Month: October 2008

Morris designates LCCCA nominating committee

At Thursday’s LCCCA board meeting, Chairman Art Morris announced that a three-member nominating board will meet in late December to select officers for the upcoming year. A specific date has not yet been set. The three-member board will be chaired by Sharron Nelson and will also include Julianne Dickson and Laura Douglas. There was some […]

Lancaster Post suspension “a little sad”

Very surprised to read your piece announcing the suspension of publishing for the Lancaster Post. As one who enjoys reading a newspaper on actual paper, it made me a little sad. The Post was not a great paper. But then again, great papers are not built in 6 short months. It had its very interesting […]

Lancaster Post suspends publication

A message posted on Oct. 30th at www.LancasterPost.com in part states: “The publishers of the Lancaster Post announced they are changing their focus from a print newspaper that happens to have a website, to a website that occasionally prints a newspaper. “Ron Harper, Jr., co-Publisher said, ‘We published for more than half of a year, […]

“A great observation”

As I have said over and over to those who have ask why don’t we just give the Convention Center “a shot”, my answer is always the same…the CC will take the City three steps back, not two steps forward. The CC’s never ending need for resources and subsidy will all but kill other revitalization […]

Federal judge rules paper ballots must be available in PA

The following was received from Voter Action and can be found in its entirety at http://truevote.us/nucleus/index.php?itemid=534: “Federal Judge Rules That More Emergency Paper Ballots Be Made Available in Pennsylvania When Voters Face Voting Machine Breakdowns” “PHILADELPHIA, Oct 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Federal Judge Harvey S. Bartle III ruled today that emergency paper ballots […]

Another dirty trick re TRRAAC?

The School Lane Hills Homeowners Association (SLHHA) supposedly held its first public meeting in half a year yesterday evening. The problem was its leader didn’t send out a notice announcing it to the membership or to the media. Late yesterday afternoon a short email notice of a change of venue was sent out without mention […]

Board failed to take advantage of the funds

Re the letter: “Have the board members used the restrooms?” WOW, what a powerful message from someone who states the obvious! The Lancaster Library offers so much to the citizens of Lancaster and there was an opportunity to bring the facility up to the standards of many modern libraries. I feel strongly that once our […]

Have board members used the restrooms?

As a regular user of the Duke Street library, I am very disappointed that the board of directors failed to take advantage of the best opportunity in years to begin the process of bringing this building into the 21st century. Have the six naysayer board members ever actually patronized the library, other than showing up […]

New Era won’t say

NewsLanc has twice inquired of Ernest Schreiber, Editor of the Lancaster New Era, as to whether he intends to continue to publish morning exit poll results in his election day afternoon edition. The League of Women Voters is critical of such practices and national and state exit polls are embargoed until after polls close. This […]

Lancaster could lose its newspapers

I don’t know if you noticed that the Christian Science Monitor has now stopped all their print editions. From this point forward they will only be online. Neighborhood papers that have a local following will survive longer in a print edition because they have a local economic anchor — department store ads. Print editions are […]

Commissioners hint at upcoming budget cuts

It’s budget time for the county. Over the next couple of weeks, the county commissioners will be holding a number of meetings to discuss and finalize the 2009 budget. So NewsLanc asked on Wednesday what their priorities are and what citizens should expect to see in the upcoming budget. While being nonspecific, all three of […]

LETTER: Gray distracting people re streetcar concerns

Lancaster mayor Rick Gray’s statement regarding the proposed streetcar project is nothing more than an attempt to distract people from their legitimate concerns over its promotion. The wording of this statement makes it quite clear that Mayor Gray is very much in favor of streetcars in downtown Lancaster. It was Mayor Gray who permitted the […]