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Manheim Township police captured two alleged burglars after a vehicle pursuit early today.Sgt. Tom Rudzinski said police responded to a 1:10 a.m. report of suspicious activity in the Neffsville area.A man and a boy fled in a vehicle and then on foot before being taken into custody near a park in Nef...
Lancaster County Drug Task Force members apprehended three suspected drug dealers in the city Thursday.Police seized 26 pounds of marijuana, eight packets of heroin, a loaded gun, $5,884 cash and various suspected drug paraphernalia.Joseph A. Suggs, 21, and Mayra Ivette Rodriguez, 23, both of 1351 E...
A Conestoga woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly told state troopers her ex-boyfriend had abducted her 2-year-old child.But troopers quickly figured out that Christiana Nicole Leakway, 25, of Colemanville Church Road, didn't have any children.And her motive for reporting the abduction...
A tiny tan Chihuahua puppy "with droopy ears," has apparently found a new home — but not legally.The puppy was reported stolen Wednesday afternoon from PJ's Pet Shop, 109 Doe Run Road, Manheim.The dog, not quite 8 weeks old, weighs 2.2 pounds and was valued at $600, according to the co-owner o...
A tractor-trailer truck, hauling milk, overturned around 9:45 a.m. today in West Hempfield Township. Police said there were no injuries when the truck flipped on Spooky Nook Road at Prospect Road, but multiple fire companies were called to help clear the wreckage and clean up the spilled milk....
The business people in Lititz have their own clock.His name is Barry.Every day, at the same time, Barry Lavender, a mustachioed dynamo, strides into their shop or deli or place of business with a cheerful greeting and their mail."He's right as rain," said Kim Berry, owner of the Curiosity Shoppe...
Lancaster County's 17 public school districts have kept tax increases for the new fiscal year to near-record lows, a boon to residents struggling to keep afloat in the weak economy.Two districts — Penn Manor and Pequea Valley — aren't raising property taxes at all for 2009-10, an...
Teacher contract talks in Columbia Borough School District are headed for fact-finding.Negotiators for the teachers' union have asked the state Labor Relations Board to appoint a fact-finder to try to craft an agreement suitable to both sides.The school board and teachers would have to vote on t...
You need a time limit, John Bingham said.Without it, you make people who come to discuss their plans and projects "wait while there's an hour or more of public comment," Bingham, the chairman of the East Hempfield Township supervisors, said at Wednesday night's board meeting. "And I think we...
A failed referendum, taxpayer backlash and public surveys led Donegal School District officials to scale back a proposed building plan scheduled for a referendum in November.The revised plan discussed by officials June 25 proposes the construction of a high school, while leaving all other buildings ...
The onstage question had tripped up Jill Wiley in previous years.Not this time.At last Friday's Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen competition, the 16-year-old Penn Manor student calmly told the panel that she would ask Gov. Ed Rendell to provide more funding for arts programs.Then Wiley w...
A Lancaster County man is among a dozen people being charged by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission with the illegal sale and possession of native reptiles.Paul Cooper of Lititz faces seven charges, said Jeff Bridi, the commission's assistant director of law enforcement.Three counts result...
www.USHistory.orgThe Point: USHistory.org is a virtual tribute to United States History, and a perfect stop for the online traveler on Independence Day.Breaking it Down: Genre: HistoryMakes the Grade: AEntertainment Factor: This site adds a pinch of pizzazz to a topic long lamented in the classroom....
Three years ago, when the economy was healthy, Berean Christian Stores was hungry for growth.Its appetite for acquisitions prompted the Cincinnati-based retailer to buy 11 stores, including Provident Bookstores locations here and elsewhere.But now that the economy has taken a turn for the worse, cau...
Charles Demuth ran with a sophisticated crowd. The people in his circle — Georgia O'Keefe, Marcel DuChamp, Marsden Hartley, Alfred Steiglitz — were turning their backs on tradition to create a new American art form.They sat in cafes, bars and salons and talked and worked and saw what...
Julia Swartz paints in the heart of downtown Lancaster. From her second floor studio and gallery above the Prince Street Cafe, filled with huge windows, she can see all the hustle and bustle of the city.But on the canvas, she's taken herself to a quieter, simpler place in the county.Swartz's.
OK, here's what's happening on the local music scene. • The Dan Emrey Band is working on a 10-song demo that Emrey says he hopes to release in early September. The CD will include four original tracks — "I Will," "Blue: The Time of Day," "Black Creek" and "Mind, Body, and Soul." ...
Part Hispanic, part black and all female, Danielia Cotton is not your prototypical rocker.Most people still associate rock music with white males and many resist the notion of a woman, especially one of mixed race, slinging an electric guitar over her shoulder and belting out a song that sounds more...
Of course there's fireworks aplenty during this weekend's 4th of July celebrations. That's to be expected.But who knew Independence Day would give folks the opportunity to hear so much — and such varied — live musicWe're not talking about the annual Freedom Fest at Mario...
Thursday night, the Lancaster Barnstormers continued their mastery over the York Revolution this season.Lancaster lefty Eric Ackerman gave up just one run in seven innings and the 'Stormers scored two runs in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and beat the Revs, 3-1. The Barnstormers are now 6-1 vs....
