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Complete Guide to December 2025 Holiday Events in Carlisle, PA and Nearby

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor December 7, 2025

Complete Guide to December 2025 Holiday Events in Carlisle, PA and Nearby Find Your Festive…

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Carlisle Borough Meetings

Changes Are Coming to Carlisle: Youth Voice, Police Heroes, and the Future of Our Trash! | Carlisle Borough Council Workshop Summary | December 3, 2025

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor December 4, 2025

Changes Are Coming to Carlisle: Youth Voice, Police Heroes, and the Future of Our Trash!…

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Carlisle Real Estate Market

November 2025 Carlisle Real Estate Market Statistics and Home Sales

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor December 2, 2025

November 2025 Carlisle Real Estate Market Statistics and Home Sales 🎧 Listen to article… SUBSCRIBE…

Main Article image of a split panel design illustrating the two main themes of the week. The left panel shows a serious event: a stylized downtown street corner at night with a fast-moving figure. The right panel features a simple, cartoon house with a massive, exaggerated arrow pointing sharply upward, symbolizing the rising median price - Awesome Carlisle - Carlisle News - Last Week in Carlisle November 24-30, 2025

Last Week in Carlisle, PA

Last Week in Carlisle | November 24 through 30, 2025 | Carlisle Shakes Off Thanksgiving Sleep: Downtown Crime Response and Home Sales Surge

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor December 1, 2025

Carlisle experienced a week that mixed quiet holiday downtime with a major police response, all while our local real estate market kept moving. The week of November 24–30, 2025, which included the Thanksgiving holiday, was marked by institutional closings but serious activity in public safety and housing transactions.

Main Blog Article Image (H1/Featured Image - Comic Book Style, Square 1x1) - A square, dynamic comic book splash page summarizing the three biggest events in Carlisle last week - The scene is a triptych (three-part image) connected by visual energy lines, creating a sense of rapid movement - Panel 1 (Left - Budget) is a stressed cartoon Borough leader wearing a blue suit is balancing a massive stack of papers labeled "$58.3M Budget" while a smaller, separate pile of cash explodes outward symbolizing the utility rate increases - Panel 2 (Center - Real Estate) is a suburban house with a huge, competitive red "SOLD" banner flapping wildly, emphasizing speed, with a small comic text bubble saying, "HIGH VALUE CLOSING" - Panel 3 (Right - College Investment) is a celebratory scene around a construction zone where a gold/yellow shovel is used for a "Ground-Blessing," with a sign clearly visible reading "Jim Thorpe Center" - The overall feeling is busy, important, and high-impact - Awesome Carlisle - Carlisle News

Last Week in Carlisle, PA

Carlisle Buzz Report: Critical Budget Changes, Booming Real Estate, and Major College Investments Rock Our Town (November 17-23, 2025)

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor November 24, 2025

Carlisle Buzz Report: Critical Budget Changes, Booming Real Estate, and Major College Investments Rock Our…

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2026 Budget Hearing - Carlisle Borough Carlisle Borough Meetings

Carlisle’s 2026 Budget Unveiled: What Residents Need to Know About Rates, Roads, and Fire Safety | Carlisle Borough 2026 Budget Hearing Meeting on November 17, 2025

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor November 21, 2025

Carlisle's 2026 Budget Unveiled: What Residents Need to Know About Rates, Roads, and Fire Safety…

Carlisle Borough Council Meeting November 13, 2025 Carlisle, PA News

Heated Debate Over the “Welcome Ordinance” – Citizen Statements related to the Community Trust and Local Autonomy Ordinance

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor November 17, 2025

Heated Debate Over the "Welcome Ordinance" - Citizen Statements related to the Community Trust and…

Carlisle Borough Council Meeting November 13, 2025 Carlisle, PA News

Citizen Statements from the Carlisle Borough Council Meeting on November 13, 2025 (not related to the Community Trust and Local Autonomy Ordinance)

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor November 17, 2025

Citizen Statements from the Carlisle Borough Council Meeting on November 13, 2025 (not related to…

Carlisle Borough Council Meeting November 13, 2025 Carlisle, PA News

Carlisle Cannons U18 Girls Achieve National Championship

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor November 17, 2025

Carlisle Cannons U18 Girls Achieve National Championship 🎧 Listen to article... The Carlisle Cannons U18…

Carlisle Borough Council Meeting November 13, 2025 Carlisle, PA News

Items Voted On at the November 13, 2025 Carlisle Borough Council Meeting

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor November 17, 2025

Items Voted On at the November 13, 2025 Carlisle Borough Council Meeting 🎧 Listen to…

Complete Guide to December 2025 Holiday Events in Carlisle, PA and Nearby

Changes Are Coming to Carlisle: Youth Voice, Police Heroes, and the Future of Our Trash! | Carlisle Borough Council Workshop Summary | December 3, 2025

November 2025 Carlisle Real Estate Market Statistics and Home Sales

Last Week in Carlisle | November 24 through 30, 2025 | Carlisle Shakes Off Thanksgiving Sleep: Downtown Crime Response and Home Sales Surge

Carlisle Buzz Report: Critical Budget Changes, Booming Real Estate, and Major College Investments Rock Our Town (November 17-23, 2025)

Carlisle’s 2026 Budget Unveiled: What Residents Need to Know About Rates, Roads, and Fire Safety | Carlisle Borough 2026 Budget Hearing Meeting on November 17, 2025

Heated Debate Over the “Welcome Ordinance” – Citizen Statements related to the Community Trust and Local Autonomy Ordinance

Carlisle Cannons U18 Girls Achieve National Championship

Items Voted On at the November 13, 2025 Carlisle Borough Council Meeting

Summary of October 2026 Carlisle Borough Council Meeting: Community Warehouse Closures, Regional Fire Squads, and Downtown Economic Studies

Last Week in Carlisle | October 5 through 11, 2026 | Pink Flamingos, a Paranormal Circus, and Midnight Truck Heists

Last Week in Carlisle | September 28 through October 4, 2026 | Pink Flamingos, Shark Tank, and a Historic Homecoming

Last Week in Carlisle | September 21 through 27, 2026 | Slashed Judge Seats, Banned AI Art, and a Disco-Fueled Campus Bash