When in November the Board of Trustees of the Lancaster Public Library (125 N. Duke Street) abandoned $1.6 in grants and expenditures and canceled plans to upgrade and renovate, they were aware that they had recently received a windfall bequest of over $500,000 from the Thomas Bucher Estate that could have been applied to the […]

The following is an excerpt from a message at LancasterOnLine.com from a co-worker in response to Judge Wilson Bucher contesting the bequest of his son Thomas to the Lancaster Public Library: “Tom Bucher was a quiet, polite, funny, sweet man. I don’t believe for a minute that he was all the ‘delusional’ things that Mr. […]

“Tom Bucher was a quiet, polite, funny, sweet man. I don’t believe for a minute that he was all the ‘delusional’ things that Mr. Blair states he was, since the late ’80. How did he maintain the same job in the courts system all these years. You cannot expect anyone who new him and cared […]

Its lead Jan. 11th article “Contested will is one for books; Retired county judge challenges late son’s $500,000-$900,000 bequest to Lancaster Public Library; state Attorney General’s office wants the filing attorney – judge’s son-in-law off the case” aptly fills in the detail of a story that NewsLanc broke a week earlier on Jan. 4th. NewsLanc […]

When NewsLanc inquired about Convention Center hiring practices, Authority Chair Art Morris referred the question to Center Manager Mark Moosic. He pointed out that the City residents have a heavy investment in the Convention Center in addition to the guarantee of the bonds for the Marriott Hotel. He explained “They are residents of the county […]

As a follow up to Mayor Rick Gray’s suggestion that job applications from city residents should receive preferential treatment, NewsLanc posed the following question to the Convention Center Authority: Is it correct that City residents will receive preference for CC hiring? Mark Moosic, Convention Center Manager responded as follows: “This statement is not correct. As […]

The Intelligencer Journal / New Era waited until three months before the opening of the Convention Center Project to publish an interview on Jan. 10th of local historian David Schuyler under the heading “Facing a city’s new realities.” And is the message that of those who bullied and connived the Convention Center Project? Hardly. Rather […]

According to Superintendent Pedro Rivera, the School District of Lancaster plans on broadcasting the inauguration ceremony via Internet and television so that students and faculty can “watch this momentous event.” The District’s Technology Department is working with its Internet service provider, D&E Communications, to increase Internet connection band width for the event. Rivera said “Our […]

The Intelligencer Journal reports on Jan. 9 that bids for the upgrade of Washington Elementary School “came in 22 percent under budget as a result of stiff competition among contractors hurting for work in the foundering economy.” Unfortunately, novice trustees of the Lancaster Public Library last fall voted not to proceed with a $2.3 million […]

Over the course of 2008 a journalist and a professional investigator, on behalf of NewsLanc, spent hundreds of hours reviewing Convention Center Authority expenditures of almost $20 million that proceeded commencement of construction. They also conducted interviews. Authority Chair Art Morris and the staff were co-operative in providing records requested under the “Pennsylvania Right To […]

“The Jan. 4 Sunday News editorial on the subject of New Year’s resolutions encouraged ‘government officials at every level…to build public trust by openness’, concluding that ‘Transparency is the best policy.’ “Officials of F&M College and Lancaster General Hospital should have been included in this statement. These two non-profit corporations are partnering with Norfolk Southern […]

QUESTION FROM PRIVATE LIST: “If the CC works out some type of accommodation with the Symphony, how good are the acoustics etc? Is that what is being considered?” RESPONSE FROM PRIVATE LIST: “I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with one of Cooper Carry’s architects who was a lead designer of the convention center. […]

According to a Petition No. 36-2008-1522, recorded in the Lancaster Court of Common Pleas on August 21, former County Judge Wilson Bucher is contesting the estate of his deceased son, Thomas W. Bucher, who died in July, 2008. Five years prior to his demise, Thomas Bucher signed a Will that states “I give the residue […]

We receive an electronic version of the January edition of Lancaster General Hospital’s “By your side.”, which describes the many worthy health related events the hospital is sponsoring during the month. Among them are Boosting Immunity, Weight Loss Surgery, Health Shopping Tour (at Weis Markets), ‘Shapedown’ (weight loss), Freedom from Smoking, Smoking Cessation Support Group, […]