Here are some of the events occurring in and around the City of Lancaster this week: On Monday, November 24, there will be poetry reading by Oni Buchanan at 8:00 p.m. at the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College. “Experimental poet Oni Buchanan holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa […]

by Chris Hart-Nibbrig All but one member of the Lancaster Public Library Board of Trustees declined to respond to an opportunity afforded them by NewsLanc to explain the indefinite delay and effective cancellation of the Duke Street Library’s planned renovation and addition project. They were assured their responses would be published. Each board member and […]

(Part of a series) By Robert Edwin Field It was June, 1972, and a large part of the greater Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania valley had been flooded by the overflow of the Susquehanna River as a result of a Hurricane Agnes. The two story Gateway Apartments in nearby Edwardsville had been immersed to attic level and all […]

In the Nov. 23 Sunday News, columnist Gil Smart charges that some conservative Republicans rationalize that the Democrats won the August 4th election because “Obama voters are stoopid!” In the same issue, the editorial headlines “An early voting analysis shows that the home-rule charter was torpedoed by the leadership of both Republicans (anti) and Democrats […]

In response to the NewsLanc.com article titled, “Too soon to Judge Gib Armstrong’s career” which was published on Friday, November 21, 2008: I beg to differ with some of the conclusions of this article: “His service to his constituents will ultimately be determined by whether the convention center and the hotel succeed or fail. Thanks […]

It is clear from the New Era’s Nov. 21st interview “Sen. Armstrong looks back on his political life” that Gibson Armstrong considers the Convention Center – Hotel Project to be the cap stone of his public career. According to Armstrong, “I was not going to run again but then the convention center kind of fell […]

According to the Nov. 21 Intelligencer Journal headline “Local car dealers say it’s imperative taxpayers help industry survive.” It goes on to report “Mark Stine, of the Pennsylvania Automobile Association, said if there is no rescue now for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, the consequences for the economy of the country are severe.” The dealers […]

Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the operations manager for the Hotel & Convention Center, is forecasting an operational loss of $809,987 for the convention center & shared space for Fiscal Year 2010, it was revealed at Thursday night’s Convention Center Authority board meeting. Projections regarding the Marriott Hotel were not reported to the authority, which oversees […]

A yet to be identified inmate from Brooklyn, New York allegedly hung himself at the Lancaster Prison on Nov. 19. According to a report in the Nov. 20 Intelligencer Journal, “While Warden Vincent Guarini said the death was ‘definitely’ a suicide, Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said he would not rule on the manner […]

School District of Lancaster Superintendent Pedro Rivera spoke to the Rotary Club of Lancaster about the district’s goals and challenges on Wednesday afternoon. Following brief remarks, he took questions from about ten members of the distinguished service organization. Rivera compared SDL’s mission to Rotary’s, saying that both are service organizations. Whereas Rotary is a community […]

The County Commissioners laid the draft 2009 county budget on the table for public review at their weekly meeting, Wednesday. Despite increasing costs, decreasing revenues, and heavy debt service obligations, the county has managed to craft a budget that does not increase any county taxes. They have done this with across-the-board spending cuts. Each department […]

The search for a new SDL Athletics Director has been narrowed down to three candidates following a second round of interviews on November 6th, Superintendent Pedro Rivera said at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. He told NewsLanc that each candidate is well-qualified and that the district is in the process of determining which is the […]

The contentiousness and rancor exposed at the October meeting meeting of the Lancaster Public Library Board of Trustees was absent at the November. At last month’s meeting, President Karen Haley Field proposed the library move ahead with the renovation of the existing building rather than delay both renovation and expansion to the indefinite future. The […]

At their worksession on Tuesday, the County Commissioners discussed ways to control costs in the 2009 budget. A $5 million gap exists between what the departments are requesting and the county’s ability to pay, according to County Administrator Charles Douts. The commissioners have repeatedly pledged that they will not raise county taxes. Instead, Douts and […]