In his Aug. 14 blog “Streetcar city” on LancasterOnLine.com, Gil Smart opines: “One of the more stinging (because it’s valid) criticisms of the local streetcar initiative is that the thing seems to be moving forward – and who voted for this? Has Lancaster City Council voted on anything? No. But we’re buying the streetcars already. […]

by Matt Henderson Interviewed by NewsLanc on Monday, Lancaster’s Chief of Police, Keith Sadler, said the biggest challenge for the city police is “staying progressive enough that you mix modern police tactics and technology with established investigative and patrol tools.” “Unfortunately, sometimes, courts and citizens – because of like, television – actually think that every […]

The Lancaster County Commissioners are expected to approve, Wednesday, $1.875 million in “Urban Enhancement Fund” grants for 15 projects around the County, including streetscape enhancements, security camera installation, and Lancaster Square renovation/demolition in the city. The funding comes from a $25 million bond issue from the County Commissioners in 2005, 80% of which is used […]

In an interview on Monday, NewsLanc asked Lancaster’s Chief of Police, Keith Sadler, to clarify the status of Franklin & Marshall College’s security force. Questions have been raised about the precise powers and legal status of F&M Security since a Jun. 3 incident in which publishers of the Lancaster Post Ron Harper and Chris Hart-Nibbrig […]

NewsLanc’s publisher is vacationing in Ocean City, NJ this this week, so he has to rely on LancasterOnLine to keep up with the news (and at times inanities) of the Lancaster Newspapers. By the early Sunday morning, most if not all of the major articles, columns and editorials are readily available at www.Lancasteronline.com. It’s a […]

“When things really broke in the papers, around May or June of ’99, the only portion of the Ernst & Young report shown to the general public, hoteliers, PDCVB, etc., was the ‘executive summary’ of that report. A number of “deals” were allegedly in the works, with the PDCVB acting as our advocate, to allow […]

“…. I am 100% convinced that everything Jack Howell describes will be built, is moving forward in the very same way as the Convention Center. “For those not involved at that time, the Ernst & Young Report, the sole basis for the [convention center] project and implementation of the hotel tax, was purposely bought and […]

For the past couple of years, McCaskey High School has been trying something new with its students. Call it an experiment, if you will. It’s called “Small Learning Communities (SLCs).” Information provided explains SLCs “contain students and staff who stay together over a period of time and focus on a particular focus or theme.” “While […]

Steve Houser of Reynolds Construction Management reported Thursday that with July’s expenditure of $5,305,330.37, $61,721,503.42 has been expended to date and the Hotel & Convention Center Project is now 58% complete in terms of hard construction dollars. As of July 30th, the construction team as a whole is 30 days behind the original schedule, having […]

The Finance Committee of the School District of Lancaster met, Wednesday evening. Among various contracts and agreements recommended to the full board for approval is an agreement with the wireless provider T-Mobile whereby SDL receives $2,000 a month in exchange for permitting a cellular tower on the roof of Hamilton Elementary School, and the same […]

Your claims of poor transparency for Lancaster General Hospital are off the mark. There are several free online sources of information which the public can turn for information about LGH. There’s certainly more information available about LGH than Lancaster’s two for-profit hospitals, or its very profitable, privately held companies. LGH annually files a public statement […]

The County Commissioners this morning voted to spend $917,494 to preserve 447.46 acres of farmland through contracts of sale of agricultural conservation easements. The County money leverages state and federal dollars to preserve the six family farms in various locations throughout the County. Matt Knepper, the Director of the County’s Agricultural Preserve Board, reported that, […]

At their meeting, Tuesday evening, Lancaster City Council approved a grant application to be submitted by the County on behalf of the county, the city, and Manheim Township, to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to establish a “Transit Revitalization Investment District” in the area roughly surrounding the Lancaster Amtrak Station. The […]

Lancaster City’s “Dinner and a Movie” series continues this week with “The Pursuit of Happyness.” The free movie is showing at 9:00 p.m., Thursday (Aug. 14) at Binns Park. Hole in the Wall Puppet Theater presents a marionette version of “Rumplestiltskin” on Saturday August 16th at 11 a.m. Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre is […]