The City of Lancaster will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by holding ceremony at Binns Park on Thursday. Starting around noon, “[t]he City’s Police and Fire Honor Guard will begin the event with the Presentation of Colors, followed by remarks from Mayor Gray. ” The J.P. McCaskey High School […]

The multi-million dollar renovations to the County offices at 150 N. Queen St. has been in the news a lot lately. But another place the County houses a number of offices is at 225 West King Street and that property will be the subject of a discussion led by the County Commissioners at their Wednesday, […]

NewsLanc had noted that once a week, Walnut Street just west of Queen Street is obstructed by a tractor trailer parked two thirds across the road, thus creating an obstruction for rush hour traffic. Below is the is response from Sgt. Gary Metzger of the Lancaster City Police explaining why the unloading takes place at […]

“Regarding the NewsLanc article about the Lancaster Alliance: “The streets of hell are paved with good intentions” “There is no question that the Lancaster Alliance has performed community services worthy of a legitimate 501(c)3 organization. Yet whether the Lancaster Alliance is actually a legitimate non-profit can be called into question, based on their past and […]

NewsLanc conducted an extensive interview with Lancaster Alliance President Jack Howell. It seemed clear that the Alliance has done valuable work and often been a positive influence in nurturing and eventually spinning off organizations serving the needs of the City of Lancaster. And contrary to questions raised by the Lancaster Post, it is a legitimate […]

I was rather stunned to read the following on Newslanc regarding Lancaster Alliance Claims: “Through Lancaster Arts, the Lancaster Alliance helped give birth to the practice of ‘First Fridays’ in downtown Lancaster.” Did Howell really say that? If he did, this is what is known as jumping in front of a parade and pretending that […]

by Matt Henderson NewsLanc had the opportunity to sit down with president of the Lancaster Alliance, Jack Howell, Thursday, to learn about who they are and what they do. At the outset Howell took issue with the Lancaster Post’s questioning the legitimacy of the Alliances’ 501(c)3 status which allows contributors to take a partial credit […]

As reported in the Sept. 5 Lancaster Post and belatedly today in the weekday New Era (and ignored by the Intelligencer Journal), a Chester County judge on Aug. 26 has both refused to dismiss the libel suit brought by Molly Henderson against the Lancaster Newspapers and others, and has denied a change of venue from […]

On August 23, NewsLanc sent the following request to the editors-in-chief of the Intelligencer Journal, the New Era, and the Sunday News along with a list of their news staff as presented on each newspaper’s web page: “We have received persistent complaints that the LNP does not engage a significant number of Latinos on its […]

The proposed Home Rule Charter will be the subject of discussion on the television show Pennsylvania Newsmakers this Sunday, September 7, according to the secretary of the Lancaster County Government Study Commission. Study Commission members Sam Mecum, a Democrat, and Heidi Wheaton, a Republican, are expected to appear on Sunday’s program. Pennsylvania Newsmakers is hosted […]

“We’ve been working for many years to get this kind of publicity from a large news organization. Even though the hotel and convention center project is nearing completion, the facts have finally got the kind of attention that they really deserve. “What we have here is a cautionary tale: if taxpayer dollars can be so […]

CEO of the Lancaster Family YMCA Jeff Kenderdine spoke to the Rotary Club of Lancaster, Wednesday afternoon. He provided an overview of the organiation’s mission and where it’s headed in the future. Construction is underway on a new $13 million, three-story, 42,000-square foot city facility. The groundbreaking for that project occurred on July 29th, Kenderdine […]

At Wednesday meeting, the Commissioners approved the acceptance of federal funding to purchase additional voting machines. Chief Clerk of the Board of Elections Mary Stehman said that the bulk of the $379,678.76 in federal funding from the “Help America Vote Act” will be used to purchase 54 additional eSlate and 10 additional eScan machines. eSlate […]