Three new opening-year bookings have been made for the Lancaster County Convention Center, which is set to open next March. This brings the total number of booked events for 2009 to 16 – three trade shows, eight consumer shows, and five other events. Interstate Hotels & Resorts’ (the marketing team’s) target for 2009 is 56 […]
Month: August 2008
What’s happening around Lancaster this weekend?
Downtown Lancaster’s “Dinner and a Movie” series continues this week with “Cinema Paradiso.” In the film, “a filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist.” The movie is showing at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21 in Binns […]
EDITORIAL: $.25 fare better idea for trolley buses
According a news article in the Aug. 21 Intelligencer Journal, Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA) will offer a $.25 fare rate on all buses for the month of September. It’s executive director, Dave Kilmer explained “We want the community to have a chance to try RRTA as a part of their daily commute …” Perhaps […]
Commissioners dish out Urban Enhancement Funds for projects throughout the County
At their weekly meeting, Wednesday, the County Commissioners approved $1.8 million in Urban Enhancement Grants for various projects throughout the County. Representatives from a host of municipalities and organizations lined up to thank the Commissioners, Wednesday, including Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz, West Lampeter Township Manager Ray D’Agostino, Joe Morales of the Lancaster Community Safety Coalition, […]
Are we repeating postwar errors in urban renewal?
This is a first of a series of articles based upon “A City Transformed; Redevelopment, Race, and Suburbanization in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1940 – 1980” by Franklin & Marshall historian David Schuyler. In referring to effect of the Housing Act of 1949, Schuyler quotes Judith Martin and Antony Goddard as observing , in reference to Minneapolis […]
EDITORIAL: McCloud’s transfer but first step
The resignation of Allen McCloud as Athletic Director of the School District of Lancaster was welcome news. Let us hope he proves to be a competent math teacher. The athletic program atrophied and deteriorated during his tenure. In addition to the evidence of the poor results of the various teams, NewsLanc had disclosed that McCloud […]
Traffic congestion is indeed a big issue
Yes, the [proposed steet car] route is nearly useless, especially since it wuld not connect to peripheral parking (just the existing parking garages and LGH.) And in order to work, the trolley would have to run tracks on the INSIDE of the circle to not cross traffic, and the cars would have to board from […]
SD of L Athletics Director McCloud Reassigned
According to information made available at the Aug. 19 School Board meeting of the School District of Lancaster (SDL), Athletics Director Allen McCloud is stepping down from his position effective Aug. 26. McCloud is being hired as as a mathematics teacher effective Aug. 27 at an annual salary of $67,392.00. SDL Superintendent Pedro Rivera said […]
COMMENTARY: Who voted for trolley cars?
In his Aug. 14 blog “Streetcar city” on LancasterOnLine.com, Gil Smart opines: “One of the more stinging (because it’s valid) criticisms of the local streetcar initiative is that the thing seems to be moving forward – and who voted for this? Has Lancaster City Council voted on anything? No. But we’re buying the streetcars already. […]
Police Chief Shares His Perspective on Lancaster
by Matt Henderson Interviewed by NewsLanc on Monday, Lancaster’s Chief of Police, Keith Sadler, said the biggest challenge for the city police is “staying progressive enough that you mix modern police tactics and technology with established investigative and patrol tools.” “Unfortunately, sometimes, courts and citizens – because of like, television – actually think that every […]
City set to receive $750,000 in County Urban Enhancement Grants
The Lancaster County Commissioners are expected to approve, Wednesday, $1.875 million in “Urban Enhancement Fund” grants for 15 projects around the County, including streetscape enhancements, security camera installation, and Lancaster Square renovation/demolition in the city. The funding comes from a $25 million bond issue from the County Commissioners in 2005, 80% of which is used […]
LANCASTER POST
An editorial of August 15 entitled “Fair Trial, Free Press, and the Constitution” criticizes District Attorney Craig Stedman for jeapordizing Michael Roseboro’s rights to a fair trial by making prejudicial statements concerning the case before the media, thus tainting the objectivity of any jury pool. It concludes “Mr. Stedman’s evident and alarming affection for the […]
Lancaster Police Chief comments on Role of F&M Security
In an interview on Monday, NewsLanc asked Lancaster’s Chief of Police, Keith Sadler, to clarify the status of Franklin & Marshall College’s security force. Questions have been raised about the precise powers and legal status of F&M Security since a Jun. 3 incident in which publishers of the Lancaster Post Ron Harper and Chris Hart-Nibbrig […]
Trolley idea is insane
Lancaster’s Trolley will run where? Lancaster is not New Orleans, Cincinnati, Denver or Charlotte. Lancaster has got so much infrastructure problems coming down the pike that a Trolley will suck up any monies that are needed to deal with these problems. This will run from the train station to Prince, from Prince to Vine, East […]