Month: January 2009

NEW ERA

In its Jan. 31 editorial “How to keep a happy home”, the difficulty in seeking an accommodation from a mortgage service organization is described and persons at risk of losing their houses through foreclosure are encouraged to contact Tabor Community Services. “Tabor helps distressed homeowners navigate the myriad of state and federal programs that are […]

County asking too much for magistrate building

The County Commissioners had 2 appraisals for the property on W. King, currently the Magistrate office. That is going up for closed bids in March at absolute of $460,000. There is no way in today’s economic conditions someone is gong to pay that price or more for a piece of property that is assessed at […]

Challenge in attracting a good reporter

In response to the January 25th editorial “Job opening ignored”, it is both shameful and predictable that the NewsLanc.com job has not been wholly inquired by Lancaster County reporter applicants. You see (and applicants– don’t due to myopia) that NewsLanc.com takes on the strong entities of this county such as ‘The Big Five’ — The […]

Not the negligent LCCCA Board of a few years ago!

The board of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority held its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 29. The board re-elected its current officers for another year: Art Morris, chair; Laura Douglas, vice chair; Kevin Fry, secretary; and R.B. Campbell, treasurer. An unusually large number of construction change orders were presented for the board’s […]

INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL

The Jan. 29 article “An unpopular message; Speaker: Sex offenders should get 2nd chance” quotes former state representative Tom Armstrong as telling the Rotary Club: “…a lot of these sex offenders will never get out of prison” for lack of a place to reside when allowed to leave prison. “It’s destroyed their lives.” According to […]

Newspapers Getting More Web Visits

According to a recent Nielsen Survey, a rare bright spot for newspapers nationwide is increased activity at the web sites. NewsMax.com reports from the Associated Press, “The latest figures from Nielsen Online underscore the struggles that newspapers still face with how to translate their audiences into revenue. So far, online ads aren’t generating enough dollars […]

SD of L considering alternate delay practices

In response to an inquiry from NewsLanc concerning School District of Lancaster handlng of weather delays in light of needs of working parents and the homeless, Superintendant Pedro Rivera responded “Opening on time has been an ongoing discussion over the past few days.” NewsLanc had suggested: “All that would be needed is for students to […]

Sen. Armstrong honored; landlords to be held accountable

Former State Senator Gibson E. Armstrong, along with much of his staff, and current State Senator Lloyd K. Smucker attended the Jan. 27th Lancaster City Council meeting. Mayor J. Richard Gray presented an official commendation to Armstrong, citing his service to the City of Lancaster, as well as to the rest of Pennsylvania. Specifically noted […]

Convention Center financing costs exploding!

At the LCCCA Finance Committee meeting held on Monday, January 26, 2009, it was announced that the authority during 2008 paid about $334,000 in interest above estimates due to market conditions and Wachovia’s financial troubles. Now that Wells Fargo has taken over Wachovia, the creditworthiness of the bond guarantees will no longer be as much […]

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

In an article titled “FBI: No evidence Fumo consultants did any work”, the Inquirer reported: “An FBI agent testified yesterday in former State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo’s corruption trial that the state Senate was unable to turn up a single example of work done by three consultants paid a total of $637,000 by taxpayers at […]