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Five must-do ideas to help you make the most of your weekend.
Find out what locals are saying about "New Moon."

Darren "Dirty Deed" Wise wrestles his last match this weekend in York Township. (Fond farewell.)

See The "World Famous" Lipizzaner Stallions Saturday at the York Expo Center. (Read our Dressage dictionary)

Meet York rock act Hello Hawk. (Hint: They like Craigslist and high-fives.)

Get a preview of Thanksgiving Eve events. (Party planning.)

Five weekend highlights.
(Thank goodness for selective memory.)

Bar-hopped in Harrisburg Thursday. (But Tim Warfield was nowhere to be found.)

Attended an Arlington apartment party. (Somebody spiked the cider. Yum.)

Visited the new Court of Valor memorial. (I also got a Civil War history lesson at Prospect Hill Cemetery.)

Saw the Eagles loose yet again. (I still miss those Phils.)

Consoled myself with the movie "Clue." (Nothing like a little murder/mystery to brighten the mood.)

(Photo: YDR File; U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak speaks Saturday in front of the Court of Valor at Prospect Hill Cemetery.)

Are you ready for some football and local tunes? Take some time away from local team rivalries to watch York group Mark DeRose Band perform during halftime of the Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game Nov. 29. Kick-off is around 8:20 p.m. on NBC.

The band will play a medley of songs by Chicago with the Baltimore Marching Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The Baltimore Marching Ravens, formerly The Baltimore Colts Marching Band, were recently featured in the ESPN Film "The Band That Wouldn't Die." Mark DeRose Band drummer, Dan Brenner, recorded the vocal group singing the Colts Fight Song for the movie. (Photo: YDR file; Steelers fans heckle a Ravens fan during last year's AFC championship game.)

Five must-do ideas to help you make the most of your weekend.
Meet the Rotten Belly Blues band.

Check out what movies open this weekend.

Laugh off the fact that it's Friday the 13th with three comedy events:

Raymond the Amish Comic cracks up the crowd tonight at North Hopewell-Winterstown Volunteer Fire Company in Felton.

Ted Daniels swaps jokes about his Catholic school days Saturday at York Catholic High School Comedy Night benefit.

Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" goof off Sunday at the Strand.

Check back Monday for the weekend roundup. Ciao for now.
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LeAnna Simmons -- a senior at Dover Area Senior High School -- is one of 30 International Finalists in the Third Annual Voice of McDonald's Competition -- an "American Idol"-style challenge.

Simmons and hundreds of other McDonald's employees submitted video online of themselves singing. McDonald's corporate officials surprised her at work Oct. 12 at the McDonald's on Carlisle Road in Dover to tell her that she's one of the few finalists from the U.S.

Her video will be posted on the Voice of McDonald's Web site through Dec. 4. People can vote for 12 finalists. The winner gets $25,000. (Photo: AP)

Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.

Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.

Five must-do ideas to help you make the most of your weekend.

Convinced your house is haunted? Call your local paranormal investigators. (Locals share their ghost stories to the right.)

Check out the Greater York Antiques Show at the Expo Center.

Get thrills and chills with sweet music and a Snowboard Rail Jam at Field of Screams in Mountville.

Have kids on a sugar high? Take them to Codorus State Park or have them hunt for witch hats.

For more All Hallow's Eve events, view our Halloween Happenings. Happy haunting!

Many teenage bands start the same way.

But plans and dreams change.

Five weekend highlights. (Thank goodness for selective memory.)
Watched "Key Largo" Friday. (The movie's plot, which involved a hurricane, went well with the dismal weather that night.)

Made a stop at Central Market House for fresh apple cider. (I'm slowly admitting that it's fall.)

Saw Penn State beat Michigan at Ann Arbor for the first time this decade. (Any given Saturday.)

Rocked out at The Depot with four killer acts. (You have not lived until you've seen Tunnel of Love live.)

Attended the York Halloween Parade. (Kids + pets in costume = cuteness overload.) (Photo: York Halloween Parade; YDR File)