2012-05-15 22:24:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Returning robins, flowering trees and mortarboard hats at graduations are sure signs of spring.
Now add to the list the musical notes of pianos in downtown Lancaster.
For the third year, Keys for the City pianos are returning to Lancaster's streets.
Seven pianos were place......
2012-05-15 21:48:00
STAFF REPORT
Two divisions of the New Era Baseball Tournament will switch to double elimination when the 67th annual event is held this summer.
The midget-midget and junior-midget divisions will be double elimination among four teams. The midget division will remain a single-elimination tournament amo......
2012-05-13 00:09:00
AD CRABLE
Beyond the pomp and circumstance, the 1,128 men and women who flipped their tassels Saturday morning at Millersville University face the same daunting questions as millions of other college graduates across the United States. What next? How can I make a difference? Under nearly cloudles......
2012-05-10 22:19:00
EARLE CORNELIUS
"Blue Jay tennis" is a term Elizabethtown College tennis coach Matt Helsel uses to describe the kind of players he likes to recruit.
"A Blue Jay is a stubborn, defiant bird," he said. And when one of his players displays that kind of tenacity on the court, he likes to use the term as moti......
2012-05-10 19:27:00
DAINA SAVAGE
Rain release. Wait for a good soaking to make weeding less of a chore. Sodden soil makes it easier to dig out the entire weed, root and all, which will save you much backbreaking work come summer, especially for those persistent thistles.
Green giants. Mo......
2012-05-08 15:33:00
CINDY STAUFFER
If you like variety, this will be the summer for you.
A few days of hot weather, followed by storm, then a few days of cooler weather. Repeat.
That could be what awaits us from June to August, based on several long-term forecasts.
"Maybe this is a summer where we don't hav......
2012-05-04 22:31:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Some 150 middle school students had the opportunity Friday to dialogue with law enforcement officials.
They observed a panel discussion involving local police officers, watched a presentation by McCaskey High School's Mock Trial Team, and heard a motivational talk by Jordan Steffy, former......
2012-05-04 20:49:00
JOAN KERN
Derrick Kreider is Manheim Central High School's song-and-dance man.
The 18-year-old senior has performed in all four spring musicals since he was a freshman, with a leading role in three of them.
He was Harry Witherspoon in "Lucky Stiff" his freshman year, Albert Peterson in "Bye......
2012-05-01 21:18:00
JOEL SCHREINER
A week ago, when discussing his squad's chances of making the playoffs, Millersville coach Jon Shehan said "there's a chance."
The Marauders needed help and it came from an unlikely source.
Shehan & Co. entered the final weekend of the regular season needing arch-rival West Ch......
2012-04-30 20:52:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Make a difference. Have big goals. Help create jobs.
The time of pomp and circumstance is quickly approaching and will feature a wide range of speakers.
The 2012 commencement season here kicks off Saturday, May 5, when the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design wi......
2012-04-25 19:42:00
JEFF HAWKES
Amid the hubbub of 40 people mingling and chattering as if they'd been sprung from solitary confinement, chorus director A.J. Walker settled behind a knee-high djembe and started drumming.
Conversations abruptly ended. People found their places. The weekly rehearsal of Lancaster's nonaudi......
2012-04-25 10:53:00
CORRESPONDENT
Millersville University of Pennsylvania will host its 2012 Honors and Awards Convocation on April 28. Faculty, students and alumni will be recognized for their accomplishments and dedication to the University.
During the ceremony, nearly 900 students will be recognized with awards and sch......
2012-04-24 21:49:00
P.J. REILLY
Following several days of steady rain — and the promise of more in the forecast — Lancaster County officials next week plan to lift the countywide burn ban.
"This past weekend, we did see a sizable amount of rainfall, and in speaking with the National Weather Service, it looks......
2012-04-24 09:40:00
CORRESPONDENT
Having devoted 39 years to the elementary and early childhood education department at Millersville University, Audrey Kirchner, professor emerita, will have a housewarming event held on her behalf after the recent loss of her home and possessions to a fire this past February. The event, which wil......
2012-04-20 10:40:00
CORRESPONDENT
The Ware Center Film Series - Movies for Grown Ups: Tabloid
When: April 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Ware Center
Contact: Harvey Owen at 871-2308
This film is intended for adults only. No one under 17 will be admitted. This event is open to the public. Tickets cos......
2012-04-20 00:06:00
JON FERGUSON
Jazz vibraphonist Tony Miceli loves a challenge, which is one of the reasons he's devoted to the music of Thelonious Monk. Monk, one of jazz music's most idiosyncratic composers, poses a challenge for any instrumentalist. Miceli — who plays in the band Monkadelphia, which exclusiv......
2012-04-19 22:02:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
The reality of the Holocaust viewed through art and film is the central theme of this year's Holocaust and Genocide Conference at Millersville University. The 32nd annual conference, which concludes today, explores the significance of the Holocaust as the most extreme form of genocide in his......
2012-04-18 22:40:00
JENN TODD
The Ford Explorer pictured above struck three vehicles before coming to rest against the porch of a home in the 200 block of West Vine Street on Wednesday evening, a fire official said. The SUV was traveling east on Vine Street when it was struck by another Ford Explorer that was backing out ......
2012-04-18 15:09:00
TOM MURSE
Newt Gingrich comes off like a really smart professor with answers to all of the country's big problems.
The dilemma, according to the fiery former House speaker, is that Washington isn't capable of thinking like he does. It doesn't take his ideas seriously.
"The challe......
2012-04-16 11:58:00
TOM MURSE
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has scheduled a second appearance in Lancaster County this week, on the campus of Millersville University.
The former House speaker, who is expected to appear at a Republican Party dinner in Lancaster City Tuesday night, will speak at Millersv......
2012-04-16 22:17:00
TOM MURSE
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has said he's looking forward to campaigning with Rick Santorum by his side someday soon.
Apparently, today is a little too soon for Santorum.
The former U.S. senator, who last week quit his campaign for the GOP's presidential nomination......
2012-04-16 20:33:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Millersville University's 32nd annual Conference on Holocaust and Genocide will kick off this evening with a two-act play about a non-Jewish German family forced to confront the horrors of the Holocaust.
The play, "WARSAW," written by William W. Adams, the former president and CEO of Arms......
2012-04-16 11:15:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Members of the Millersville University football team are tackling volunteer work through a new community outreach program that is completely self-directed. "We decided, as a team, this is something we wanted to do, and then looked for ways to get involved with the community," said Matt Egenr......
2012-04-12 15:50:00
JANE HOLAHAN and KATHLEEN DAMINGER
Wry Writer ... Tuesday
The world first found out about how wryly funny David Sedaris was back in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his humorous story about his experiences playing an elf at Macy's. "SantaLand Diaries" become a classic, and Sedaris went on to contribute more essays......
2012-04-10 21:54:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Dogwood trees are flowering this week, a month or more before their usual May blossoms. But the unusually warm winter is delivering more than early flowers.
Mosquito populations which survived the mild temperatures have already begun showing themselves, said Kim Wissler, Lancaster city he......
