After over an hour of spirited discussion, the Board of Trustees of the Lancaster Public Library voted 6-2 to reject Board President Karen Haley Field’s proposal that the library move forward with a renovation-only plan as opposed to its earlier intention to both renovate the existing building and add a two story, 18,000 square foot […]
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Gray issues statement refining, clarifying position on streetcars
Following questioning from concerned citizens and from NewsLanc at the October 14 meeting of City Council and his public statement at that meeting that the streetcar on display at the corner of Chesnut & Prince Streets is “public art,” Mayor Gray on Tuesday read into the record the following statement, of which NewsLanc has obtained […]
What’s happening around Lancaster this week?
On Sunday, November 2nd, the instrumental ensemble Trans Siberian Orchestra comes to the Giant Center in Hershey. The concert is at 3:00 p.m. Tickets start at $39.50. Visit http://www.hersheypa.com/events/giant_center for further information. On Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 5:00 p.m., “Find out how public art can play a key role in creating a vibrant community in […]
Drivers must stop for pedestrians in cross walks
NewsLanc received the following clarification from a representative of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in response to our difficulty in determining from the Drivers Manual the law concerning pedestrians standing in cross walks: I am responding to your recent inquiry regarding crosswalks and crosshatches. On page 39 of our Pennsylvania Driver’s License manual it states […]
County reaches 1,000 preserved farms
Lancaster County has reached a milestone. At their weekly Wednesday meeting, the County Commissioners are expected to approve the expenditure of $686,320 in county money to preserve 259.83 additional acres of land on three area farms. With this action, Lancaster County will have preserved 1,000 farms, totaling just under 80,000 acres. Preservation is achieved when […]
Library’s renovation in balance
The Board of Trustees of the Lancaster Public Library will meet at 4:00 PM today, Tuesday, to decide whether to move ahead with plans to fully renovate and upgrade the building or to postpone the project for several years until sufficient funds can be raised to both renovate and expand the facility. A state Keystone […]
Misaligned elevator shaft costs LCCCA $86,000
The base for an elevator shaft within the Convention Center has been misaligned, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority Kevin Molloy announced Monday night. A hole drilled for a freight elevator shaft is nine inches off, Molloy said. The error has resulted in an $86,000 change order to re-drill and correct the […]
Armstrong comes through with $3M grant for Convention Center
State Sen. Gib Armstrong has committed $3 million in contingency funds for the struggling convention center. Chairman of the Convention Center Authority Board, Art Morris, said that Armstrong finally promised the funding in a phone conversation between the two on Monday afternoon. The $3 million will be granted specifically to the Convention Center Authority and […]
F & M’s John Fry continues to hide from interviews
NewsLanc requested an interview with John Fry, President of Franklin & Marshall College. Media Relations Director Dulcey Antonucci replied to reporter Matt Henderson that F & M would deny an interview because they feel that NewsLanc “lacks journalistic ethics.” Fry claims Field was unfair to Berwood Yost in the interview about Yost’s street car survey. […]
Former operator warns against street cars
In a letter to the New Era posted Oct. 25, Alan W. Bixby disclosed that “some years ago” he operated trolleys for what has become SEPTA (South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) and explains why trolleys are dangerous and how they obstruct traffic. Bixby says “Problems that arise from light-rail service are accidents from people boarding […]
New Mexico first to pass "Good Samaritan" law
The following is excerpted from an article by Tony Newman of the Drug Policy Alliance posted at the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/heath-ledgers-tragic-over_b_113673.html “….New Mexico broke ground last year when the State legislature passed and Governor Bill Richardson signed the first “911 Good Samarian” law that provides immunity from arrest to witnesses of overdose who summon […]
EDITORIAL: A three part tragedy
The Intelligencer Journal reported on Oct. 23 that “Police charged a Lititz teenager Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly injecting a Manheim Central High School senior with a lethal dose of heroin at a sleepover party.” This tragedy was a triple failure on the part of the boy and the girl, and indirectly on our […]
Are drivers required to stop for pedestrians in cross walks?
NewsLanc searched the Drivers Manual published by the Department and Motor Vehicles and could not find any reference to this common situation. We then contacted the City Police and Officer Gary Metzger advised us that drivers are obliged to stop. He referred us to the following Statute: “Pa. Vehicle Code Section 3542 Right-of-way of pedestrians […]
The Battle of Rotary: Service Org Hosts Hot Home Rule Debate
In a veritable redux of their Tuesday night debate at F&M, members of the Government Study Commission went at it again in front of the Rotary Club of Lancaster on Wednesday afternoon. Government Study Commission (GSC) member Gregory Sahd spoke against the proposed Home Rule Charter. He is one of 3 GSC members who voted […]