Construction activities for the renovations to the Lancaster Amtrak station will not begin until February or March of 2009, NewsLanc learned this morning. A construction groundbreaking had previously been pushed back from “late summer” to “fall” to “December,” but has been delayed again. Jim Cowhey, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Planning Commission, explained that […]
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Sides Spar in Home Rule Debate at F&M
Government Study Commission representatives of both the “pro” and “con” sides on the Home Rule Charter got to make their points in a well-attended debate at Franklin & Marshall College, Tuesday night. The approximately 1.5 hour debate was hosted by the League of Women Voters and attended by some 135 members of the public, including […]
What’s happening around Lancaster this week?
Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m, the League of Woman Voters is hosting a debate on the proposed Home Rule Charter to appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. The debate will be held in the Booth-Ferris Room in the Steinman College Center at Franklin & Marshall College. Speaking in support of the Charter will be […]
Not learning from experience!
Below are two photos of the street car on display at the intersection of Prince and Chestnut Streets and described by Mayor Rick Gray as “Public Art.” Gray is an exponent of bringing trolley cars back to Lancaster Streets. In “A City Transformed”, author David Schuyler looks back to the first half of the 20th […]
Judge orders F & M to allow Harper to attend debate
The Lancaster Independent Press (http://www.lipnews1.com) reports: ” A Lancaster Judge ruled today that Franklin & Marshall College must let Ron Harper, Jr., co-publisher of the Lancaster Post, attend the public Home Rule debate tomorrow on their property. Harper filed an Emergency Petition and Franklin & Marshall College unbelievably fought it in court today. Harper represented […]
League of Women Voters Sponsors Home Rule debate
“On Tuesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m., the League of Women Voters will be sponsoring a debate on the Home Rule Charter. The debate will be held in the Booth-Ferris Room in the Steinman College Center at Franklin & Marshall College. “Speaking in support of the Charter will be Government Study Commission Chair Carol Phillips […]
League of Women Voters Criticizes New Era Practice
In response to a NewsLanc inquiry soliciting the view of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania on the New Era’s publishing of morning exit poll results in its election day afternoon edition, the following reply was received from Lora Lavin, Vice President for Issues and Action: “At the national level the League has historically […]
TRRAAC attorney fires back at F&M; Charges false allegations
In an Oct. 20 letter to Keith Orris of Franklin & Marshall College, TRRAAC attorney William Cluck denies that he misrepresented the contents of EPA reports he has obtained and raises a number of important questions as to whether asbestos containing materials were dumped at the proposed railyard relocation site, at the former Lancaster Brickyard […]
Does this sound familiar?
“What seems in retrospect to have been an inexplicable decision, an unacceptable risk, may have been the result of a desire to move forward quickly after years of frustrating delay; perhaps it reflected the certitude that a well connected local developer would act in the best interest of the city.” From “A City Transformed, 1940 […]
EDITORIAL: Post like the little girl with a curl
THE Oct. 17 edition of the Lancaster Post reminds us of the childhood ditty: “There was a little girl with a curl in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very very good. When she was bad, she was horrid.” Artie See’s “A View From Downtown” is valid indictment of those […]
LETTER: Chamber controlled by elite players
“I believe ‘C of C support of homerule troublesome’ is partially correct. “Like the PDCVB, the Chamber, while at face value a democratic member-centric organization, is controlled by the larger elite players and power brokers from within its ranks that typically control its board. For instance, many of those who compose the Lancaster Alliance…coincidentally where […]
LETTER: C of C support of Home Rule troublesome
“I still want to know why the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry,which exists ONLY to promote the interests of businesses in Lancaster County (and gets most of its funding from its largest and most powerful members), is spending such a large amount of its members’ contributions in an attempt to get the voters to […]
CC marketing team continues to struggle to add events
Only one additional opening-year event was added during the month of September, Director of Marketing for the Lancaster County Convention Center said Thursday. Two 2009 events were booked last month but a third meeting planner canceled an event resulting in a net gain of only one. The number of booked events for 2009 stands at […]