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A few odds and ends this week.
Larry's crystal ball
If you're wondering just how awful Nov. 2 is going to be for Democrats, look no further. The director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, Larry Sabato, predicted this week that Republicans will pick up 47 seats in the House,...
The Maryland man readily admitted to the police officer that he jumped on the Columbia man's car Wednesday morning, yelling obscenities.
But Wayne Plempel apparently became irritated with the policeman, too, and allegedly punched the Columbia officer in the face.
Plempel, 51, whose last known addr...
Two people have been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the stabbing Tuesday of a 16-year-old boy, Lancaster police said.
Maxwell Marquez Jr., 30, of 31 Dogwood Lane, allegedly stabbed the victim with a 3-inch folding knife during a fight, Lt. Todd Umstead said.
He said the boy suf...
A handful of water customers in Earl Township will face a whopping 177 percent increase in their water bills.
The state Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved the increase for the 21 customers of Acorn Water Company.
Under the new rates, the bill for the average residential customer who us...
An Alabama trucking company has been shut down after one of its drivers crashed into a van in March, killing 10 people in the van, many of whom had Lancaster County connections.
Killed in the crash on a Kentucky highway were eight members of the John and Sadie Esh family, along with two family frie...
After years of planning and raising funds, moving day arrived Wednesday for Manheim Township's new library.
The library is moving out of its cramped facility on Oregon Pike and into its new $7.7 million home in Overlook, two miles away.
Movers packed up and moved the 17,000 or so books and other i...
Roughly 10,000 School District of Lancaster students returned to the classrooms Thursday at 21 district schools.
Opening day "went off without a hitch," superintendent Pedro Rivera said, especially at Washington, Wharton, Lafayette and Ross, each of which opened new facilities to a chorus of "wow"s...
The members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops are musicians, not historians.
It's true the trio has dug deep into a musical style that predates the blues by about a century and features black musicians playing banjos and fiddles instead of guitars.
It's true that the three musicians are leading a re...
Hang on, Lancaster. Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death Tour is coming to town.
The original shock rocker and all his minions will be at the American Music Theatre for one show only on Saturday.
The four-act show is "sort of an autobiography of Alice," says the 62-year-old singer, born Vincent Damon F...
Creative women will be the subject of a First Friday exhibit at the Lancaster Literary Guild.
Lebanon County artist Teri Traner, a creative woman herself, picked an eclectic group for her 17 works, among whom are included Virginia Woolf, Flannery O'Connor, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, ...
After 22 years, the Heart of Lancaster Arts and Crafts Show is about to become a two-day event.
"This is a real turning point for us," says Marilyn Hobday, co-founder of the show along with Jennie Todd. "I think people will be pleased and surprised at what is going on this year."
The show, being h...
With the kids back to school, parents may find themselves taking an extra minute or two in the morning to enjoy a cup of coffee and take in nature.
Adorn your window with a pretty beaded suncatcher that you can enjoy as you enjoy your java time. Have your son or daughter help you create it, and the...
I know from experience that Americans enjoy appraisals. People like to tell and listen to the stories of family heirlooms, fine art, collectibles and antiques.
I know this is the case because worldwide, I conduct more than 100 public appraisal events annually where I simultaneously teach people abo...
Randy Newman takes a swipe at Jackson Browne's image as a do-gooder in a song called "Piece of the Pie."
Newman, casting a typically cynical eye at the economic plight of the American middle class, sings: The rich are getting richer/I should know/While we're going up/ You're going down/And no one g...
It was a routine Tuesday.
Lancaster County native Doug Longenecker went for a run that cool, sunny morning, then settled in to work at his computer.
"By the end of the day, I was homeless and jobless," says Longenecker, now of Wyomissing.
The day was Sept. 11, 2001. The place was his apartment, w...
Nat Chandler knows there are going to be plenty of laughs when "Spamalot" arrives at the Fulton Thursday night, because he's been hearing them for the past month in Maine.
Chandler is playing King Arthur in the joint production between the Fulton and the Maine State Music Theatre.
The show opened ...
Mmm. There's nothing quite like washing down a hearty bowl of beef hodge podge with a tall glass of fishhouse punch.
Nothing quite like it in the 21st century, anyway.
But on Sept. 10, the historic Rock Ford Plantation will host its second "tavern night," during which patrons can enter an 18th-cen...
Storm Art ......... opens Friday
When Hurricane Katrina hit five years ago, Louisiana resident Al Reisz found refuge in an art gallery in a neighboring town. It was both a metaphor for how his artwork would become a form of therapy for him, and a matter of survival since he was forced out of his ho...
So, did you enjoy the Long's Park Summer Music Series -- 13 weeks of Sunday night concerts, ranging from grizzled veterans to up-and-comers, bluegrass to rock and Celtic to jazz
And it was all free.
Well, free for the audience.
The concert series, of course, cost a pretty penny to put on. The or...
Another $645,000 in state grants is coming here to help fund worker training and industry partnerships, Gov. Ed Rendell announced Thursday.
The state funding, part of $9.4 million allocated across Pennsylvania, will be matched by private-sector dollars.
The dollars will support worker training in ...
