Mike Myers, the Operations Manager for KCI – the construction firm managing the renovations to the County’s 150 N. Queen St. administrative building – gave the County Commissioners a brief update on the project’s progress, Wednesday morning. The project is roughly 65% complete, Myers reported. The targeted completion date for the renovations is still July […]

Lancaster City’s “Dinner and a Movie” series continues this week with the film” Singin‘ In the Rain.” It’s showing Thursday, July 31 at 9:00 p.m. in Binns Park. Admission is free. Friday, August 1st is First Friday in downtown Lancaster. Over 60 galleries, museums, shops, and restaurants extend their hours. First Friday runs from 5:00 […]

With the renovations to 150 N. Queen Street, the Amtrak Station makeover, the need to construct a new county morgue and, quite possibly, a new county prison, the new County Commissioners are really starting to feel the squeeze. Having ridden into office on a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment and promises of fiscal responsibility, they are […]

As reported in the July 29 Intelligencer Journal, comments by Pedro Rivera who assumed the position of Superintendent of the School District of Lancaster earlier this month evince both naivety and a misguided attempt to build good will. For example Rivera states: “The school district also is blessed with an experienced, well-trained staff of administrators, […]

(Editor’s note: The following is from a bulletin from the National Apartment Association.) New Jersey towns cannot prohibit convicted sex offenders from living near places such as schools, playgrounds and day care centers, a state appeals court ruled recently. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel said Megan’s Law is the exclusive law governing the […]

The recently announced design for parking to the west side of the Amtrak Station tends to maximize the space at hand, but the treatment in front of and to the east of the station is disappointing, only accommodating 28 vehicles, far less than currently exists. Unlike the existing condition, there is no parallel or perpendicular […]

Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of an April article: Many of us can recall times when McCaskey High School was a strong contender in county and state-wide sports. But not now. On the positive side, McCaskey youths continue to excel in boys’ and girls’ basketball with 22 and 5 and 17 and 11 […]

NewsLanc has been sitting on evidence of bungling, ineptitude and total failure to properly administer the School District of Lancaster’s athletic program. Our preference was for behind the scenes discussions that would spare public criticism and discord. Meetings were held last spring with Athletic Director Allen McCloud and later Assistant Superintendant Drue Miles with McCloud […]

According a July 22 editorial in the New Era, Commissioner Craig Lehman, a Democrat, has proposed a 1% county sales tax with the funds to be applied to reducing county real estate taxes. Traditionally, the more affluent Republicans favor such a regressive tax because, proportionate to incomes, it falls far heavier on the poor and […]

NewsLanc forwarded a copy of “Verizon’s explanation for removal of Lancaster Post Box” to Ron Harper, Co-Publisher of the Lancaster Post and asked if he cared to comment. Below is his response: The Verizon manager, Lance Dunlop did indeed call me the first time to tell me about the box. I accused him of being […]

The City of Lancaster’s Dinner and a Movie series continues this week with Harold & Maude (1971). The film shows at 9:00 p.m. on Thrusday, July 24 in Binns Park. Admission is free. The Lancaster Barnstormers play home games against the Newark Bears, Thursday the 24th, Friday, the 25th, and Saturday the 26th at 7 […]

The following was the response from Sharon Shaffer, Verizon Media Relations representative, concerning the reason for the removal of the Lancaster Post circulation box two weeks ago from the corner of Marietta Avenue and School Lane. The box had been chained to a Verizon pole in the street right-of-way in front of the residence provided […]

At their weekly meeting, Wednesday, the County Commissioners announced that the engineering firm Herbert, Rowland, & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) has been hired effective July 23, 2008 to serve as the County Engineer. Headquartered in Harrisburg, HRG has a lancaster branch office in operation since 1989 in the Greenfield Corporate Center with approximately 30 employees. HRG […]

NewsLanc readers have asked whether the plans for the Lititz Pike Bridge, scheduled for construction in 2012, align with the plans for the Lancaster City Amtrak Station renovations. So we asked James Cowhey, the Executive Director of the Lancaster County Planning Commission at Wednesday morning’s Commissioners meeting. His response was as follows: “The bridge will […]