2012-04-08 00:21:00
MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor
Millersville University announced it was dropping its men's track and field and cross-country programs Feb. 14, setting off an angry protest from athletes, alumni and friends of the program. But spring break was coming. The weather was getting warmer. Semester's end was in sight. The st......
2012-04-06 18:39:00
SYDNEY MUSSER, 18, Freestyle
Gregory Flury, a senior at Elizabethtown Area High School, has interests that keep him busier than the average teen.
As an avid tennis player, history buff, artist, Flury seems to have been born with a musical gene.
"Greg is really one of a kind," said classmate and fellow musicia......
2012-04-02 21:06:00
CINDY STAUFFER
G. Terry Madonna laughed Monday when he heard an Internet search of his name and the term "Democratic hack" produced 76 hits.
That's because the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, other media outlets and political blogs all are reporting on Republican presidential candidate Rick Santor......
2012-04-02 13:55:00
CORRESPONDENT
On Wednesday, April 4, contemporary artist Janine Antoni, who utilizes unique materials like chocolate and soap, will blur the line between performance art and sculpture as presenter of Millersville University of Pennsylvania's 2012 Conrad Nelson Lecture. This event will be held at 7 p.m. at The ......
2012-04-01 00:03:00
Staff
Defense made the difference in Saturday's baseball doubleheader between Millersville and Kutztown. Kutztown committed two costly fielding errors in the outfield that led to Millersville runs, and Marauder third baseman Tyler McDonald made a game-saving defensive playto record the final out of the......
2012-03-30 22:59:00
DAN NEPHIN
Jim Ringlein has been involved one way or another with the North Museum Science & Engineering Fair for a quarter-century.
As a science teacher, both at Lancaster Catholic High School and Lancaster Country Day School, he oversaw student projects.
And for the last several years,......
2012-03-29 21:00:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
The Millersville University Council of Trustees on Wednesday approved an increase in room, board and fee costs for the 2012-2013 school year.
Students can expect to pay $251 more for room and board per semester, for a total of $4,617 per semester: an increase of 5.7 percent over the curre......
2012-03-29 16:11:00
JANE HOLAHAN and KATHLEEN DAMINGER
Casting Crowns ... Friday
It's a long way from youth pastor to Grammy Award winner, but not for Mark Hall. Hall is the founder of Grammy and Dove Award-winning Christian rock band, Casting Crowns, performing Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Giant Center. What Hall began in 1999 as part of a you......
2012-03-29 15:52:00
RAY GRUNNERT
The Allen Miller Art Gallery, 117 E. Chestnut St., will celebrate its first anniversary with an open microphone poetry party, April 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendees can read their favorite poetry or their own works.
The music will be provided by members and friends of Street Beats. The galler......
2012-03-28 22:37:00
JIMMY PIANKA
Farmers and gardeners are getting a head start on spring planting.
"We're pretty much a month ahead," said Casey Spacht, general manager of the Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative.
"The rain was great," he said. "I think it got down in the high 20s (Monday) night, but I don't think i......
2012-03-27 22:11:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
The mention Monday of an overnight freeze sent gardeners scampering for sheets, boxes, covers, the sprinkler system or whatever they could get their hands on to keep their plants safe from a possible cold snap.
But it appears most spring plants made it through the night's dip in temperatu......
2012-03-27 21:39:00
CINDY STAUFFER
In a few weeks, it has gone from something you zip on to stay warm to a symbol of the racial divide in America.
The ordinary hoodie.
Trayvon Martin was wearing a gray one the night he was shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in Florida, after Zimmerman told a dis......
2012-03-26 22:01:00
DAN NEPHIN
Myosha LaRue had never organized anything larger than birthday parties for her kids.
She's a stay-at-home mother of four, not a community organizer, she said.
But the 28-year-old Lancaster city resident felt compelled by the shooting death of Trayvon Martin to do somet......
2012-03-26 22:00:00
TOM KNAPP
Winter has apparently decided it's not going down without a fight.
The early onset of springlike weather has encouraged gardeners to plant and blossoms to grow. But a hard overnight freeze has some folks worried.
"We are hoping it doesn't get as cold as they're predicting," said T......
2012-03-26 19:39:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
A Millersville University student is charged with severely beating his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping her from a campus dormitory this weekend.
Akeem M. Johnson, 24, punched the victim at least 10 times Saturday morning before forcing her from her room at Burrowes Hall and into his car, acc......
2012-03-26 13:38:00
CORRESPONDENT
Flipping their way through various TV theme songs is Millersville University's Dolphin Synchronized Swim Club who invites everyone to come out to this year's show "Flipping Through the Channels." The opening night performance will be on Thursday, April 12, at 8 p.m. at the pool in Pucillo Gymnasi......
2012-03-25 00:20:00
MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor
It must've have felt like the 1960s, with two nearly concurrent protests on the Millersville University campus Thursday. Nothing as prosaic as peace and love was discussed, though. Just dirty old money. At the nexus of both assemblies was the school's vanishing men's trac......
2012-03-23 23:34:00
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Wearing a hoodie. Listening to music and talking on his cellphone. Picking up Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother. Friends say that's how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon.
Starting a fight? Possibly high on drugs and up to no good? No, friends ......
2012-03-22 21:41:00
DAN NEPHIN
Millersville University students and faculty protested Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 20 percent cut in state funding for the university, urging students to contact their lawmakers.
Dan Keefer, an associate professor of wellness and sport sciences, told the audience of 200, mostly students, ......
2012-03-22 23:17:00
MATT BLYMIER
Experience can be both a blessing and a curse, according to Franklin & Marshall women's lacrosse coach Lauren Paul.
And Paul has plenty of experienced players this season.
The Diplomats finished 19-3 last season, won their fifth straight Centennial Conference championship and ......
2012-03-22 15:41:00
JACK ROBERTS and ALEJANDRO RIOS
Once again it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the two guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene.
• April, come she will. When streams are ripe and filled with rain.
Or so says Paul Simon, who we seem to recall seeing in Lancaster once. (Imagine that......
2012-03-20 22:55:00
BILL CLARK
Gorman Distributors, a business new to Columbia Borough, has purchased and renovated a silk mill at 12th and Manor streets.
The fourth-generation family business was started as a grocery store on North Mulberry Street in Lancaster by Benjamin S. Gorman shortly after the turn of the 20th c......
2012-03-20 22:53:00
STAFF REPORT
Volunteers are invited to participate in the annual Into the Streets event hosted by Millersville University of Pennsylvania's Volunteer Central on March 31.
Into the Streets is a national initiative designed to introduce more students to thoughtful community service-learning and to provi......
2012-03-15 23:13:00
DAN NEPHIN
A Millersville University grad offered $300,000 as part of an alumni proposal to run men's track and cross country for three years while the alumni look for permanent funding.
On Monday, alumni learned the university had rejected the proposal.
The would-be donor spoke on condition......
2012-03-15 15:52:00
KATHLEEN DAMINGER
It was a head-on collision that introduced veteran New York police officer Dennis Thornton to the artist he would become.
Thornton, the featured carver at this weekend's Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Festival, estimates he has completed thousands of carvings since that day in 1993, when a ......
2012-03-13 21:21:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Talk about March Madness.
