What is particularly of interest is, despite all of the best selling books by reputable sources, there is no speculation or even comment on whether this might be a terrorist attack by a country or individuals. “Con Edison said the failure apparently stemmed from a problem at a substation on West 49th Street, and affected […]
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Letter and response concerning NYC blackout
Question: “[Are you] claiming Russia caused the NYC blackout? I’d be interested in what such a claim would be based on.” Response: Both books I have recently read are lauded by top US and British defense officials and espionage experts. They point to a shadow war that is under way with the USA on […]
It is flattering that Vladimir Putin considers NewsLanc an adversary
A report by Doug McVay, Administrator NewsLanc is a frequent target of brute force hacking attempts. This has been true for the past few years. This happens with a lot of sites so it’s not surprising. Unfortunately, though they are brute force login attempts the attacks sometimes come at such a rate that they become […]
New Statistics From Russia of Interest to the West
By Slava Tsukerman On May 25, 2019 the Kremlin sociological service VTsIOM published a survey about public confidence in President Vladimir Putin that was given much attention by the Russian media. The confidence rating was 31.7%. This was the lowest figure for all the 13 years of this indicator. The trust for the president of […]
Entertainment Scandal in Russia
By Slava Tsukerman Last week Russia experienced one of the largest media scandals in Russian history. No economic or political news in several years triggered such emotional reaction from both media and general public. Surprisingly, the scandal was triggered not by political news, but by the results of children singing competition on TV. Yet unexpectedly […]
In defense of LNP – And farewell to our print edition
By Robert Field, Publisher and Editor Over the past decade, NewsLanc has taken to task The Lancaster Newspapers (now LNP) for slanting news coverage to benefit the Steinman family’s other investments and to curry to advertisers and powerful elements in the community. Yet a couple of recent events have added perspective. One is the Reading […]
How a last minute obscure insertion into the 2016 omnibus tax bill gave Penn Square Partners a $3.4M gift
Through Pennsylvania’s Right to Know law, NewsLanc has obtained correspondence among the City, Penn Square Partners, High Realty, government authorities, and pertinent others pertaining to Penn Square Partner’s CRIZ application for the proposed Marriott Tower addition. 1998: “Penn Square Partners, headed by the High Real Estate Group, announced this morning that it has signed papers to acquire […]
REF: Factual information re Health Care is to be my final contribution
By Robert Field As one who read Plutarch Lives while in tenth grade, I have long been fascinated by history. I had an opportunity to exercise that interest at Cal Berkeley both through the curriculum and my independent readings. And my studies have continued through at least 67 of my 82 years, ebbing and […]
List of Awards to NewsLanc’s Hungarian sister publication
Like Newslanc, Abcúg is sponsored by the Real Reporting Foundation. Like NewsLanc, it is devoted to bringing factual information to its readership. Despite a decade of reliable reporting of community and state happenings by Chris Hart-Nibbrig and Bill Keisling and proven right time and again for its editorial positions, NewsLanc has yet to be […]
Steinman Family media do not currently fund The Steinman Foundation as claimed by LNP
A recent article “Steinman Foundation: Nonprofit’s co-chair steps down” concerning the retirement of R “Peggy” Steinman as co-chair states the following: “The Steinman Foundation is a local, independent family foundation funded by the companies that make up Steinman Communications; those companies include LNP Media Group, which publishes LNP, The Caucus Lancaster Farming, The Ephrata Review; The […]
Three for one: The Jamanis family at Catholic High (Time changed)
March 3, 2019, at 3:00 pm at Lancaster Catholic High School, Michael Jamanis will be performing (with his mum & dad!) works of Viennese composers Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. This event is FREE, but donations are encouraged! All proceeds will support the arts at LCHS. Please spread the word! Friends, family, co-workers, baristas, strangers on the […]
What we and others knew but Jeff Bezos didn’t
The big story today is how Amazon.com has withdrawn its offer to locate in Queens, New York City and provide 25,000 of jobs, touted as largely benefiting Latinos and African Americans. Bezos, the estimable founder of Amazon and more recently owner of the venerable and admirable Washington Post is steeped in the Internet culture, but […]
NYT Circulation Department to Lancaster: ‘We don’t care’
EDITOR’S UPDATE: Good news! This morning the New York Times was delivered to the foot of our driveway on the right day and by 7:00 AM. We would like to fantasize that our article caused reverberations on 43rd Street in NYC, but it is likely more the results of consumer complaints. Why would […]
Rick Gray could only kick the can so far down the road
We read in recent days that the City of Lancaster is entering into a Consent Decree with the Pennsylvania Environmental Agency that may cost the City from $100 million to $150 million. Below is is what we had to say on the matter back in February, 2015. Rick Gray’s EPA chickens are coming home to […]