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Whether your idea of celebrating the holidays is to sit on the couches at Zoetropolis and listen to a sock puppet musical or participate in a bar crawl with people in silly costumes, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
It's the most wonderful time of the year — or, at least it is for events in Lancaster County.
The jury found Stennett, 32, guilty of attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and carrying a firearm without a license.
A Lancaster County jury convicted Daijour L. Stennett for shooting another man multiple times after the man threw something at Stennett’s car in November 2021.
Whether your idea of celebrating the holidays is to sit on the couches at Zoetropolis and listen to a sock puppet musical, or participate in a bar crawl with people in silly costumes, there's something for everyone to enjoy. Here are seven events to check out in Lancaster County this weekend.
It's the most wonderful time of the year — or, at least it is for events in Lancaster County.
The restaurant at 28 S. Market St. was opened in November 2018 by Gerson Morales-Pinzon, who offered a “Latin fusion” menu that included Caribbean dishes as well as tacos and burritos. Morales-Pinzon announced the planned closing in a Facebook post where he noted that his food truck will continue once the weather gets warmer.
Fuego Latino, a Latin and Caribbean restaurant in downtown Elizabethtown, will close at the end of December.
Five Lancaster County cultural organizations received a total of $46,753 in support grants from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, the state agency announced Wednesday.
Five Lancaster County cultural organizations received a total of $46,753 in support grants from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, the state agency announced Wednesday, Dec. 7.
The beloved institution, formerly located in Paradise, reopened in its new Middletown location in 2021. The collection is currently housed in a leased building located two miles away from the Stone Gables Estates property in Elizabethtown.
Find out what's new at the National Christmas Center and what other holiday events are happening at the Stone Gables Estate.
Gary Boas has lived many lives over his 71 years, and several might make you blush.
In between dancing on Broadway and attending photo gallery shows in Europe, he is simply Gary, born in Lancaster and living in the same home that his mother left him when she died when Boas was 24.
Gary Boas has lived many lives over his 71 years, and several might make you blush.
From a holiday cabaret to a night of African American spirituals, and from an opera about an Underground Railroad conductor to one about a famous TV chef, Penn Square will present concerts and theatrical events at four different venues around Lancaster from this month through April.
The Penn Square Music Festival will serve up a movable feast for the ears throughout its 2022-23 season.
Volunteers with Toys For Tots will distribute the 60,000 toys next week, a culmination of donations big and small, with local businesses providing everything from checks to a used forklift to help move the toys from one spot to another.
From the outside, the former Sears Auto Shop at Park City is just that – a building formerly with a year-round purpose, waiting for a sprucing up.
Penn Manor (4) and Manheim Township (3) led the way for the L-L, who had nine teams with at least one player receiving honors.
The Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association announced its state all-star teams Wednesday morning and 17 Lancaster-Lebanon League players made the lists.
The long-awaited “Lancaster Welcoming Mural” was officially dedicated Tuesday in Lancaster. The new artwork is on the eastern wall of Ganse Apothecary on W. King St.
Despite being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-awaited “Lancaster Welcoming Mural” was officially dedicated Tuesday in Lancaster. City officials, project sponsors and collaborators and the painting’s designer, Cuban American
Fossi’s fifth season with the Crusaders stands alone in school history. Catholic finished 17-6-2, won a Lancaster-Lebanon League playoff game and earned silver medals at districts and states.
Bryan Fossi set a lofty goal before Lancaster Catholic stepped on the field for its first game. He wanted his team to compete with the top dogs in District Three.
A request for proposals from those looking for a share of that money is posted on the bid-management website PennBid.net. The deadline to apply is 11 a.m. Jan. 23.
Winning proposals will get money toward capital projects that “support public programs, improve quality of life and public health, create economic opportunity and promote equitable outcomes for residents,” according to the request.
Lancaster officials plan to spend at least $5 million of the city’s unallocated American Rescue Plan Act money to fund projects lumped into a broad category they are calling “community
It’s part of more than $1 million in Education Improvement Tax Credit funding going to Catholic schools recognized by the Diocese of Harrisburg. Nearly 10,000 students attend Catholic schools in the diocese, which includes 15 counties.
Four Lancaster County Catholic schools are expected to receive $298,000 in tuition scholarships for the 2023-24 school year.
The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad. Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist whose months-long imprisonment on drug charges brought unprecedented attention to the population of wrongful detainees.
Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner is a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap comes at a time of
According to a video shared by state House Democrats, a Delaware County judge swore in state Rep. Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia, on Wednesday during an unpublicized ceremony on the floor of the chamber. That means she is now the presiding officer of the state House until the new session begins Jan. 3, her office said.
Republican leaders called the move a “paperwork insurrection,” and a top GOP source indicated the increasingly messy dispute would end up in court.
HARRISBURG — Democrats say they are now in control of the Pennsylvania House after their top leader had herself sworn in a month before the new legislative session begins in
Luis Oscar Sanchez, a father of two, was shot while having a night out at a Lancaster city sub shop. Wakiel Jones Jr., who previously spent time in prison for gun and drug offenses, was found shot to death in a city alleyway. Lamar Lewis was shot and killed as he sat in a car in a residential Columbia neighborhood.
