Tom Wolf throws a rager: Sights, sounds and eats from the new governor’s inauguration party

by Anna Orso January 21, 2015January 17, 2023

More than 3,000 people flowed into a hotel in Hershey on Tuesday night to straight-up rage after Tom Wolf was inaugurated earlier in the day. Here’s what went down at one of the year’s biggest parties:

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Anna Orso was a reporter/curator at Billy Penn from 2014 to 2017. More by Anna Orso

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