NewsLanc sent the following inquiry to Patrick S. Hopkins, Business Administrator, City of Lancaster: “The Feb. 25th New Era article tells how five year ago the City ‘entered into a deal with Wachovia Bank to refinance a series of municipal bonds, essentially replacing one set of bonds for another.’ The idea was to lower the […]

March 1 “Straight talk in tough times” by Sunday News guest columnist Bill Adams demonstrates how much more cogent a columnist can be when he or she has read and reports on a good book. Adams discusses how “Malcolm Gladwell ..in “Outliers; The Story of Success” describes “…mitigated speech, which is any attempt to downplay […]

According to Agence France Presse, “New York newspaper Newsday plans to start charging users of its Web site, a top executive of the company that owns the daily said Thursday.” This is an approach that has proven successful for the Wall Street Journal but was tried for some services by the New York Times a […]

Editor’s note: The following comes from a representative of TRRAAC. “Lancaster Newspapers refuses to report that the project partners are responsible for submitting false statements to the state government in their attempt to obtain millions of dollars to cleanup the LCSWMA dump in Manheim Township. This week, both Lancaster Intelligencer and Lancaster New Era reported […]

News reports that the “Rail yard move is under way” bring mixed feelings. Yes, enabling the expansion of Franklin and Marshall College and connection of road patterns in North West Lancaster are very desirable things. But the underhanded, undemocratic manner in which the dump site was chosen should concern citizens not only because of the […]

At the Feb. 26th monthly public Lancaster County Convention Center Authority meeting, a modest public request was honored by the Board. Randolph Carney, a city resident, noted that, according to the LCCCA website, the project current value stands at $174.4 million. However, Carney observed, the actual project cost has fluctuated over the course of the […]

Last year’s runner up for the county championship Catholic High was once again locked in battle with 2008 winner McCaskey High before four jury members in a court room presided over by County Judge Jeffrey D. Wright. After evaluating the impressive presentations by both teams, the jury split 2 to 2 between McCaskey, representing the […]

According to the Feb. 25th Philadelphia Daily News, one of the main issues between creditors and management is whether to continue to publish the Daily News in addition to the Inquirer or allow Philadelphia to become a one newspaper city. According to the article, Brian Tierney, publisher of both newspapers, declared “We’ve been able to […]

Veri and Jamanis are scheduled to perform the full Gershwin program at Weil Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) on March 26th at 8pm, not at 12:15am as was previously reported during a moment of our publisher’s mental lapse!

by Cliff B. Lewis “Greenscapes” was formally adopted today as a new element in the Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan. The Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the initiative after a public presentation by Michael Domin, Principal Planner for the Lancaster County Planning Commission. Prior to the final vote, County Commissioner Craig Lehman asserted that Greenscapes has […]

For admirers of the Lancaster piano duo, artistic founders of the Pennsylvania Music Academy (PAM), and for those who simply enjoy good music and travel, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWwu_mj6YpQ . Veri’s former Lancaster piano student, now Budapest resident, and current East European real estate developer Richard Field ‘filmed’ the couple with “a hand held high definition HDCCD […]

by Cliff B. Lewis A new Green Infrastructure Element in the Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan will be presented tommorow for final affirmation at the Lancaster County Commissioners’ weekly meeting. The new initiative, known as Greenscapes, will serve as a replacement and expansion upon a similar Lancaster open space plan from 1992. Greenscapes will provide the […]

NewsLanc welcomes Cliff Lewis as a reporter and feature writer. He is a 2008 graduate of Millersville University, majoring in English with a minor in History. Cliff is also a local musician, a coffee aficionado, and a card-carrying Downtown Lancastrian. He and his wife currently reside on West Orange Street. Until accepting his new position, […]