The temperature hit 67 degrees Monday, 76 Tuesday and might flirt with 80 next week.
Another seven to 10 days of glorious warm weather are on tap, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s through the weekend and likely hitting their peak March 20, the fi......
2012-03-13 23:16:00
STAFF
Stephen Gargano, a member of Boy Scout Troop 281 chartered at Ironville United Methodist Church, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
For his Eagle Scout project, Stephen collected and sent paperback books to troops overseas.
His earned the Eagle Scout Award in October and was reco......
2012-03-09 21:31:00
JOAN KERN
Johana Reynoso has a big dream.
The 18-year-old McCaskey High School senior wants to be chief financial officer for a major record label.
"Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer," she said. "This is a way to be in the field without being a star. I've always liked numbers ......
2012-03-04 21:49:00
DAN NEPHIN
Lancaster County's higher-education institutions play an important economic role in the region, but if they want to compete globally, they'll have to embrace diversity, a Latino organizer said.
Norman Bristol Colón, former head of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affair......
2012-03-02 22:08:00
TOM KNAPP
Leigh Lindsay misses Lancaster's little big-screen experience.
The trend these days is for stadium-size multiplex theaters showing Hollywood blockbusters with the volume cranked to 11.
But Lindsay prefers quiet art films, foreign and independent offerings that offer fewer explosio......
2012-03-02 21:39:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
For more than a century following the Civil War, the role of African-Americans in that conflict was either downplayed or completely ignored.
Black soldiers even were banned from marching in the two-day Grand Review victory parade in Washington, D.C. held on May 23 and 24, 1865.
Ri......
2012-03-01 16:15:00
RAY GRUNNERT
Trumpeter Ben Mauger's brass-powered 10-piece Roaring Twenties Orchestra, possibly the best big band you will ever hear live, returns to the Lancaster Swing Dance Club from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Living Hope Community Church, 2823 Columbia Ave. Admission is $10. Seats are available f......
2012-02-29 19:48:00
TOM KNAPP
The sun is expected to shine Thursday. And, with the temperature peaking at nearly 60 degrees, it might seem like spring is finally here.
That is cold comfort today, however. Today was a day of gray skies, puddles and squelching shoes — all of which are continuing this evening.
......
2012-02-29 00:01:00
ELAINE J. JONES
A group of skateboarders in Millersville felt like they were just spinning their wheels to spare their beloved skate park, but on Tuesday council voted to reopen the park immediately.
Council also agreed to loan the group, led by Kevin Weber of the Parks Committee, $400 to purchase the fe......
2012-02-28 23:17:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
A late rally fueled by the shooting of Carly Gallagher and Sophia Waters pulled Millersville into a "we can do this" moment.
With 15 minutes to play, MU trailed by 23. With 2:41 to play, the Marauders were just six points behind.
"I never had a doubt we wouldn't catch up," said Wa......
2012-02-28 00:51:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
Gabrielle Styles has never seen a season end without going to the playoffs.
This season is no different for the Millersville University senior forward.
What makes this season unique is that the Marauders' approach to the postseason will be a bit different.
You could say th......
2012-02-27 20:31:00
TIM MEKEEL
HomeTowne Heritage Bank got a new name and new president on Monday.
HomeTowne switched its name to that of its parent firm, National Penn Bank.
The new name for the Lancaster County sites is intended to raise recognition of the National Penn brand here.
Also, HomeTowne pre......
2012-02-26 00:04:00
JANE HOLAHAN
The Ware Center, Millersville University Lancaster, is just about the busiest place in town. Built as a music school for the now-defunct Pennsylvania Academy of Music, it's home to art shows, rock symphonic and chamber concerts, lectures, theatrical performances and film scree......
2012-02-23 15:26:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Society has changed a lot since Lillian Hellman wrote "The Children's Hour" in 1934.
It's the story of two women who started a boarding school together. They are falsely accused of being lesbians by one of their spiteful students and rumor, innuendo and hysteria end up destroying the scho......
2012-02-23 10:11:00
CORRESPONDENT
As part of the global movement to help end violence against women and girls, Millersville University's Citamard players will perform Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" on March 2 and 3. All proceeds from the benefit performances will go directly to the Clare House of Lancaster County, a shelter......
2012-02-20 23:03:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
One of the biggest U.S. flags in Lancaster County was waving powerfully in the wind beyond the outfield fence as skater Kathy Shaub took a break Monday afternoon.
She had just finished a few laps around the ice, but overall "it seems like we've done a lot more eating than skating!" she jo......
2012-02-20 20:54:00
JOHN JASCOLL
An Upper Leacock Township native and expert in geography was appointed to fill a vacant seat as supervisor, officials announced Feb. 16.
J. Harold Leaman was selected by supervisors to the post vacated by Rick Heilig, who moved out of the township.
Leaman has served on the townshi......
2012-02-20 13:57:00
CORRESPONDENT
To fulfill their mission to inspire, educate and empower women, the Women's Giving Circle of Millersville University of Pennsylvania will host its second annual "Power of the Purse" fund-raising event on April 11.
The event will be held at The Ware Center, Millersville University Lancaste......
2012-02-18 00:18:00
DAVE BYRNE
Franklin & Marshall retained possession of the Rupp Cup Friday evening at Mayser Center, defeating Millersville 29-13.
It was F&M's second win in the series honoring the late Dr. Ted Rupp, who graduated from F&M, inaugurated the wrestling program at Millersville and, for one y......
2012-02-17 00:11:00
DAN NEPHIN
Millersville University runners past and present urged the school Thursday to reconsider its decision to drop its men's running programs.
"By cutting this program, you're cutting into our hearts," Zach Kohler said at a student senate meeting.
Kohler, a senior, choked back tears as......
2012-02-16 10:28:00
STAFF
Holding a four-point lead at halftime, Millersville lost to host East Stroudsburg, 65-58, Wednesday night, ending the Marauders' 10-game winning streak over the Warriors. Mashira Newman drained her second 3-pointer of the game with 2:43 left in regulation to bring Millersville (15-8, 12-7 PS......
2012-02-16 10:12:00
STAFF
Richard D. Clark, professor of earth sciences at Millersville University, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Clark was recognized for having "made outstanding contributions" to the field for many years, including serving on the AMS Council and on numerous A......
2012-02-16 09:53:00
STAFF
Georgio Milligan and Ed Early combined for 51 points to lead No. 13 Franklin & Marshall to a 71-63 victory over host Johns Hopkins in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action Wednesday night. The Diplomats improved to 22-2, 15-2 CC while the Blue Jays fell to 14-10, 10-7 CC....
2012-02-15 22:55:00
TIM MEKEEL
All of it.
Some of it.
And none of it.
That's how much of its debt the Pennsylvania Academy of Music proposes to pay its creditors.
The percentage of the claim that gets paid would depend on the type of claim, according to PAM's plan, filed this week in U.S. Bankru......
2012-02-15 00:12:00
DAN NEPHIN
Millersville University is dropping men's cross-country and men's indoor and outdoor track to save money.
Dropping the three programs will "strengthen existing teams' competitive opportunities and ensure a sustainable financial future for the athletics department," according to Aminta Haw......
