg and you’ve noticed certain detour signs with colors on them you’ve likely wondered just what the colors stand for. They are designations for specific detour routes.
The signs are a response to a major storm crisis that occurred last year. Several motorists were trapped no [...]

Nestled in Western Adams County is a tree farm that once belonged to paper manufacturer Glatfelter, a staple industry in South Central Pennsylvania. The tree farm, called Glatfelter Tree Farm No. 1, was purchased by The Conservation Fund in March of this year and has since received $4 million from the state of Pennylvania for [...]

Every now and then I read a heartwarming story of courage and commitment. Recently, it was in the Gettysburg Times.
Daniel Kyle is 8 years old. He released 30 balloons on his grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary with a note attached for whoever finds them to let him know where they landed. A man in Gettysburg, Bill Anders, [...]

The East Berlin Community Center in conjunction with Grammies Dolls and the Capital Area Pregnancy Center are hosting a free quilting class beginning Tuesday June 10, 2008. The class will run for two hours a night each Tuesday night for two weeks. The instructor will be Theresa Taylor, owner of Grammies Dolls. Taylor teaches quilting [...]