Chocolate Avenue Real Estate - From the Sweet Street

Since I'm not too far away from "Groundhog Central" I thought some might be interested in the premier groundhog day celebration held in Punxsutwaney, Pa.There is actually a Groundhog.org website with the history, pomp and circumstance??? on the most famous groundhog in the world, Punxsutawney Phi...

February is typically a very slow month for the tourism side of living in Hershey. People don't travel because of the fear of winter storms and the cold weather mitigates attendance for an outdoor event.To add some tourism dollars to the local economy, the Hershey Entertainment are has proclaimed...

The Pennsylvania Auto and Boat Show opens tomorrow at the State Fair Show Complex in Harrisburg and runs through Sunday the 28th. While not as big as the biggie in Detroit or Las Vegas, all of the major manufacturers will have exhibits.The show is spread out over four buildings at the complex, bu...

In a previous entry, I wrote about the Penn State Harrisburg campus and it's unique position in the line of colleges and universities.There is also a Penn State campus here in Hershey: The Pennsylvania State University Milton S Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine (how's that for a mouthful...

Most people are familiar with The Pennsylvania State University.. that's the one that has Joe Paterno, a 100,000 seat football stadium and is located smack dab in the middle of the state in a place appropriately called State College.What most people don't know is that Penn State has  19 campuses ...

Since the Hershey area has a lot of tourist type attractions, the Hershey Partnership was formed many years ago as a means for local businesses to promote their business to vistors and to cement their relationship within the local economy.The partnership publishes 'Your Guide to Chocolatetown' ev...

Virtual tours are almost a "must have" nowadays when you place a listing online, or even in the MLS.Both of the MLS services I belong to have the capability of adding tours with the listing and unless the property is really small or really bad, I'll add a tour. I happen to use Just Snooping tours...

Many cities and towns are experiencing some resident negativity when it comes to approving additional retail expansion, usually related to the so called "Big Box Stores'. While the term has become linked mostly to Wal Mart Super Centers, it also applies to Home Depot, Lowes, Target Super Centers ...

The Hershey Kiss was first made in 1907, so this is the One Hundreth Anniversary of this little product.To commemorate, the United States Postal Service has issued a special commemorative stamp.See the announcement hereHershey has promoted Hershey's Kisses with This Vehicle for a number of yearsB...

Hershey manufactures a lot of limited edition versions of their standard products for particular markets or events.In an announcement in today's Harrisburg Patriot-News, they portrayed a limited edition Reese's Elvis bar which will be debuting this summer. It features Elvis' favorite food combina...