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Last Week in Carlisle | December 22-28, 2025 | Ice Storms, Legal Drama, and Holiday Cheers

Derek Bicksler | Carlisle Resident, Local Business Owner, & Realtor December 29, 2025

Last Week in Carlisle | December 22-28, 2025 | Ice Storms, Legal Drama, and Holiday…

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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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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!…

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

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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…