2012-02-14 21:29:00
CINDY STAUFFER
The Valentine's Day "Google Doodle" was seen today by millions of people who logged on to the world's most popular search engine.
A Lancaster County native, Michael "Lippy" Lipman, brought the Doodle to life.
A 1977 Hempfield High School graduate, Lipman, who now lives in Mill Val......
2012-02-10 22:17:00
DAN NEPHIN
Up to two inches of snow are expected by about 6 a.m. Saturday, with a similar amount expected later in the day and falling temperatures that could cause freezing on wet roads at night, according to meteorologists.
"The snow is kind of a nuisance event. It's not going to be a crippling ev......
2012-02-10 21:13:00
LAURA KNOWLES
Nicole Kobie is quick to note that music and theater are among her favorite things.
The 17-year-old Conestoga Valley High School senior is an accomplished clarinetist, percussionist and vocalist.
She has brought her singing talents to the stage in school musicals such as "The Soun......
2012-02-10 22:09:00
GREG CALDWELL
Some of the top collegiate and high school rugby players from across the Mid-Atlantic region will converge on Landisville later this month for one of the premier early-season tournaments.
The Frostbite Rugby Tournament will feature up to 38 teams for both men and women playing in a two-da......
2012-02-09 13:54:00
CORRESPONDENT
A play that caused a scandal when it premiered in 1934 will be performed at Millersville University of Pennsylvania's Theater.
The university presents "The Children's Hour," a Lillian Hellman play, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. for the opening night performance. All performances, directed by Tony Ell......
2012-02-08 21:41:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Millersville University's vice president of university advancement, Gerald C. Eckert, is among those who have been selected to serve on the Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education announced Tuesday by Gov. Tom Corbett.
The 30-member commission will study postsecondary education and......
2012-02-08 23:25:00
JOEL SCHREINER
Given Cheyney's inability to stop most opposing offenses all season, what happened Wednesday night when Millersville got its crack at the Wolves was no big surprise.
Of course, it didn't hurt the Marauders that Cheyney's leading scorer, Jason Saab (21 points per game), was ejected just 1:......
2012-02-08 14:02:00
CORRESPONDENT
Penn Manor schools will celebrate Read Across America with the district's 12th annual Read-A-Thon on Sunday, Feb. 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Penn Manor High East Gym.
Baltimore Ravens football player Kris Wilson, of Lancaster, and costumed characters from the upcoming Spring M......
2012-02-07 23:11:00
TOM MURSE
Millersville University would lose more than $6 million in state funding for a second straight year under Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to cut 20 percent from 14 state-owned universities, MU officials said Tuesday.
The loss raises the prospect that Millersville, home to about 8,700 graduate and......
2012-02-03 13:44:00
CINDY HUMMEL
After 35 years in education, Pequea Valley School District superintendent Patrick Hallock has decided to retire at the end of the school year. Hallock came to PV 17 years ago. He served as the high school principal before becoming superintendent six years ago. He was an English teacher ......
2012-02-02 15:38:00
JON FERGUSON
When singer Delores King Williams decided to change careers, she went from entertaining the Washington elite to making fun of them.
Williams -- who will perform Friday at Millersville University's Ware Center with her husband, trumpeter Tom Williams, and the Fred Hughes Trio -- spent abou......
2012-02-02 00:09:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
The number of stars in the sky comes close to equaling the number of times a basketball coach has said the following at halftime:
"This game is far from over."
Mary Fleig used that time-worn warning even though her Millersville University women's basketball team had sprinted to a ......
2012-02-02 00:03:00
JOEL SCHREINER
Faced with an uphill climb in the standings heading into the homestretch of the season, the Millersville men's basketball team considers each of its remaining games as must-wins.
Thanks to a nearly-perfect first half and a bend-but-don't-break defense in the second, the Marauders took car......
2012-01-31 22:41:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Eric Horst has some words of advice for the groundhog Thursday.
You might want to see your shadow, pal.
That's because the Millersville University meteorologist says the weather patterns are lining up to favor a colder, perhaps snowier finish to this winter, which has been rather ......
2012-01-25 23:26:00
JOEL SCHREINER
A week ago, following a loss to East Stroudsburg, Millersville men's basketball coach Fred Thompson took his "big men" to task, saying "they didn't show up to play tonight."
What a difference a week makes, especially in the case of Elijah Obade, MU's 6-foot-9 sophomore center.
Oba......
2012-01-25 23:21:00
STAFF REPORT
After shooting a season low 28 percent in its last outing at Kutztown, Millersville's offense shot a season-high 51 percent to cruise past Shippensburg 75-60 Wednesday night at Pucillo Gym
Millersville (8-5 PSAC, 11-6 overall) shot a season-high 59 percent in the first half to score their......
2012-01-25 15:35:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Skate boarders in Millersville have an ally in Kevin Weber — a new member of the park committee who wants to keep the borough's skate park open. "(Freedom Memorial Park) really is an asset to the community, and the skate park is by far the biggest attraction," Weber told council member......
2012-01-24 23:31:00
DAN NEPHIN
There is more that unites people of different color and creed than divides, and the true battle is against poverty, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said.
"The gap isn't so much black and white as surplus and deficit," Jackson said during a speech Tuesday at Millersville University.
"It's t......
2012-01-24 13:03:00
CORRESPONDENT
Rock and Read: The Songs and Stories of Black 47
When: Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. Location: McComsey Hall, Room 204. Contact: Shawn Gallagher; Phone: 871-2354. Larry Kirwan, playwright, author and lead vocalist and guitarist for New York City-based Celtic rock band Black 47, will perform songs and ......
2012-01-21 23:18:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Millersville University president Dr. Francine G. McNairy has raised money, buildings and enrollment. But her most meaningful success is one she's witnessed thousands of times: the evolution of a wide-eyed, nervous freshman to a confident graduate. Now McNairy is the one ......
2012-01-20 20:47:00
CINDY STAUFFER
What you either have been hoping for or dreading all winter is finally arriving tonight.
Get ready for the first significant snowfall of this winter.
You either have been eagerly anticipating it or dreading it.
The first significant snowstorm of the winter is supposed to a......
2012-01-19 16:49:00
TOM KNAPP
There's a footprint hidden in the blue-black shadows surrounding the bed where Karl Kuerner rests. The World War I veteran (he fought on the German side) lies dying, swaddled in a crisp white sheet in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.
The footprint, Victoria Wyeth reveals, belongs to her gr......
2012-01-18 23:29:00
JOEL SCHREINER
East Stroudsburg didn't miss often.
When it did, there always seemed to be a Warrior there for a rebound.
In many cases, it was Terrance King who was the one taking advantage of the second chances.
King scored a career-high 26 points Wednesday night to fuel East Stroudsbur......
2012-01-18 23:01:00
STAFF REPORT
Millersville's women's basketball team trailed visiting East Stroudsburg for a total of 26 seconds on Wednesday evening, cruising to its 10th straight win over the Warriors, 74-53.
ESU (6-9, 3-8 PSAC) took its only lead of the game at the 12:44 mark of the first half, scoring five quick p......
