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1. Rite Aid's closure left empty buildings across central Pa. Here's what's filling them (pennlive.com) — Former Rite Aid locations in and around Carlisle are rapidly transforming, with Dollar Tree now open on South Hanover Street and another Dollar Tree plus a Goodwill store coming to nearby North and South Middleton Township sites. The article also tracks dozens of other central Pennsylvania conversions, from new grocers and discount chains to a major apartment project at Rite Aid's former headquarters.
2. 'His life mattered': Colleagues remember Hershey doc killed in plane crash (pennlive.com) — Friends and colleagues are remembering Dr. Paul Sokoloski, who died when his small plane collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter during a training exercise at Carlisle Regional Airport. The piece highlights his impact as an emergency physician, devoted father, and passionate pilot, while investigators continue probing the cause of the Carlisle-area crash.
3. Professor Julie Tedjeske Crane publishes on teaching legal research students to be the human in the AI loop - Penn State Dickinson Law (psu.edu) — A Penn State Dickinson Law professor in Carlisle has published a new article on how law students can stay in control when using AI tools for legal research. Her framework, developed and shared from the Carlisle campus, emphasizes students' roles as strategists, analysts, and decision-makers and is already being presented at national legal education conferences.
4. Roxbury patient arrested for trying to break staff member's arm, admits he did it 'to go to jail' (tristatealert.com) — A 21-year-old Carlisle man is jailed on $15,000 bail after state police say he tried to break a staff member's arm at Roxbury Treatment Center in Southampton Township while resisting medication. Troopers report he later admitted he did it because he wanted to go to jail, and the staffer suffered visible but not broken-arm injuries.
5. Waterloo's Morrin Gets Birthday Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Cayuga Lake (anglerschannel.com) — Carlisle resident Chris Hurley is quietly putting the town on the bass-fishing map, sitting atop the Northeast Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 961 points. His latest outing at Cayuga Lake earned him a top‑10 co‑angler finish as New York's Michael Morrin took the boater win.
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