Month: March 2009

Downtown stores for old books are local jewels

The used books business is a tough one these days. With big-box outlets drawing the masses to their pseudo coffee shop environments, and with online networks connecting buyers to individual booksellers, people too quickly overlook the simple pleasure of strolling through aisles of thoughtfully arranged hardbacks or the sweet dry fragrance of time on pages once-read.

LETTER; Why didn’t High let everyone know?

“At the LCCCA Finance Committee meeting this past Monday evening, there was a discussion about moving the LCCCA offices a few weeks after the hotel and convention center opened for business on April 21. It is obvious that at least 36 hours before this announcement the LCCCA leadership had no idea this delay was coming.

Bill introduced to allow newspapers to become nonprofits

A report from Reuters appearing at NEWSMAX.COM states that U. S. Senator Benjamin Cardin has introduced a bill “allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks.” According to Cardin, “This may not be the optimal choice for some major newspapers or corporate media chains but it should be an option […]

City at violators’ service…for $250

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Director of Administrative Services Patrick Hopkins reported to the Council regarding the Administrative Ticketing system now in place to enforce the City’s updated Property Maintenance Code. According to Hopkins, the ultimate goal of the new system to improve neighborhood quality of life, to improve the efficiency of City inspectors through […]

$575,000 for land preservation

At today’s County Commissioners’ Planning Session, James Cowhey, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Planning Commission, discussed a land preservation resolution to be adopted at tomorrow’s public meeting. Under the pending resolution, $525,000 would be granted to the Lancaster County Conservancy “through the 2009 Natural Lands Preservation Fund to acquire and preserve … natural areas” […]

EDITORIAL: Another loss for SD of L athletics

The Intelligencer Journal reports the resignation of Scott Feldman as head football coach at McCaskey High School. According to the report, Feldman implied what NewsLanc reported over a year ago when he said he was unable to secure what he felt was the needed cooperation from the McCaskey High administration. “I saw this coming two-and-a-half […]

INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL

An article from the Associated Press reports: “Gov. Ed Rendell ousted the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s chairman Monday, citing ‘overwhelming’ evidence that Mitchell Rub accepted $150,000 in taxpayer-paid work that apparently was never done and makes it inappropriate for him to stay on the commission.” WATCHDOG: NewsLanc’s investigation of over a million dollars in payments to […]

Critics give warm welcome to film produced by Lancastrians

Former Lancastrian and NewsLanc’s “Santa Monica” movie reviewer Dan Cohen and publisher Robert Field teamed up to help produce the motion picture “Perestroika” that previewed before an audience of 700 at a New York City benefit last week and opened in Los Angeles over the week end to near rave reviews. The following are excerpts […]