2012-01-18 11:27:00
ELAINE J. JONES
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association recently awarded its highest honor to Richard Frerichs, president of the Penn Manor school board. Frerichs was one of five school board members, out of 4,500, to earn the accreditation of master school board director in 2011. According to a PSBA new......
2012-01-16 20:29:00
JIMMY PIANKA
Though some holidays pass with little acknowledgment, Martin Luther King Jr. Day commanded respect across Lancaster County.
Orator and former lawyer Patricia Russell-McCloud roused the crowd gathered for the Crispus Attucks Community Center's 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast a......
2012-01-16 20:01:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
If seasons past can be used for comparison — just don't ask Mary Fleig to do it — the Millersville University women's basketball team is not quite where it would like to be at this point in the season.
The Marauders have been Pennsylvania Conference playoffs regulars over the ......
2012-01-12 15:37:00
CINDY STAUFFER
December and January have been easy on the furnace and the back.
But get ready.
Winter is coming.
Sort of.
Chilly temperatures are on their way, featuring daytime highs in the 30s and overnight lows dipping into the teens.
Don't look for any substantial sno......
2012-01-12 15:58:00
JACK ROBERTS and ALEJANDRO RIOS
Once again it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the two guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene.
• OK, by now you've probably read all about the sold-out premiere of Allen Clement's award-winning documentary "Chameleon Club," set for 7 p.m. Friday at t......
2012-01-08 20:35:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Because of her rousing and uplifting motivational speeches, Patricia Russell-McCloud has been called "the greatest orator of our time." Each year, she speaks to more than 100,000 people from a wide variety of backgrounds. And on Monday, Jan. 16, Russell-McCloud will bring her energy and......
2012-01-08 18:51:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate the Rev. Jesse Jackson will deliver the keynote address at Millersville University's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The topic of Jackson's speech will be "With Justice for All: Human Rights and Civil Rights at Home and Abro......
2012-01-06 23:26:00
STAFF REPORT
Millersville's men's basketball team struggled at the free-throw line Friday night at California (Pa.), missing eight straight free throws down the stretch, and California needed just three points in overtime to post a 62-60 win.
Millersville (3-8, 1-6) led California 59-56 with 12 second......
2012-01-06 23:23:00
STAFF REPORT
Millersville University's women's basketball team fell in overtime to host California (Pa.), 86-69, Friday evening.
The Marauders lost a 10-point halftime lead when California's Nakia DeBlanc tied the game with under a second remaining in regulation. The Vulcans took control of the overti......
2012-01-05 15:14:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Who doesn't know George and Ira Gershwin and their talented compatriot, Cole Porter?
Even if you don't recognize the names, you recognize their output, some of the greatest popular music of the 20th century. And, to take the concept further, even if you don't own one recording of the brot......
2012-01-03 23:06:00
BRIAN WALLACE
School District of Lancaster has promoted an assistant principal and hired another from outside the district to fill principal vacancies at two middle schools.
The SDL board last month named Steve Sohonyay acting principal of Reynolds Middle School to replace Mark Simms, who left the post......
2012-01-02 15:16:00
AD CRABLE
Because the grass is still green and December's temperatures averaged more than 5 degrees above normal, it might be hard to cope with the season's first real cold snap.
Temperatures throughout Lancaster County are not expected to climb above freezing until Thursday, and brisk winds from t......
2011-12-30 21:51:00
STAFF REPORT
The University of the Sciences made its first appearance in the Carol Eckman Classic at West Chester University Friday and defeated Millersville 61-54, ending the Marauders' 12-game winning streak at the tournament.
USciences stretched its seven-point halftime lead to 11, 39-28, thanks in......
2011-12-29 23:06:00
BERNARD HARRIS
"Jambo," said Rita Smith-Wade-El on Thursday evening as she welcomed about 100 people gathered for the Kwanzaa celebration.
The greeting, in Swahili, was, like Kwanzaa itself, an invitation for the African-Americans at the Bright Side Opportunities Center to embrace their African heritage......
2011-12-29 20:07:00
TIM MEKEEL
This was a bruising year for workers and consumers alike.
The feeble economy left its mark again in 2011, giving the year's Top 10 local business stories a depressing aura.
Though the recession was long over, unemployment remained high, construction stayed weak and home sales look......
2011-12-29 14:29:00
KATHLEEN DAMINGER
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach"?
Hogwash!
Any good teacher does both.
Just ask any of the teachers whose work will be exhibited in the upcoming "Full Range" Millersville University faculty art show opening First Friday, Jan. 6, at the Ware Center.
"The ......
2011-12-27 22:08:00
BRIAN WALLACE
The rain that drenched Lancaster County on Tuesday wis expected to give way to mostly dry conditions Wednesday and throughout the week — good news for folks planning to ring in the new year at outdoor celebrations.
But revelers should prepare to bundle up because seasonably cool tem......
2011-12-23 22:02:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
This will be Kagiso Lekoa's first Christmas in Lancaster County — and his first apart from his parents and family, who are in their home some 8,000 miles away.
But Lekoa is still going to be with family.
He will be in a home where "it's like having all kinds of brothers and ......
2011-12-21 15:54:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Christmas will be chilly with possible snow flurries, good weather for traveling but not so great for those pining for a scene straight out of a holiday card.
"A storm is going by to our south, but it looks like a miss," Millersville University meteorologist Eric Horst said. "I can't rule......
2011-12-20 22:12:00
DAN NEPHIN
Millersville University plans to partner with other state universities to offer courses in Philadelphia, where the state system has identified a potential market, officials say.
Philadelphia has about 80,000 residents ages 25-45 who have at least one year of college but no degree, accordi......
2011-12-18 21:49:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Standing before 573 newly minted graduates in Millersville University's Pucillo Gymnasium on Sunday, speaker Kevin Harley steered away from the usual advice.
Rather than telling the graduates to dream big dreams and that a bright future lies before them, Harley told them to focus on livin......
2011-12-16 21:24:00
JOAN KERN
Kelly Sheaffer is an artist — not only a visual artist but also a performing artist.
The Solanco High School senior has been drawing and painting and dancing since she was 5. She also decorates cupcakes and cakes.
Sheaffer, 18, also knows how to crack the books.
The ......
2011-12-15 15:20:00
JON FERGUSON
When trumpeter Nate Birkey decided to record a holiday album, he chose a reflective approach.
Instead of seeking out the purely celebratory songs of the season, Birkey visited the tunes with more of a bittersweet edge.
"I picked the tunes I liked and the tunes I grew up with," Bir......
2011-12-12 15:16:00
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Harpsichord Encounter
When: Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. Location: Ford Atrium, McComsey Hall. Contact: Music Department; Phone: 872-3357. Dr. Anita Renfroe will be hosting a "Harpsichord Encounter" for high school students on Saturday, January 14 from 10 a.m.-noon in the Ford Atrium, McComsey Hall......
2011-12-09 23:52:00
STAFF REPORT
Leola Pinkney scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Millersville University women's basketball team to a 57-56 victory over Lock Haven Friday, giving the Marauders (4-1 PSAC, 5-1 overall) their first road win of the season.
