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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

From Jan 27 Press Release: “Tom Armstrong, former state representative for the 98th District, will discuss the challenges associated with the limited housing options available to convicted sex offenders identified by Megan’s Law at the Lancaster Rotary Club’s meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 28. “In 2000, Armstrong became a board member of Justice & Mercy, a […]

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 […]

The Jan. 26 editorial “Sensible ideas” continues to perpetuate the myth that “..the former Lancaster County Board of Commissioners.. members met privately to decide the sale of Conestoga View Nursing Home.” It probably never happened! Rather, Commissioners Dick Shellenberger, Molly Henderson and Pete Shaub were unjustly investigated for over 20 trumped up charges with the […]

NewsLanc’s movie reviewer Dan Cohen’s column “Award Season” is now posted under Santa Monica Reporter. Cohen discusses “Doubt”, “Slumbdog Millionaire”, “The Reader” and “The Wrestler” with the knowledge and authority of a Hollywood screen writer, director and producer.

Here is an excerpt from a letter from a friend who is a well published author concerning the state of the print media these days: “My agent has been trying to place a magazine article for the last 90 days without success. The publishing industry — already in dire straits because of the Internet — […]

It is a rare occasion when the County Planning Board staff (or any planning board staff) expresses “continued concerns that redevelopment of the Lancaster Stockyards site may be much less intense than that which the site could accommodate.” Under different circumstances, the site would be prime for commercial rather than office / industrial use given […]

In his Jan. 25th Sunday News column, Gil challenges Abigail for youthful hubris! Readers are accustomed to chuckle along with editor and father Marv Adams about the witty and at times naive comments of twelve year old Abigail. But seldom are we so similarly amused by Gil Smart as in his “Point no fingers but […]

The School Lane Hills Neighborhood Association sent NewsLanc and others a recent TRRAAC article along with the caveat “The Association is not the author of the attached information and is not responsible for its content.” The article can be read in its entirety at www.TRRAAC.com. Excerpts are as follows: ——————————- TRRAAC has been investigating the […]

James D. Sneddon has had an almost 40-year newspaper career. It started in sports writing at the Free Press Quakertown, Pa., a small daily newspaper when I was a sophomore in high school. It finished at The York Dispatch and York Sunday News as Editor and Publisher in 1998. Sneddon says “I probably have held […]

An Associated Press article in the Intell reports Governor Ed Rendell as saying “There will be some layoffs, and there will be universal pain,” Rendell said at a Capitol news conference. “I don’t want to hear whining. I think everyone has to tighten the belts.” Rendell is an example of exactly what is wrong with […]