In a surprisingly welcome moment during Thursday afternoon’s Public Relations, Marketing, & Hospitality Committee meeting of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority, Interim Executive Director and Chair Art Morris announced that the Authority will revisit the controversial contract that awards certain naming priorities to the Convention Center to S. Dale High and shares 50% of […]

In in his Intelligencer Journal column of Jan. 18 headed “Like it or not, it is time to talk TND,” Jeff Hawkes leads by saying “In a democracy, the will of the people is sometimes going to frustrate common sense.” There is no arguing with that. But as philanthropist George Soros has opined “A well […]

Lancaster General won final approval of its plan to add a 4,000 sq. ft. addition to its College of Nursing & Health Sciences at 410 N. Lime St., from the Lancaster City Planning Commission, Wednesday night. The city planners approved the action with the qualifications that the College install a sewer module required by the […]

The following item pertaining to the Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre is from the web site of Kohn Swift & Graf, P. C. of Philadelphia, one of two law firms representing former commissioner Molly Henderson in her suit against the Lancaster Newspapers and others: On October 27, 2006, in Joseph v. The Scranton Times, LP, et […]

Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich is challenging the New Hampshire primary and calling for a recount. A video from Black Box Voting allegedly shows a Diebold ballot counting machine being hacked by switching memory cards. The test showed everything normal, then they fed in 10 optically marked ballots — 7 Yes and 3 No — and […]

Any experienced business person would wince at the apparent business ineptitude and wanton abuse of journalistic prerogatives enumerated in the Henderson vs. Lancaster Newspapers suit. For years, many have speculated about the business acumen of Lancaster Newspapers’ chair, Jack Buckwalter. But to see offense upon offense as described in the law suit leads one to […]

When the County Commissioners entered the Courthouse to conduct their weekly meeting, Wednesday morning, they found a packed room. Some 30 County residents, many of them children, came out in support of a Lancaster County Parks Naturalist they say was unfairly terminated on December 21 of last year. “I know her to be an intelligent, […]

Due to the media’s First Amendment rights, former commissioner Molly Henderson’s suit again the Lancaster Newspapers et al. will have to surmount a higher standard of proof than would have been required for a suit against an individual. The controlling case in law is New York Times vs. Sullivan. The following is an excerpt from […]

NewsLanc has learned that former County Commissioner Molly Henderson’s lawsuit against Lancaster Newspapers was filed in Chester County. Lawsuits can be initiated and heard in any county in which the defendant does business. Lancaster newspapers are sold in Chester County. It is regrettable that the Convention Center Authority’s and Penn Square Partners’ lawsuits against the […]

At long last justice may be done! Molly Henderson has brought suit against Lancaster Newspapers for their biased misrepresentation of her over the course of the battle pertaining to a county guarantee of convention center debt. She is asking $50,000 plus punitive damages. It is the punitive damages that the monopoly newspapers need to fear […]

At their weekly work session, Tuesday, the County Commissioners appointed Dennis Stuckey to the Agricultural Preserve Board and to the board of the County Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Craig Lehman was assigned to the Board of the Lancaster County Conservation District and to the Workforce Investment Board. Additional assignments will likely follow.

Traditional Neighborhood Development ordinances have come into vogue in recent years. They are an attempt to recapture some of the design aspects of cities and towns from the past. Yet they can unnecessarily increase construction costs, generate high maintenance expenses for municipalities and home owners, and undermine public safety. Part of the problem is caused […]