At the Thursday, June 18 ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lancaster County Convention Center, LCCC Authority Executive Director Kevin Molloy gave a speech to commemorate the opening. Molloy invoked the history of the site, which was once a commercial center for Lancaster City and County, but has sat unused for the last decade. The following video showcases a sample of that speech, along with a first look at the Center’s interior design.

As reported earlier by NewsLanc, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak held a public press conference at Manheim Central High School to discuss the potential impact of the State budget cuts introduced in Senate Bill 850. In the following video, Zahorchak discusses the value of Early Childhood Education—one of the programs that would experience sharp cuts under 850’s reccomendations:

The First Friday of June ’09 was a soggy one. The rains had persisted most of the day and pressed on through the evening hours; but the regular crowd of monthly artwalkers was largely undeterred. Sidewalks along Prince and Queen were clustered with open umbrellas, bobbing from one gallery to the next-even spilling off beyond the typical track of Gallery Row.