Chocolate Avenue Real Estate - From the Sweet Street

On Thursday, the Hershey Company announced they are building a new plant in Mexico and will be closing some US based plants and laying off about 1500 workers. On Friday that changed to possibly 3000 workers.There has been no formal declaration that any of these will be here locally, but since the...

One of the real problems with this week's storm has been the inability of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to keep up with keeping the roads open.Interstate 78, which starts near here in Lebanon County and goes into New York City has been closed since sometime on Wednesday (it's now ...

There are 3 different school district that serve the Hershey area.If you live in Derry Township, the Derry Township School District which includes Hershey High School is the public school system  serving that area. The districts' website has all kinds of useful information for parents and student...

The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show opens today at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg and runs through next Sunday February 11.The show has been an annual staple to cure the "Winter Blahs" in Central Pennsylvania for longer than I can remember.Major sponsors include Bass Pro Sports, Yamaha...

Since I'm not too far away from "Groundhog Central" I thought some might be interested in the premier groundhog day celebration held in Punxsutwaney, Pa.There is actually a Groundhog.org website with the history, pomp and circumstance??? on the most famous groundhog in the world, Punxsutawney Phi...

February is typically a very slow month for the tourism side of living in Hershey. People don't travel because of the fear of winter storms and the cold weather mitigates attendance for an outdoor event.To add some tourism dollars to the local economy, the Hershey Entertainment are has proclaimed...

The Pennsylvania Auto and Boat Show opens tomorrow at the State Fair Show Complex in Harrisburg and runs through Sunday the 28th. While not as big as the biggie in Detroit or Las Vegas, all of the major manufacturers will have exhibits.The show is spread out over four buildings at the complex, bu...

In a previous entry, I wrote about the Penn State Harrisburg campus and it's unique position in the line of colleges and universities.There is also a Penn State campus here in Hershey: The Pennsylvania State University Milton S Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine (how's that for a mouthful...

Most people are familiar with The Pennsylvania State University.. that's the one that has Joe Paterno, a 100,000 seat football stadium and is located smack dab in the middle of the state in a place appropriately called State College.What most people don't know is that Penn State has  19 campuses ...

Since the Hershey area has a lot of tourist type attractions, the Hershey Partnership was formed many years ago as a means for local businesses to promote their business to vistors and to cement their relationship within the local economy.The partnership publishes 'Your Guide to Chocolatetown' ev...