The Bald Eagles (3-2, 4-2) tied the game at 56-56 on a jumpe......
2011-12-09 23:42:00
STAFF REPORT
Jaymes Miller scored a season-high 21 points and Millersville led Lock Haven from start to finish in Friday's 66-43 road victory that gave the Marauders their first conference win of the season.
Miller led all scorers, and Elijah Obade, who totaled 11 points and 12 rebounds, registered hi......
2011-12-07 21:54:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Lancaster residents could wake up to a fresh coating of snow Thursday morning as a winter storm moves through the area.
The fast-moving storm was expected to arrive around midnight, bringing a couple of inches of snow accumulation.
"It will continue to rain the rest of the day tod......
2011-12-05 15:47:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Don't get out the skis and the long underwear just yet. And leave the one-horse open sleigh in the garage.
This winter likely will be milder and wetter than normal, with more slush and ice than snow.
A white Christmas is possible, but not probable.
In a nutshell, that's th......
2011-12-05 11:01:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Conestoga Elementary teachers Vickie Usciak and Deb Falk can't say enough good things about their students. But by last Thursday, even the most studious fifth-graders were ready for a little boost. That's why they decided to pair up with Millersville University's Tech Education Department to......
2011-12-01 23:58:00
JASON BLAKENEY
All good things eventually come to an end, and magic sometimes runs out.
The historic run of the Millersville University men's soccer team came to an end Thursday night as Fort Lewis College defeated the Marauders 3-0 at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex's Escambia County Stadium.
P......
2011-12-01 16:16:00
TOM KNAPP
Laura Howell has a problem with "The Taming of the Shrew."
"In all the Shakespeare I've directed, I've stayed away from this play, not knowing how to direct this one and still feel good about myself," she admits.
It's a blatantly misogynistic story, after all, in which a free-spir......
2011-12-01 16:13:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Carlo Jury is going to be a busy man Friday.
From noon to 9 p.m., the potter, who works out of Kevin Lehman's Pottery/Lancaster Creative Factory, will be throwing cups, mugs, bowls, vases and platters -- whatever you ask him to make.
Then you can choose the color/glaze you'd like ......
2011-12-01 16:00:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Under normal circumstances, the Ware Center has a crazy schedule of events.
So you can imagine what it's like, now that the Christmas season is upon us.
This weekend will be a whirlwind of music from more than 250 Millersville University students over three days.
"It's a h......
2011-11-29 23:09:00
DAVE BYRNE
It's been a busy 10 days for Steve Widdowson since his Millersville soccer team secured a berth in the NCAA Division Two Final Four.
There were travel arrangements to make, recruits to stay in contact with, as well as the usual day-to-day paperwork.
"It's been very hectic," he sai......
2011-11-27 22:12:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
Basketball practices are mostly serious events but there is a time prior to and after the structured workout devoted to "fun shots."
That's, at least, what the Millersville University women's basketball team calls it.
While the time spent taking "fun shots" — halfcourt bombs......
2011-11-22 23:10:00
ELAINE J. JONES
A rezoning request by Student Lodging Inc., which would have permitted construction of a four-story housing development for Millersville University students nearly one mile from campus, was blocked unanimously by borough council on Tuesday.
Council, backed by approximately 50 residents wh......
2011-11-21 08:33:00
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Earth Sciences Seminar Talk
When: Dec. 1 at 4:30 p.m. Location: Roddy, room 149. Contact: Sam Earman; Phone: 871-2086 The earth sciences department at Millersville University presents the fall 2011 Seminar Series. Dr. Jose Fuentes will present "Plant-emitted hydrocarbons influence air qua......
2011-11-18 22:51:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Lancaster County kids were first in line when it came to services from The Second Mile.
Thousands of local children and teens participated in the State College-based charity's programs, including camp trips, visits to local attractions, educational videos, leadership seminars, mentoring b......
2011-11-18 23:19:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
Over the past few seasons, in the interest of team bonding and physical conditioning, the Millersville women's basketball team has devoted some of its preseason practice to non-basketball activities.
One of those activities is dodgeball. Another is flag football.
"We play the Eagl......
2011-11-18 00:40:00
DAVE BYRNE
For the second time in four years, the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Elite Eight returns to Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium as Millersville hosts Rockhurst University, Saturday evening at 6.
The winner advances to the national semifinals, where it will play the Cal State LA-Fort Lewi......
2011-11-16 23:49:00
STAFF REPORT
It took Millersville seven tries to win its first road game last season. Thanks to a stout second-half defensive effort and some clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch, the Marauders notched their first road win of 2011-12 in their first try, defeating Lincoln 72-69 Wednesday night.
......
2011-11-14 19:18:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Penn Manor High School is helping a group of underclassmen tap into their strengths through a pilot program that pairs students with mentors from Millersville University.
Melissa Ostrowski, a high school counselor, helped organize the Millersville University Mentor Program to serve studen......
2011-11-10 22:54:00
DAN NEPHIN
Americans have forgotten how to treat others with civility and self-respect, leading to an inability to work together to tackle problems of economic disparity, unemployment and disparate incarceration of people of color, according to Millersville University's president.
But individuals ca......
2011-11-10 23:55:00
JOEL SCHREINER
For Fred Thompson and the Millersville University men's basketball team, the road back to the playoffs has been a long one.
Since making their last postseason appearance in 2008, the Marauders have posted a string of three straight losing seasons in which they didn't win more than 10 game......
2011-11-10 23:39:00
DAVE BYRNE
Millersville goalkeeper Brad Benzing is generously listed at 5-foot-9 on the Marauder roster.
Whatever, he played 10 feet tall Thursday night, propelling the host Marauders into the championship game of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional.
Benzing, a redshirt freshman from Mary......
2011-11-10 23:21:00
JON FERGUSON
It's not that Andy Middleton was unhappy living in Brooklyn.
Life certainly was hectic for the jazz saxophonist and his wife, Sheila Cooper, also a saxophonist and a singer.
But the couple made it work, earning a living as musicians by touring in the U.S. and overseas, making reco......
2011-11-09 22:44:00
JEFF HAWKES
Lancaster Mennonite High School placed its assistant principal on leave Friday after he was accused of sexually abusing international students he hosted in his home.
The school informed assistant principal Steven Geyer of the accusation Friday afternoon. He was asked to leave the school a......
2011-11-08 22:42:00
STAFF REPORT
For the third time in four years the Millersville men's soccer team is headed to the NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament, and for the second time, it will serve as host for the Atlantic Regional which begins Thursday at 4 p.m.
Joining Millersville in the four-team regional are Califo......
2011-11-07 22:35:00
TOM MURSE
Lancaster County voters appeared to have every reason to vote back in November 2007. They had endured years of courthouse rancor and secrecy and were presented with a chance to start clean.
So what did three out of every four residents old enough to cast a ballot do?
Yup.
......
2011-11-07 22:31:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
More than three dozen Canada geese call Millersville University their home.
Geese are generally attracted to areas that provide food, water and protection. At Millersville they've been congregating around the pond, in the heart of campus.
But the charming, honking creatures have w......
2011-11-04 22:56:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Millersville University has engaged in a competition to reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
The Game Day Challenge is a friendly competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at their football games.
