Central PA Magazine

witf announcs a new phase in the life of Central PA magazine, in the form of a new relationship between witf and The Patriot-News.

Beginning with the August 2011 issue, Central PA will become a joint publication of The Patriot-News and witf. Donors to witf will receive Central PA six times per year. Central PA will be published in August, October, November, January, March and May and will continue to feature news and program highlights from witf TV and witf 89.5, along with articles on the arts, culture and lifestyles of our region. Please note that there will be no July 2011 issue of Central PA.

This agreement will allow each organization--witf and The Patriot-News—to focus on its area of expertise: quality publishing and multimedia in the case of The Patriot-News and quality television, radio and interactive media in the case of witf. In a changing media environment, we believe this partnership offers witf the best possible way to offer excellent content to our donors.

I am personally delighted with this development, as it deepens the existing connections between witf and The Patriot-News—the region’s two most trusted media organizations. In 2010, witf took over the sponsorship and production of the Central PA Spelling Bee—a local competition that was sponsored for decades by The Patriot-News and that leads to the national Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. And now The Patriot-News and witf are joining forces to produce another important community resource, Central PA magazine.

The publication frequency of the new Central PA does not allow for television listings, but we are committed to making this information as accessible as possible. Printed TV listings are available weekly in the Sunday edition of The Patriot-News. If you are not a Patriot-News subscriber and would like to be, you can have it delivered to your home by calling The Patriot-News at 717-255-8150. Please mention promo code WITF and you will receive the first 13 weeks for 99 cents per week or half off the regular price.

The most up-to-date listings—for television and for 89.5fm—are available all the time at witf.org/tv and witf.org/radio. If you prefer a paper version, beginning July 1st, you will be able to click a “printer-friendly” button to print out pages from your home computer.

We are confident that you will enjoy Central PA magazine and we deeply appreciate your support for witf.

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Kathleen A. Pavelko

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Thursday, 09 June 2011 11:19

British Invasion – June 2011

Written by Rich Wiley

This summer, Gettysburg will be invaded for a second time – not by military figures named Lee or Pickett, but by Gilbert & Sullivan characters such as Major-General Stanley, Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph Porter and three little maids, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo. They will be featured at the second International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival at the historic Majestic Theater downtown,…

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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 16:12

Best of the Outdoors – June 2011

Written by Ad Crable

Whether your outdoors passion is lacing up running shoes, doing the J stroke, free climbing, hoofing it through the woods or traversing back roads by pedal power, your time has come. Central PA Magazine polled clubs and enthusiasts in the region to come up with some "best-of" destinations for running,…

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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 16:11

Central PA 2011 Hot List

Written by Central PA Magazine

You voted and we delivered. Join us in applauding the winners of Central PA Magazine's 2011 HOT LIST! The list is chock-full of all that is valued by you – our readers. Settle in with a hot cup of joe and plan your summer excursions now. When you are out…

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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:31

Civil War Echoes – June 2011

Written by Daina Savage

Central PA's towns and countryside were all affected by the Civil War. Now, 150 years later, beyond the well-trodden fields of Gettysburg, visitors to other parts of the region can feel the marks left by munitions and take tracings of gravestones to viscerally connect with our nation's history.

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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:48

Where Nobody Stares – June 2011

Written by Patty Gelenberg

Hooray for summer camp! And a double hooray if you're a kid with cancer! "I was nine years old, I didn't have hair, and nobody looked at me funny," says Maddie Hill about her first time at Camp Can-Do. That's right. Thanks to Camp Can-Do, even kids with cancer get…

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Facing Cancer Together

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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:14

A Day in Boiling Springs – June 2011

Written by M. Diane McCormick

The springs really do boil. Start your day in Boiling Springs in the tidy municipal park behind Boiling Springs Tavern, and there it is — a bubbling pool of water. A handy plaque erected by an Eagle Scout explains: Thirty natural springs pump 22 million gallons of mountain water daily, through underground caverns and out at high pressure at this…

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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 09:22

Preserving Perennial Favorites – June 2011

Written by Noreen Livoti

When Pat Burnley and her husband, Bob, started canning foods in their two-car garage in 1954, no one thought it would amount to much of anything. In fact, Burnley herself refers to her husband's idea to begin a jelly business using "a range, three kettles and a half dozen good recipes" as a "harebrained scheme." But now, 57 years later,…

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Monday, 23 May 2011 15:49

Commonwealth - June 2011

Written by Steve Kennedy

“Pennsylvania is not a state — it’s a commonwealth,” I’ve occasionally been told. Sometimes people mean this to justify some particular interpretation of the U.S. Constitution as it applies (or doesn’t) to Pennsylvania. Other times it seems to be just an interesting point of trivia. Either way, it has never been explained to me, in this context, why our state seal says, “Seal of the State of Pennsylvania,” or what the exact difference between a commonwealth and a state is.

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Monday, 23 May 2011 14:35

War Zone to Family Zone – June 2011

Written by M. Diane McCormick

Is that stranger a suicide bomber? Is traffic slowing for an ambush ahead? Is that an ordinary dead deer on the roadside — or is the carcass loaded with explosives? Soldiers in war zones are trained to a heightened level of awareness, keen to spot signs of danger. And while most returning soldiers readjust to the everyday demands of civilian…