But more than a week later, their killers remain at large.
Three men were shot dead within less than 3 days in Lancaster County last week.
Customers of Strasburg Borough Authority are advised to boil their drinking water until notified otherwise, according to a news release Wednesday from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The release says the authority detected “natural contaminants” in one of its six water sources.
Customers of Strasburg Borough Authority are advised to boil their drinking water until notified otherwise, according to a news release Wednesday from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
On Wednesday, the board of commissioners approved a $30,000 add-on to its ballot-sorting machine to allow election workers to sort mail-in ballots into more localized groups. Next year, election officials will group mail-in ballots by the county’s 19 school districts, rather than its nine state legislative districts, as they did in 2022.
The 2023 municipal primary likely will see far fewer voters weigh in on a slew of local races, but lower turnout doesn’t mean election administration will be a cake walk
We have gathered some of the local events for you to help your planning.
Holiday season is in full swing in Lancaster County, and there are dozens of ways to celebrate.
Entries are due by Friday at noon. Get yours in before the voting begins on Saturday, Dec. 10.
It’s time to deck the halls!
Standing on the cusp of a new year, less than a month away, our question is about hope rather than resolutions.
Mohamed Sheasha said he and Ahmed Ayad are adding a second location because business has been improving the last several years at the original restaurant.
The owners of Centerville Diner are adding a second restaurant at the former home of Country Table in Mount Joy Borough, which closed in April.
This year, 122 puppies from shelters across 34 states will compete in the Puppy Bowl on one of two teams: Team Ruff or Team Fluff.
Five of Lancaster County's cutest four-legged friends will compete in next year's Puppy Bowl.
Over 500 big rigs are expected to take part in the annual truck convoy, which will follow a 26-mile route around Manheim and Mount Joy, with wish recipients riding along.
The 2023 Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy will return this spring to the Manheim auto auction for the second straight year.
Preservation Pennsylvania recognized more than a dozen restoration projects in its annual awards, including three in Lancaster County.
Starting to pick up the pace with the L-L League girls basketball schedule, with eight games on Tuesday’s docket — all of the nonleague variety. Here’s the roundup and some notables …
Starting to pick up the pace with the L-L League girls basketball schedule, with eight games on Tuesday’s docket — all of the nonleague variety. Here’s the roundup and some
The band will perform different sets each day (with the occasional Christmas song or two), so people who purchase two-day tickets get a different experience each time.
It wouldn't be Christmas in Lancaster city without Christmas Burns Red, the event that puts Grammy-nominated metalcore band August Burns Red on a hometown stage.
Six-year-old Kalvin Swartzendruber spent last Christmas recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his kidney and undergoing chemotherapy. Throughout his treatment, he’d watch videos of roller coasters like the Incredicoaster at Disney California Adventure Park.
This year during the holiday season, the Elizabethtown resident will get to ride the real-life Incredicoaster with his family while celebrating being cancer-free.
Read and see more ... https://lanc.news/3VD3qJP
OPINION: We’ve been disappointed by Wolf’s lack of follow-through before. Here’s a partial list.
THE ISSUE
Monday’s planning commission meeting was moved to the middle school auditorium to accommodate an expected large turnout. At least 140 people attended the meeting, which lasted a little more than three hours.
Residents against plans to build a shopping center and nearly 3 million square feet of warehouse space in Mount Joy Township have some momentum heading into January hearings where supervisors
Police have closed Raspberry Lane from East Orange Street to Lockup Lane.
A section of Raspberry Lane in Lititz is closed after officials say a sinkhole opened in the area around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The rates affect future salaries for the three commissioners, sheriff, register of wills, prothonotary, clerk of courts, treasurer and coroner.
Elected officials in Lancaster County government will not receive a raise until 2026, according to a plan the board of commissioners approved Wednesday night.
Dense fog could reduce visibility to less than a quarter of a mile in some areas, according to National Weather Service in State College
Morning commuters will have to contend with visibility-limiting fog in Lancaster County this morning.
Weigh in. Read about the prices of natural trees this year, https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/natural-christmas-trees-prices-are-up-heres-why/article_b3be0160-764e-11ed-be83-3b712ab157e7.html
The administration has argued, among other things, that the information is sensitive and that disclosing it could jeopardize its legal strategy — therefore making it exempt from the state’s open records law.
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf entered office eight years ago as a champion of government transparency.
The cost would be covered by a state grant aimed at shoring up county-run elections in Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County commissioners are set to approve today a $30,000 addition to a critical sorting machine for processing mail-in ballots. The cost would be covered by a state grant aimed
“I remember wanting to fall to the ground and cry tears of joy,” Barbush said. “We were knocking on the door the whole time. We finally scored. It was a weight lifted off our shoulders.”
Manheim Central's Maddy Barbush and Cedar Crest's Hanna Lewis were starters who helped the Warriors defeat Shippensburg for the title.
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"Grandma Hostetter is one happy fan!!" Abby Heisey tweeted.
