Prohibition doesn’t work. That’s the message Elizabethtown College President Dr. Theodore “Ted” Long had for the Rotary Club of Lancaster on Wednesday afternoon with regard to drinking on college campuses. Long called instead for what he considers a more realistic and comprehensive approach – one that relies heavily on education and carrots and sticks as […]

The county commissioners this morning approved the expenditure of a $108,235 state grant on partnering with the Pennsylvania State University to control the spread of West Nile Virus by mosquitoes. In 2008, 10 of 849 samples from 192 test sites throughout the county tested positive for the virus, according to Matt Mercer, the West Nile […]

According to a Dec. 8 article in the McClatchy-Tribune Regional News, “Convention centers always wheel and deal to win trade shows and conventions, but the negotiations tend to be held behind closed doors.Now, with the economy in a tailspin, a number of cities are rolling out sweetened financial incentives and broadcasting their availability.”It goes on […]

Publisher and broadcaster Tribune Company, owner of the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. NewsMax and CNBC News have reported that The New York Times is seeking to mortgage their office building in New York in order to cover a $400 million debt payment coming due in a […]

At an otherwise fairly uneventful city council meeting on Tuesday night, a handful of local plumbers rose to express their concerns about the city’s plan to eliminate the position of plumbing inspector as per the proposed 2009 budget. Without a dedicated full-time city employee, contractors will tend to care only about the bottom line, said […]

At their weekly worksession on Tuesday, the county commissioners agreed to transfer sponsorship of a $1M state grant to Manor Township “to convert five miles of abandoned trail bed along the Susquehanna river into a recreational trail for joggers, bicyclists, and horseback riders.” The five miles of railway to be converted run from roughly Turkey […]

Monday night (Dec. 8 ) at 8:00 p.m., a lecture titled “Learning from Katrina” will take place at in the Bonchek Lecture Hall of the Barshinger Life Sciences Building on F&M’s campus. “Jed Horne, Pulitzer Prize winning author Topic: Learning from Katrina – Disaster as a Laboratory for the Urban Future Horne, formerly editor of […]

NewsLanc’s Santa Monica Reporter, movie producer / director / writer Dan Cohen, reviews “Nixon / Frost” at https://newslanc.com/entertainment.html . Cohen’s commentaries are world class.

The following appeared as a “Legal Notice” in the Intelligencer Journal on Dec. 8. “Notice is hereby given that the Nominating Committee of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority will convene a Special Nominating Committee Meeting on Thursday, December 11, 2008, at 4:30 p.m. for the purpose of recommending and nominating officers to the full […]

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The combined Dec. 6 edition headlines “$10M for rail yard move; New site’s opponents slam Rendell’s grant” It would appear that either reporter Dave Pidgeon or the editor purposefully deleted reference to the principle TRRAAC objection: There has yet to occur a study by the authorities of alternate locations that may better serve the public’s […]

According to a NewsLanc source deemed reliable, the $10 million is from the Capital Budget item inserted last July by Senator Gibson Armstrong. It apparently is for the extension of certain streets to open up the Northwest and reconnect it to the city. It is all part of the larger Northwest Gateway Project. The source […]

“This announcement [of Governor Rendell delivering a $10 million check for rail road yard relocation] is a slap in the face to the taxpayers of the Commonwealth. Despite local opposition to the relocation of the rail yard into residential neighborhoods, and with virtually no public notice or opportunity to participate in the process, the Governor […]