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Hanukkah 2023 starts after sundown tonight with a bittersweet taste for many local Jews.

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Its a rich, diverse weekend for events in Lancaster County.

Lancaster County Community Foundation’s ExtraGive donation drive is getting some extra flair this year.

The 2022 ExtraGive seemed on track to make an impressive showing late Friday night, though possibly not on par with the donation totals of recent years.

THE ISSUE: As Sam Bressi, president and CEO of the Lancaster County Community Foundation, wrote in the Nov. 6 Sunday LNP | LancasterOnline, ExtraGive has “raised more than $82 million

ExtraGive has raised $81.5 million since the Lancaster County Community Foundation launched its signature fundraising event in 2012.

THE ISSUE: It’s Monday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some of these items are welcome developments

By the time the clock struck midnight at the end of this year’s Extraordinary Give, there was a new fundraising record.

This years ExtraGive Fest was a live, in-person event from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday at Penn Square and East King Street between Queen and Duke streets.