A Lancaster grandmother and lifelong Phillies fan got a pillow back that she mailed to Brandon Marsh.
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Annville-Cleona gets a visit on this week's L-L Football Roundtable, sponsored by Bobby Rahal Lexus. LNP|LancasterOnline sports reporter Jeff Reinhart chats with the Dutchmen ahead of their District Three Class 2A championship game against Trinity. Afterward, we head into the LNP studio, where Reinhart is joined by colleagues Mike Gross and John Walk to chat about the following District Three playoff games: Carlisle at Hempfield (District 3-6A quarterfinal), Manheim Township at Cumberland Valley (District 3-6A quarterfinal), Shippensburg at Solanco (District 3-5A quarterfinal) and York Suburban at Manheim Central (District 3-4A quarterfinal).
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After Janet Burge's wedding ring disappeared 64 years ago, it was returned at a special birthday celebration held Monday afternoon at Garden Spot in New Holland. “I never expected to see it again,” the octogenarian said with a big smile. Dr. Les Burge, 91, was as surprised as his wife. Read the story of how the ring was found, https://lanc.news/returned_ring
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Crystal and Glen Schaeffer are all in for Halloween. They purchased their Victorian house in Columbia 22 years ago and the home is a part of the borough’s haunted lantern tours this year. Read and see more , https://lanc.news/CHalloweenHouse
On this week's L-L Football Roundtable, LNP|LancasterOnline sports reporter Jeff Reinhart drops in on the Barons to discuss their 9-0 start to the season and upcoming showdown with unbeaten Exeter for the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two crown. Afterward, we head into the LNP studio, where Reinhart is joined by colleagues Mike Gross and John Walk to chat about the top Week 10 games: Exeter at Manheim Central, Garden Spot at Solanco, and Lampeter-Strasburg at Wyomissing. Manheim Central School District
We are live at the Elizabethtown Area High School for a rally hosted by the Freedom Readers to keep “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” on the shelves. The board plans to vote on the book at tonight’s meeting at 6 p.m.
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Ephrata gets a visit on this week's L-L Football Roundtable, sponsored by Bobby Rahal Lexus. The Mountaineers are on the verge of clinching a playoff berth, something the program hasn't done since 1987. With that in mind, LNP|LancasterOnline sports reporter Jeff Reinhart visits Ephrata to chat with the Mounts about their season to this point and their upcoming matchup against Muhlenberg. We then head into the LNP studio, where Reinhart is joined by colleague Mike Gross and John Walk to chat about the top four games in Week Nine of Lancaster-Lebanon League action: Hempfield at Cedar Crest, Manheim Central at Governor Mifflin, Annville-Cleona at Schuylkill Valley and Garden Spot at Elizabethtown.
For the first time in four years, Lancaster County’s Republican member of Congress on Wednesday debated his Democratic challenger before a live audience. The 70-minute forum, hosted by the Rotary Club of Lancaster, saw U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker and former Elanco schools superintendent Bob Hollister square off on immigration, inflation, the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, abortion, the economy and more. Watch the entire debate, https://lanc.news/11thdebate
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As a part of Longwood Gardens’ chrysanthemum festival, one bonsai tree’s roots have been trained over years to grow over a rock. The display’s chrysanthemums have been trained as well over months, stretching to cover giant forms, creating hanging mum spheres, mum spirals and mum obelisks. The 41st Chrysanthemum Festival has more than 9,000 mums in a variety of cultivars, from ones that look like frayed paint brushes to others that resemble golden spiders. Read and see more about the festival, https://lanc.news/3VsotyU
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We take a trip to unbeaten Elizabethtown on this week's L-L Football Roundtable, sponsored by Bobby Rahal Lexus. LNP|LancasterOnline sports reporter Jeff Reinhart chats with the Bears about their 6-0 start under new coach Keith Stokes and their upcoming Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Three showdown at Solanco. Afterward, we head into the LNP studio, where Reinhart is joined by colleagues Mike Gross and John Walk to preview four top games in Week Seven: E-town at Solanco, Hempfield at Wilson, Berks Catholic at Lampeter-Strasburg, and Lancaster Catholic at Annville-Cleona.
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Meet Kiwibot, an alternative to the traditional food delivery system being used on Franklin & Marshall's campus. Read more about the small fleet of bots that are cruising the campus, https://lanc.news/kiwibot22
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The rain and mud didn't stop people from supporting boat riders as they raced their way down the Pequea Creek Sunday afternoon. This year, 14 teams participated in the boat races held at Sickman's Mill, at 671 Sand Hill Road in Pequea. The races doubled as a benefit for Music For Everyone, a music-based nonprofit that provides and repairs instruments for students in Lancaster County and organizes other community-minded music efforts. Read and see more, https://lanc.news/3d94RP8
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The sixth annual “Bug- O-Rama” returns to Hershey Gardens on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The educational event offers attendees, especially children, the chance to learn and interact with unique insects — and, new this year, small reptiles and amphibians — from around the world. Activities include a puppet show, story time, book presentation and signing, craft stations and games.
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