Press And Journal

12/01/2020

As you know, the P&J ceased publication on July 1, 2020 after proudly covering the Middletown area for 166 years. When our web site www.pressandjournal.com goes dark on December 31, 2020, so …

07/03/2020

To our readers, advertisers, staff, friends and family — Today, you hold in your hands the final edition of the Press & Journal. In last week’s paper we shared all the …

07/01/2020

06/25/2020

Dauphin County alone reported 4 new deaths, a day after reporting 5.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 579 additional positive cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the statewide total to 83,770 in all 67 counties. The state reported 39 new deaths today, …

06/24/2020

Many Middletown Home staff members who had tested positive for the virus have returned to work, in accordance with guidelines put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By Laura Hayes [email protected] and Dan Miller [email protected] A combined 19 residents at the Middletown Home and Frey Village have died from causes related to …

06/24/2020

The statewide increase in the number of new cases day-over-day was about 0.6 percent. The highest one-day increase in total cases statewide was 1,989 on April 9.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 495 additional positive cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the statewide total to 83,191 in all 67 counties. The state reported 54 new deaths today, …

06/24/2020

Many of you heard about this already. These are sad days as we head toward July 1, and we will miss so very much being a part of the community.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, our family-owned business will publish the last edition of the Press & Journal. More than 166 years after its predecessor, the Swatara Gem, rolled off the press, it …

06/22/2020

Its high for total patients being treated is 25, on May 26. On May 14, the total number of patients being treated was down to 6, its fewest.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center reported another coronavirus death today, its 15th overall and 10th of the month. Ten of its 15 deaths have been in June. It reported its 13th …

06/22/2020

“I think it’s going be an additional cost to this township, obviously, to sanitize everything every day, but I think the public has been wanting to use these parks for a while. The public is paying taxes for the parks. I think we need to reopen them up."

Playground equipment in Lower Swatara Township may reopen this week with staff sanitizing the equipment once a day. The playground equipment in township parks have been roped off since the …