Recently added articles from Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA:
July 4 - All 2 Weeks Of It - Starts Tonight ; City's Urban Youth Showcase, Concert And Fireworks Launch Local Celebrations Of Nation's Birthday.
Jun 26, 2009; ... With the hanging of American flags around the city, things arewarming up for tonight's Celebrate Lancaster!, an early Fourth ofJuly event. Today flags adorned lightposts on the first blocks of King andQueen streets, a patriotic prelude to the performances and fireworksthat will ...
City Man Injured In Shooting
Jun 26, 2009; ... A 20-year-old Lancaster City man arrived at a local hospitalearly today with two gunshot wounds to his leg, police said, and ashaky story about how he got that way. According to Lancaster City police, officers were dispatched tothe first block of North Ann Street just after 2:30 ...
Center's 1St Convention A Success ; Attendees Enjoy Exploring Downtown, Mayor Says.
Jun 26, 2009; ... As mayors, council members and officials from across the statewrap up their annual convention today, host Rick Gray said there hasbeen just one problem: keeping people in the sessions. From the new Lancaster County Convention Center and integratedMarriott Lancaster at Penn Square ...
Funky, Folky, Fabulous ; Former Heritage Center Director Selling His Eclectic Collection In New Online Venture.
Jun 26, 2009; ... LONG BEFORE HE became director of the Heritage Center ofLancaster County in 1993, Peter Seibert was into collecting thingsof the past. As a little kid, it was minerals and fossils. As a teenager, it was military items, which he arranged in hisown museum in the basement of his ...
Pa. Takes Aim At Contractor Rip-Offs
Jun 26, 2009; ... Home improvement rip-offs have been one of the most common typesof fraud in Pennsylvania for years. Starting Wednesday, state officials hope that will no longer bethe case. That's when the state Home Improvement Consumer Protection Actgoes into effect, putting new, tough ...
Late Advocate Honored
Jun 26, 2009 ... A posthumous award was given to Ron Barrett at the annualPennsylvania Association for Non-Profit Homes for the Agingconference Thursday. The former executive director of United Zion RetirementCommunity, Lititz, was named Advocate of the Year for his pioneeringefforts for senior ...
Woman Tells Police Stolen Rings Returned
Jun 26, 2009; ... All she wanted was to get her rings back - and she did. Vicki Stutz told Manheim Township police someone put her missingrings - a wedding ring and a diamond engagement ring worth $16,000and reported stolen last month from a health club - in a whiteenvelope and dropped them in her ...
A New Beginning
Jun 26, 2009; ... This afternoon, Sheree Shoemaker delivered folded copies of theLancaster New Era to homes along her Martic Township route. As usual, she enjoyed the reaction of dogs to the treats shestuffed inside the papers' protective wrappers. "You can just see the expression on their ...
A Note To Our Readers
Jun 26, 2009 ... Starting Monday, the Lancaster New Era will merge with theIntelligencer Journal in a combined Monday through Saturday morningpublication. The new newspaper will contain news reports from a merged staffof New Era and Intell writers. And it will contain features drawnfrom both ...
It's Official: Smithgall Running For Mayor Again ; Former Mayor Challenging Incumbent Gray In November.
Jun 26, 2009; ... Charlie Smithgall - Lancaster's most famous cannoneer - wants totake another shot. The former two-term city mayor announced this morning that hewill seek a third term in City Hall. His announcement late this morning, comes nearly four years afterhis re-election loss to ...
Learning To Adapt
Jun 26, 2009; ... Like many others here at Lancaster Newspapers, I will be losingmy job today, when the New Era publishes its final afternoonedition. As I sit down to write this last column, it gives me a chance toreflect on the 10 years I've been here, and to remember that I'venever been someone ...
High Notes Red, White And Blue Grandparents
Jun 26, 2009; ... People, Places & Things Susan Jurgelski Award The Pennsylvania Academy of Music has jointly presented RobertSchoener and Alan Wyand, both of Lancaster, with the 2009 Volunteerof the Year Award. They were honored for outstanding service at the school's ...
Disregard For The Past Andrew Wagnerquarryville
Jun 26, 2009 ... While I find it amusing that letter writer Joanne Hershey advisesdrivers traveling Route 272 to slow down because of a policepresence, while rejoicing the end of an underpass that did the samething with no cost to the taxpayer, the much greater emotion I feelis that of sorrow. I ...
Senior 'Hall Of Fame' Myrtice Harnlynew Holland
Jun 26, 2009 ... "Growing old is in your imagination," some say. "You're as old asyou think," remark others. "Who are you trying to kid?" say others.Still, others say, "My arthritis is killing me. Never grow old. It'sno fun." Yes, all this is true, but we spend a few years trying to growup, ...
Devoted Reader Fondly Remembers New Era Peggie Lauber Millerlancaster Township
Jun 26, 2009 ... Farewell to what was and hello to what is coming. This Monday will end a 32-year friendship I have had with the NewEra newspaper. I remember moving here in 1977 and beginning to read the New Era.Over the years, I have seen cub reporters advance to having theirown columns. I ...
Camp Mack's Great Susan Matthewscub Pack 159Mountville
Jun 26, 2009 ... On June 22, 23 and 24, my son and I had the privilege ofattending Cub Scout Resident camp at J.E. Mack Scout Reservation inNewmanstown. I would like to thank Angie and Kent for providing uswith three days of camping that we will always remember. The staff was wonderful (Tom, John, ...
'Conestogo' Author Was In It For Fun ; Bombing Of Buchanan Park Stones For Low-Grade Bridges
Jun 26, 2009; ... Isaac R. Horst, who has been mentioned from time to time in thiscolumn, died last November at his home in Ontario, Canada. He was 90years old. The Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at MillersvilleUniversity has just published a memorial tribute containing some ofHorst's ...
New Era, Intell Adapt To Change
Jun 26, 2009 ... On more than a few occasions of late, the editor of thisnewspaper feels as though he has slipped inadvertently into one ofthose old, black-and-white horror flicks in which a perfectlyhealthy man finds himself locked in a coffin. "Wait a second," he shouts. "Don't bury me. I'm ...
Cycle Ride Aids Abused Animals
Jun 26, 2009 ... A 100-mile motorcycle ride through parts of both Lancaster andLebanon counties will be held Saturday, Aug. 15. Proceeds from theride will go to the Humane League of Lancaster County to help abusedanimals. Tiny's Ride is named for an abused dog who has no feet. The ride will ...
Foundation For Blind Names Charity For Countian
Jun 26, 2009 ... Polly Abel, of Lancaster, is the namesake of a new charitablesociety at Susquehanna Association of the Blind. Her years of service sparked the Pauline W. Abel Society,established by the Susquehanna Foundation for the Blind in November. "We chose her as the individual we wanted ...