The challenge was proposed by the Environmental Protection Ag......
2011-11-04 21:02:00
STAFF REPORT
Head coach Steve Widdowson took over the Millersville men's soccer program in 2007 and has led the Marauders to five consecutive PSAC Tournament appearances, two NCAA Tournaments and a NCAA Atlantic Region Championship. But they are still in search of a PSAC title.
The Marauders (11-6-1) ......
2011-11-03 23:29:00
JIMMY PIANKA
Correction Nov. 7, 2011 — The Lancaster VFW's Veterans Day celebration on Saturday will feature two live bands. An earlier version of the story below contained incorrect information.
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2011-11-02 22:27:00
STAFF REPORT
For the third time in four years the Millersville men's soccer team is heading back to the PSAC title game.
The host Marauders cruised past California (Pa.) in Wednesday night's semifinals, scoring twice in each half for a 4-0 victory.
MU will host fourth-seeded Bloomsburg on Satu......
2011-11-02 20:53:00
KEVIN FREEMAN
While more and more girls' volleyball players from the Lancaster-Lebanon League are choosing to compete at the collegiate level, nowhere is there a greater L-L League presence than at Eastern University in St. Davids, on the Main Line outside of Philadelphia.
Of the 12 players on the Eagl......
2011-11-02 11:04:00
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Global Entrepreneurship Week
When: Nov. 15 - 17. Location: Bolger Conference Center, Gordinier Hall. Contact: CCERP; Phone: 872-3049. Global Entrepreneurship Week will be held November 14-17, presented by the Entrepreneurial Leadership Center. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's l......
2011-11-01 22:55:00
TOM MURSE
Lancaster County is growing in population.
It might soon be growing in number of politicians.
The county could be represented by three additional members of the state House beginning in 2013 because of its growth over the past decade, newly unveiled legislative maps show.
......
2011-10-31 23:35:00
LARRY ALEXANDER and JENNIFER TODD
Officials said Millersville's main thoroughfare is expected to remain closed for much of Tuesday because of a natural gas explosion that rocked the borough Monday.
Crews will begin work Tuesday morning to tear down The Framery Etc. building at 10 Manor Ave., according to Duane Hagelgans, ......
2011-10-27 15:10:00
TOM KNAPP
Erik Soulliard looks forward to a special Halloween presentation of "The Creek" -- even though he knows exactly how the horror movie ends.
Soulliard, a Lebanon County native and Millersville University graduate, completed work on the film -- which he wrote, directed, edited and starred in......
2011-10-27 22:52:00
TOM KNAPP
Click here for our latest winter weather update.
It looks like it could be a white Halloween after all....
2011-10-26 20:17:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Oct. 25 meeting
Lancaster EMS and Lancaster Public Library representatives made appeals for increased funding to Millersville Borough Council on Tuesday.
Council members said they would take the two requests into consideration when preparing the 2012 budget. The borough is looking......
2011-10-25 15:42:00
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World renowned guitarist Ernesto Tamayo will be performing at The Ware Center at Millersville University Lancaster Nov. 3. The performance, which will take place at 7:30 p.m., will be part of a benefit show for the Artistic Season at The Ware Center.
"The goal is to raise funds to help un......
2011-10-25 00:14:00
ALYSSA WILLIAMS
Lancaster Catholic graduate Stephanie Cleaves spent months training to compete with the Honduran National Women's Soccer Team in a bid to reach the 2012 pre-Olympics in Canada. The Central American hexagonal series, the qualifying tournament, was held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 8 in Guatemala.
...
2011-10-24 20:55:00
TIM MEKEEL
The top two leaders of the now-defunct Pennsylvania Academy of Music want to get paid, too.
Dr. Thomas F. Godfrey and Roger W. Sandt filed court papers Friday seeking a combined $28,000 in salary and reimbursement from PAM's estate.
The action follows filings earlier this year by ......
2011-10-21 21:04:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Police officers, by nature, are trained to protect and serve.
That means keeping information and evidence secret often comes with the job.
Ask questions, surely, but don't tell – at least, not too much.
After 16 years on the streets, Lancaster city police Lt. Todd Um......
2011-10-21 08:44:00
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Millersville University will learn about marketing and innovation from an experienced professional, Randi Zuckerberg, the former marketing director of Facebook and sister of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
As part of the first annual Innovator-in-Residence at Millersville Uni......
2011-10-20 16:58:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Student success will be the topic explored during a public forum Saturday hosted by the Lancaster Latino Education Committee.
The forum, "Education in Lancaster County from K-12 to College: A Comprehensive Approach to Diversity, Family Engagement and Student Success," will begin at 8 a.m.......
2011-10-20 16:40:00
JANE HOLAHAN
There's more to come in the college theater season. Greek tragedy makes way for Greek comedy, Shakespeare's minor characters are replaced by loud, major ones, and gossip, love and sex are all on the table in sweet, funny and troubling ways.
Millersville University's next show will be "The......
2011-10-20 16:35:00
JANE HOLAHAN
A Jewish folktale about a deceptive demon, a Greek tragedy filled with murder and revenge, and a play within a play within a play that pointedly does not focus on the main character of that play.
Welcome to the new college theater season, which begins Friday at Millersville University's R......
2011-10-20 16:17:00
LAURA KNOWLES
As the son of an artist, Christopher Moss naturally gravitated toward a career in the arts.
So when his father, David Moss, was arranging a one-man exhibition of his mixed-media work at the Isadore Gallery, it just seemed natural for it to become a two-man, father-son exhibit.
"I ......
2011-10-19 22:01:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Lancaster's downtown has gotten quieter in recent weeks.
Music wafting through the night. Notes struck on piano keys in the early morning. Blues pounded out on a piano outside Central Market.
Those were the sounds of summer. And, when summer officially ended in late September, the......
2011-10-19 23:16:00
STAFF REPORT
Millersville University's men's soccer team (8-4-1) is third in the initial NCAA Atlantic Region rankings with an in-region record of 6-4-1 and only four games remaining in the regular season, all in-region games.
NCAA regional rankings play the role of determining the field of 32 teams t......
2011-10-17 22:37:00
BRIAN WALLACE
Juan Hernandez always knew he wanted to go to college, but he wasn't quite sure how to get there.
Then Hernandez signed up in 2005 for a program called GEAR UP at Reynolds Middle School, and he began to see the path ahead.
Over the next six years, Hernandez not only got to visit c......
2011-10-14 20:55:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
A night of partying for three young men at a local college last month turned into assault and robbery, according to charging documents.
Three teenagers, including two recent McCaskey High School graduates, were charged this week with multiple counts of robbery for attacking a group of Mil......
2011-10-13 16:01:00
JON FERGUSON
Pokey LaFarge says his two grandfathers helped him find the unusual musical path he now follows.
LaFarge says one grandfather bought him his first guitar and the other, an amateur historian, taught him the value of learning from the past.
"So I was always kind of a history buff an......
2011-10-12 08:17:00
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Dr. Edith Widder, biologist and deep-sea explorer, will present the 27th annual Brossman Science Lecture on Nov. 3 at Millersville University.
