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In today's newsletter:

  • Planning your New Year’s Eve? Don’t miss Harrisburg’s Strawberry Drop details
  • How will Harrisburg strategists use AI in Pennsylvania’s 2026 elections?
  • What’s moving into all those empty Rite Aid buildings near Harrisburg?

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  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 40 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Tuesday: A little morning rain; cloudy, temps: high: 41, low: 37.
  • Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 47 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• PEEPS, PICKLES, AND PUCKS: Unique New Year's celebrations planned across Pennsylvania (abc27.com) — Downtown Harrisburg’s Strawberry Drop is set to light up New Year’s Eve with fireworks, a kids’ glow party at City Hall, and free evening street parking. The guide also highlights quirky drops across Pennsylvania, from Hershey’s Kiss raise to Dillsburg’s pickle and Bethlehem’s giant Peep, giving you plenty of options if you’re celebrating beyond the Capital City.
   

• Voters to face unprecedented levels of AI-generated misinformation in 2026 (witf.org) — A Harrisburg-based GOP consultant explains how campaigns already use AI to micro-target voters, as Pennsylvania braces for a wave of AI-generated misinformation in the 2026 elections. Experts and strategists from both parties describe how generative tools are reshaping political messaging, while lawmakers and federal officials clash over how — or whether — to regulate deepfakes and other deceptive uses.
   

• From dollar stores to several stores sharing one, what drives what happens to former Rite Aids? (abc27.com) — A former Rite Aid on Walnut Street in Susquehanna Township, just east of Harrisburg, has become a Dollar Tree, reflecting a broader trend in how empty drugstores are being reused. The story looks at why some former Rite Aids become dollar stores, restaurants, or clinics while others sit vacant, and how location, rent, and changing retail habits drive those outcomes.
   

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    Quality Inn is in the process of removing the existing furniture and replacing it with new furniture at Quality Inn – Enola located at 501 N Enola… (Nextdoor Progress)
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🗞 Nearby News

Camp Hill

  • Thousands still without power in central Pa. after windstorm blows through (pennlive.com)
  • Perry County's financial picture filled in with comprehensive review (pennlive.com)
  • Members 1st Federal Credit Union named one of America's best (readingeagle.com)

Middletown

  • $3.5 Million In State Grants Doled Out In Lower Bucks Co. (patch.com)
  • Kuppy's Diner neon sign in Middletown faces major restoration after accident (wgal.com)

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