Roast beef, ham, and other meats are cooked just right. The side dishes range from creamy mashed potatoes to fresh vegetables. Make sure you leave some space for the dessert area. Shoofly pie is a ...

John Pearce talks with Dr. William Donner about the history of PA Dutch culture, and whether we should be calling people Dutch or German.

A longtime Juniata County school bus driver says she was wrongfully fired after posting a sign on her bus prohibiting ...

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has named longtime historian and curator Bradley Smith as the new site administrator of the Ephrata Cloister, elevating a veteran insider ...

The pork and sauerkraut – a New Year’s Day tradition for many Pennsylvania families – is available year-round here, featuring slow-roasted pork that practically melts in your mouth alongside tangy ...

Thousands of Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers in South Africa, celebrated on Tuesday the "Day of the ...

Unlike Santa Claus, the Belsnickel doesn’t make a list and check it twice to see which kids were naughty or nice. Nor do kids ...

The Amish population in North America nearly doubles every 20 years, according to a 2023 study by Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. This suggests the number of ...

On Saturday, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Community Day will feature a full day of free fun, including live entertainment, food trucks, interactive exhibits, and family-friendly activities, ...

Straight from a bit of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage comes the phrase, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” My maternal grandmother was fluent in Pennsylvania Dutch but was said to eschew its use in ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day of the ...

Jim Means holds up Punxsutawney Phil at daybreak, Feb. 2, 1980, in Punxsutawney in front of a crowd of anxious people. Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather ...