Admisssions Office Meg Swift of Harvard University, one of 35 of the school’s world traveling representatives, addressed potential applicants from throughout the county on Wednesday evening in the library of J. P. McCaskey High School. She provided a short video and, along with distinguished local graduates of Harvard, answered questions from the students. The main […]

The economy is ultimately what did in Arizona Sen. John McCain in the presidential race, prominent local pollster and political commentator G. Terry Madonna told the Rotary Club of Lancaster on Wednesday. Madonna said that historical poll data suggests that when economies turn sour, voters turn on the incumbent party. “Not since the Great Depression […]

The Lancaster County Planning Commission is applying to the National Parks Service for $65,150 in federal funds under the federal Preserve America initiative to “assist in the completion of the Lancaster County Historic Resource Inventory.” The application was approved by the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners at their weekly meeting on Wednesday. It’s an effort […]

Lancaster City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to make application with the state for grants that will assist in renovations to the market house and for a restoration to the facades of the Stevens & Smith buildings, which adjoin the nascent Convention Center. Central Market is expecting $3.5 million and the Historic Stevens & […]

There is an ordinance in the City of Lancaster which states that no bicycling or skateboarding on sidewalks is permitted within one square block of Penn Square. Tuesday night at city council was the first reading of a revision, which would expand that prohibited area to include all of the Downtown Improvement District, which is […]

Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m., there is a meeting of Lancaster City Council in their chambers at Southern Market Center at S. Queen & Vine. The agenda can be found here. All city residents and taxpayers are welcome to attend. Starting November 11, Rainbow Dinner Theatre is showing Deck the Halls and Clean the […]

The Railroad Action & Advisory Committee (TRRAAC) held a press conference late this morning to explain why they are appealing the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s October 3 approval of Franklin & Marshall College’s Remedial Investigation Report and Cleanup Plan for the former Lancaster Brickyard waste site. The appeal, which was filed last Thursday, asserts […]

In his October 28th statement to City Council, Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray said, “In those cities where streetcar systems have been implemented, such as Portland, Oregon, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, the streetcars have been a success and have led to additional economic development and expansion of the original systems.” An important difference, however, is neglected. In […]

NewsLanc has received the following notice from the School Lane Hills Neighborhood Association: The Manheim Township Commissioners will hold a Public Meeting Thursday, November 13, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Manheim Township Middle School Auditorium on School Road. Representatives from the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority and Franklin & Marshall […]

A Nov. 9th Sunday News Business Section article “Divergent generations converging on the city” is occasion for reflection, especially in view of information gleaned from “A City Transformed, 1940-1980” by F & M Professor David Schuyler. The article discusses the trend of empty nesters and young professional to locate downtown, a phenomenon long common in […]

According to a Nov. 8 article at NewsMax.com, the election returns between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat challenger Al Franken are undergoing a recount. “Minnesota ballots are fed into optical scanners, which depend on voters filling in ovals to make their choice.” This is how most voters cast their ballots in Lancaster. A […]

As part of our ongoing reporting on various Lancaster organizations, NewsLanc visited Conestoga View to see how the nursing home has been doing since the controversial 2005 sale by the county to its proprietary operator. As Administrator Jennifer Zufall and Business Development Specialist Joni Bockey led a tour of the public areas and a residential […]

Fall 2007 / 2008 – Records for Varsity Sports School District of Lancaster 2007 / 2008 Football 3-7 / 0-10Boys’ Soccer 1-17 / 6-12Boys’ XC 13-8 / 12-9Field Hockey 2–16 / 3-15Girls’ XC 10–11 / 7-14 Girls’ Volleyball 3–14 / 6-12Girls’ Tennis 1–13 / 2-11