Widder's presentation, "Exploring and Protecting Planet Ocean," will give a breathtaking view of the world beneath the surface of the seas. This e......
2011-10-09 00:05:00
MARY ELLEN WRIGHT
New math teachers in urban schools sometimes leave their jobs after only a couple of years. They're prepared to teach math, but not for the challenges that come with teaching in city districts. Millersville University wants to change that. And a $1.2 million grant from the National Science F......
2011-10-09 11:32:00
STAFF
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, men and women will gather to walk one mile in women's high-heeled shoes throughout Millersville University to protest rape, sexual assault and gender violence. The walk is being organized by the Elsie S. Shenk Wellness and Women's Program. A portion of the proceed......
2011-10-03 21:14:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Tuition fees aren't the only growing costs college students face this year.
Textbooks, too, cost more.
The average student at a four-year public college spent $1,137 a year for textbooks and other materials in 2010-11, according to collegeboard.org.
A new survey r......
2011-10-01 08:35:00
PAULA HOLZMAN
The Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can seem like a study in contrasts.
Rosh Hashanah involves celebrating the new year with a big family meal, sweets and services, while Yom Kippur traditionally means fasting, repentance and prayer.
Both can be difficult to ......
2011-09-29 23:24:00
DAN NEPHIN
Tenure does not, despite public perception, mean a teacher can't be fired, educators said at an education town hall meeting at Millersville University.
"The general public thinks if you have tenure, you have a job for life," Michael Crossey, Pennsylvania State Education Association presid......
2011-09-27 15:30:00
STAFF
Millersville University has earned a spot in The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts and environmental initiatives.
The guide profiles institutions of higher education that demonstrate a commitment to sustain......
2011-09-23 22:02:00
DAN NEPHIN
Fall arrived to a soggy and record-setting welcome Friday, and meteorologists forecast more rain at least through Tuesday.
As of Friday afternoon, 16.5 inches of rain had fallen this month at Middletown — the closest recording station to Lancaster — making it the wettest Septe......
2011-09-22 17:34:00
TIM MEKEEL
A small but growing York County biotech company hopes to move to Lancaster in the coming months.
Aptagen LLC "is 90 percent likely" to come here, said G. Thomas Caltagirone, founder, president and chief executive officer.
"There are many pros, versus cons, to having our lab situat......
2011-09-22 14:32:00
JANE HOLAHAN
They sit majestically in churches throughout Lancaster County, ready to come alive Sunday mornings.
For many people, the glorious organ music is as much a part of worship as the minister's sermon and the reading of Bible passages.
But you don't have to go to a church service to he......
2011-09-22 14:30:00
JON FERGUSON
Juanita Williams says she can't remember exactly how long she's been performing with pianist Fred Hughes or even how they first got together.
All she knows is that they've been playing together a long time and she's never met a better musical partner.
"We know each other," William......
2011-09-21 17:44:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
It's time to get in the game.
Young athletes, coaches and fans are in anticipation mode as county schools swing into sports season.
But beyond the cheering crowd and the ball-chasing action, there are seasoned and focused backstage veteran......
2011-09-21 17:44:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
It's time to get in the game.
Young athletes, coaches and fans are in anticipation mode as county schools swing into sports season.
But beyond the cheering crowd and the ball-chasing action, there are seasoned and focused backstage veterans who quietly set the stage.
Here'......
2011-09-20 10:22:00
BRIAN WALLACE
Susan Heydt likes to use Facebook to remind her students of upcoming assignments and check on them if they've had a difficult day in her class.
Heydt, a secondary gifted teacher in Donegal School District, said she's "glad to be a safe adult that can be available to support my students" t......
2011-09-16 21:32:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
A former local collegiate basketball star is bound for another stint in prison after he was sentenced Friday for dealing drugs here.
Amos Clay II, now 46, was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in state prison for multiple felony drug offenses in Lancaster city.
Clay sold crack cocaine to......
2011-09-15 15:05:00
JON FERGUSON
It's all Judy Hyman can do to keep her instruments straight.
There's the acoustic fiddle she uses when she performs with the Horse Flies, a band she helped found in the late 1970s.
She switches to an electric fiddle for gigs with A Boy with a Fish, a harder-edged group that includ......
2011-09-15 14:59:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Amy Skillman, co-curator of "Making it Better: Folk Art in Pennsylvania Today" at the Sykes Gallery at Millersville University, has long believed that getting to know other people's folk traditions can open doors.
"I was a child of the 1960s and I grew up in the civil rights era," Skillma......
2011-09-15 14:36:00
Staff
Lost in the Corn ... opens Friday
The corn is high in Lancaster County -- just perfect to get lost in. To take advantage of that, Oregon Dairy, in conjunction with WROZ-FM, 101 the Rose, is opening "The Cow Jumped Over the Moon Corn Maze" this weekend. The maze is shaped like a cow and mo......
2011-09-14 22:29:00
DAN NEPHIN
A fundraiser will be held Friday for an organization working to create a safe house for human trafficking victims.
North Star Initiative has a house under lease, but co-founder Jen Sensenig estimated it needs at least $250,000 in renovations.
The group is targeting a late 2013 ope......
2011-09-13 23:37:00
TOM MURSE
The attorney who struck a legal blow Tuesday against President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul health care is a Lancaster County native who has been practicing law for little more than a decade.
Paul A. Rossi, a 1986 Lancaster Christian School graduate, successfully argued that the requir......
2011-09-12 22:20:00
BERNARD HARRIS
The landmark building at 42 N. Prince St. received a fresh start Monday, with a knowing nod toward its short, bumpy past.
At a ceremony before an influential invited crowd of about 200, Millersville University President Francine McNairy announced the building will be named The Ware Center......
2011-09-11 10:36:00
Staff
It came by the slimmest of margins, but Millersville will take the win. The Marauder defense generated four turnovers and the offense capitalized to top Lock Haven 21-20 in its season opener. Millersville pounced on two Lock Haven fumbles in the first quarter, which resulted in touchdown cat......
2011-09-09 22:38:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Marietta residents cautiously watched the Susquehanna River on Friday while others started tackling the muddy mess left by a four-day storm that dumped 8 to 15 inches of rain here.
The Conestoga River, creeks and streams began receding Thursday as the rain tapered off.
The Susqueh......
2011-09-09 12:07:00
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Millersville is celebrating its 250th anniversary during the 2011 year. In commemoration of this unique milestone, a special entertainment program entitled Millersville's Got Talent, is being produced in the borough to showcase local talent.
Public shows are scheduled for Oct.......
2011-09-08 23:59:00
JANE HOLAHAN
It was one of those gorgeous September days when the sky is hopelessly blue and the weather is still warm — a day in which to revel.
But 10 years ago, the skies turned dark, black smoke choked two of our great cities, close to 3,000 people were killed and we all looked on in horror ......
2011-09-08 14:26:00
TOM KNAPP
Opera has a reputation.
Say you're going to the opera, and you conjure notions of tuxedos and tails, fancy gowns, noses in the air and arias sung in languages you probably haven't heard since that introductory class you had to take in middle school.
Not so, says Joshua Rinier.......
