I was at the City Council committee meeting where this proposal was first introduced. The newspaper has been doing a TERRIBLE job of explaining this proposal to the public. F&M does indeed want to require ALL students to live on campus. Period. F&M has had far too many issues with students living in apartments that […]

According to the Feb. 19 USAToday, car dealership ad spending on newspapers has plunged over the past decade from a 52% share in 1996 to 27% in 2006. Over the comparable period, the Internet has become a competitor and in 2006 had 12% of the auto ad market. Surprisingly, both radio and TV have increased […]

In the recent article Council of Churches Provides Winter Homeless Shelters we failed to note that Shaarai Shomayim Synagogue also participates in the program. We regret the omission and thank visitors who pointed it out.

Bill Keising, author of The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna, commented to Newslanc.com concerning the Feb. 17 articles in the Sunday News as follows: “We have to get to the bottom of all the issues surrounding the death of Jonathan Luna if we want to solve his murder. It’s unacceptable that the FBI refuses to […]

The Feb. 17th Sunday News articles on the missing $35,000 in evidence from the Baltimore Court House the day before the early morning murder of Assistant U. S. Attorney Jonathan Luna misses the point: Luna was murdered in Lancaster County. There is an abundance of evidence that the FBI was complicit in illegal activities that […]

Kudos to Ron Harper, Jr., of 5thEstate.com for taking the County Commissioners to task for canceling their meeting 9:15 AM meeting on Feb. 13th due to weather conditions and then convening it later in the morning. According to the Feb. 17 Sunday News, the commissioners have consented to allow discussion and a new vote on […]

From the New York Times of Feb. 16: “Black voters are heavily represented in the 94th Election District in Harlem’s 70th Assembly District. Yet according to the unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary last week, not a single vote in the district was cast for Senator Barack Obama. “That anomaly was not unique. […]

Despite several tries, New York City couldn’t fix the Central Park ice skating rink. Floors at the newly opened McCaskey East were in danger of collapse. The future Lancaster County Office Building hobbles towards completion and suffers expensive cost overruns. Why are government run projects plagued by problems compared with projects sponsored by the private […]

Yesterday, we reported on Stauffers of Kissel Hill’s plans to expand their current supermarket and garden facility by an additional 46,000 square feet. Just around the corner, the Giant on Columbia Avenue has some expansion plans of their own up their sleeves. Having already been remodeled in 1992, 1994, and 2001, this year they plan […]

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At Wednesday’s County Commissioners’ meeting, Chairman Dennis Stuckey informed the public that the meeting was canceled. A few hours later, Stuckey, Scott Martin, and Craig Lehman held a public meeting at which they deliberated and took official action. That meeting was illegal, which means the current Board of Commissioners VIOLATED THE SUNSHINE LAW. Imagine if […]

Construction is under way at Stauffers of Kissel Hill on Rohrerstown road. The current 32,000 square-foot facility, which houses both a garden center and supermarket will be expanded to a 78,000 square-foot one, according to Paul Stauffer, Director of Marketing and Branding, and company executive. “We’ll bring the complete shopping atmosphere to the shoppers in […]

According to the Associated Press, “The Senate Ethics Committee said Wednesday that Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, acted improperly in relation to a sex sting last June. Craig, here on Capitol Hill in September, had sought to withdraw his guilty plea after his arrest for allegedly soliciting sex at a Minneapolis airport. “In a letter to […]