NewsLanc acquired a map and description of the benefits of a collaborative county / local municipal approach to the Enola Railroad Corridor from the Lancaster County Planning Board. It can be viewed HERE.

The action on March 5 by local Rotary Club president Alexandra Weisensale to summarily and discourteously eject NewsLanc reporter Matt Henderson who had been routinely covering speakers at Rotary meetings appears inconsistent with the spirit and arguably the letter of the Rotary International Regulations. NewsLanc inquired of Rotary International: “Are Rotary meetings held in secret […]

The Chair of Lancaster City Council’s Public Works Committee, Tim Roschel, told NewsLanc today that a meeting between city and county officials to discuss contingency parking at the Amtrak station is being scheduled for “some time in early April.” The meeting will likely include Mr. Roschel as well as Charlotte Katzenmoyer, the city’s Director of […]

In a courageous “In our view” article, the editors of the combined March 8 edition of the Intelligencer Journal / New Era state: “It would be a shame for the Rotary, for all its long history and good works, to get on the wrong side of a First Amendment tussle. Openness has been good for […]

Mayor Joseph Riley of Charleston, S.C., told NewsLanc in an interview following his speech to the Hourglass Foundation, Thursday night, that Charleston’s Convention Center project has been a resounding success. While the majority of people, including the local newspaper, favored the project, the support was far from unanimous. Litigation against the project continued for about […]

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If you visit Rodney Park in the city’s southwest at Rodney and Third streets, you might wonder what has happened to this almost two acres of ground that was deeded to the city in the 1920s and once was a vibrant neighborhood park. Today, rather than being a source of pride, it adds to the […]

According to 5thEstate.com, “Rotary Club members are taught something called ‘The Four Way Test’ that they are urged to apply before ‘we think, say or do anything.’ According to the International Rotary’s website, the test ‘should be to develop and maintain high ethical standards in human relations.’ “ “How did kicking a NewsLanc.com reporter out […]

“Infidel” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an extraordinary autobiography of a women’s journey from a childhood and youth in Somalia, Kenya and Saudi Arabia as a devout fundamentalist Muslim (which included genital mutilation) to an escape to Holland to avoid a forced marriage where over a number of years her entire perspective on life gradually […]

Joseph Riley Jr., the mayor of Charleston, S.C., spoke to an audience of about 200 at Liberty Place in Lancaster, Thursday night. The topic of his talk was urban design, revitalization, and livability. Riley spoke of the need for development to be conducted in a way that is contextually and historically sensitive, and also beautiful […]

Construction is set to begin on the city YMCA’s new home, which will be located at 265 Harrisburg Avenue, between Clipper Magazine Stadium and the Lancaster Arts Hotel. The city YMCA has occupied its current building, at 572 North Queen, since 1967. Executive Director Jeff Kenderdine explained that the new, 42,000 square-foot facility will feature […]

Despite years of effort, the hopes for a rail trail along the old Enola Low Grade Line in the southern portion of Lancaster County, the vision has still not come to fruition. The municipalities went so far as to sue the county to prevent the 23-mile stretch of land running through their backyards from being […]

A very laudatory article appears today (March 5) in the Face Book section entitled “A College President Whose Credentials Stress Taking Care of Business.” The Times reports: “Like a small but growing number of college and university presidents, Mr. Fry earned his stripes outside the classroom, on the business side of higher education. When he […]

Reporter Matt Henderson has been covering Rotary Club meetings for months. However, at the meeting of March 5, 2008, the current president of the local branch, Alexandra Weisensale, approached Henderson and informed him that he would not be allowed to stay because “Rotary is a private club and the press is welcome by invitation only.” […]