October 24th-25th• 5pm – 12pm (noon) Join Good Samaritan Lodge #336 for a night of community, compassion, and action. Make a donation and perhaps spend the night outdoors on Gettysburg’s Lincoln Square with us. You’ll stand in solidarity with neighbors experiencing homelessness while helping raise funds for local organizations that provide housing assistance, food security,
When Kevin Smith talks about For Such a Time as This, he doesn’t simply talk about a film. He talks about a turning point in his life. The writer and creator behind the award winning kindness documentary is bringing the film to Gettysburg for an exclusive screening at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the
A long-awaited and much needed expansion of local recovery support services to individuals navigating substance abuse and mental health challenges has come to Gettysburg. Adams County’s TNH Sober Living (TNH) organization recently opened up a community drop-in Recovery Support Center at the Mercy House in Gettysburg, which offers a welcoming, stigma-free and recovery-focused environment where
What can the trees in our own backyards tell us about a changing climate? Quite a lot, according to author, journalist and environmental advocate Mike Tidwell. Tidwell will bring that message to Gettysburg on Saturday, Sept. 19, when he presents “Climate Changes and Trees: How Warming is Disrupting Life in Our Own Backyards — and
Gettysburg Rising’s Rise Above Plastic campaign recognizes Waldo’s and Company for their efforts to reduce Single Use Plastic and provide a more environmentally sustainable beverage experience. Waldo’s mission is “to educate and benefit the Gettysburg community through the arts while advocating for local artists and providing a substance-free, creative environment.” Located at 17 Lincoln Square
Ben Rice, president of Adams County-based Rice Fruit Co., has been named The Packer’s 2026 Apple Person of the Year for his leadership during a devastating season for Pennsylvania apple growers. Rice, an eighth-generation fruit grower, was recognized particularly for his work following a catastrophic freeze that caused widespread crop losses. He worked with growers
What do guns, cars and cigarette smoking have in common? They all have created public health crises. What did we do as a nation to reduce auto deaths and discourage smoking? We took action, such as enacting requirements for seat belts, child car seats and airbags. We required that the Surgeon General’s warning be posted
The political right has done a good job of brainwashing reasonable Americans to be afraid of any hints of socialism by equating socialism with Stalin’s communism. Yet democratic socialism is a very different economic system than Russian communism, which we can see working in most of postwar Europe. FDR’s response to the stock market crash