Chocolate Avenue Real Estate - From the Sweet Street

The Hershey Partnership is an independent, non-profit organization designed to promote the local area as a year round tourist destination as well as provide a service to businesses that work with the local residents.Member companies include many tourist destination business (such as motels, resta...

There has been a very sad storythe past few days of an 11 year old boy who was accidentally shot and killed, evidently by another 11 year old he was visiting.This accident was 100% preventable... if only the homeowners had kept their guns (mostly hunting rifles) unloaded in a locked gun cabinet.H...

A lot of times, the person who was "The First" anything is recognized by all for their achievement. Yet other times, the person who was first is forgotten because someone else took their idea or plan and improved and marketed it so well that the achievement of the first was discarded.Thanks to th...

Yesterday I wrote about some of the really good local restaurants that we have patronized right here in Hershey. All are locally owned and operated and I'm using this to bring some more to your attention:Demarco's is located at 202 West Chocolate Avenue. With a name like Demarco's you know they s...

This little dissertation was inspired by two conversations I had this recently with my business neighbors Paul and Mike from Hershey Mortgage who are located in the same building as our office. Both of these gentlemen have over 15 years in the lending industry and opened this business about 2 wee...

There are quite  a few fine locally owned and operated restaurants here is Hershey that offer good value and fine dining:The Campbelltown Cafe is located on US Rte 322 (Governor Road) about 3 miles east of town. Even though it's named for a nearby town, it actually is here in Derry Township. The ...

Bank Rate Monitor which studies the lending industry recently published a study of closing costs on a state by state basis. To conduct the research, they picked a zip code in the most populous city in the state and asked for a good faith estimate of origination fees, title and settlement fees cha...

Sure, we have some traffic, mostly during the morning and afternoon rush hours like everywhere else. But compared to the big cities, it's merely an annoyance, not a big deal.There are some times here when traffic is unbelievable here in town. People forget that almost all of the traffic travels o...

This Lebanon City home has 3 bedrooms, and 1½ baths, plus a one car attached garage. Built in 1953, this location is close to shopping, schools and public transportation. This home features a formal dining room, central air conditioning and a partially finished basement. All this and listed @ $14...

There are well over 1000 oval track speedways of all shapes  and sizes in the United States. There are more in Pennsylvania than any other state.The South Central Pennsylvania area has several well run, weekly operations that provide a great deal of  contribution to the local economy. Within an h...