Lent, a 40-day season commemorating the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert, begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5. On Fridays during this season, many Catholics refrain from eating meat, typically opting for fish instead — which the Catholic Church allows.
The Lancaster Roots & Blues festival — which had returned in 2024 after a yearlong hiatus in 2023 — will not return in 2025.
Roberta Flack, the dulcet-voiced singer best known for "Killing Me Softly with His Song," died Monday. She was 88.
Heavy metal band Pantera will perform in Hershey this summer in a tour that celebrates its late founding members Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell.
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