2008-08-02 01:39:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
When it comes to the rolling river hills of northwestern Lancaster County, there's not a lot to do on a Saturday night — at least without heading north to Harrisburg or crossing the Susquehanna River west to York County.This summer, however, Nissley Vineyards & Winery Estate ......
2008-08-01 00:53:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
One year ago today, 13 people lost their lives when the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour.In an instant, public attention was focused on the United States' infrastructure deficiencies and the dangers they pose.Since the tragedy, transportation departments ac......
2008-07-28 00:04:00
CARLA DI FONZO, staff
If any peregrine falcons or eagles are still nesting around Norman Wood Bridge over the Susquehanna River, local birder Tom Raub said they're staying out view.Of course, he said, because it's too late in the season for nesting, it's even more likely the birds have simply flown ......
2008-07-21 11:10:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
The state has fined PPL for two fish kills at its Brunner Island power plant along the Susquehanna River in York County, across from Bainbridge. Previous fish kills had occurred at Brunner Island in 2002, 2005 and 2006. In addition to a $77,500 fine for the two fish kills in October 200......
2008-07-18 12:22:00
DAVID O'CONNOR, Staff
If there's one thing people on both sides of the emotion-packed issue might agree on, it's that "it's a very, very difficult subject," as one official put it. Because on one hand, parents and others in Conestoga, Marietta, Columbia or any other town where former sex offenders reside or even ......
2008-07-17 00:58:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Thieves targeted copper wire in one of two metal-theft incidents earlier this week in West Hempfield Township.Three teenagers attempted to steal copper cables Tuesday morning from power poles along a railroad line that runs through Chickies Rock Park, police said.Justin M. Shade, 18......
2008-07-17 00:55:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
After more than a decade of waiting, about 100 Marietta residents got a peek at plans Wednesday to construct a two-mile, $3 million to $6 million levee system that would protect their town from Susquehanna River flooding.Now, the decision about whether to construct the levee rests in the h......
2008-07-11 11:33:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
If you pay a sewage bill, Pennsylvania's new budget may spell relief from big rates hikes that have been anticipated. Many customers served by 17 regional sewage plants in Lancaster County have been told to expect steep increases in their bills because of state and federal clean-water manda......
2008-07-09 11:28:00
JANET KELLEY, Staff
For 10 years, police have wondered about the man in the Susquehanna River. His body was discovered floating in the water by fishermen in April 1998. There was no sign of foul play or trauma to the body, Manor Township Police Detective C. Michael Phenneger said, and an autopsy confirmed &qu......
2008-07-08 00:17:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
Tourism was not a cause of the American Civil War, but it certainly has been an effect.And now, to help promote Pennsylvania's pivotal role in that conflict, which pitted American against American, the state Department of Transportation has placed 73 new signs in six counties promoting......
2008-07-01 23:46:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
One year ago, Marietta's "green" initiatives were the talk of local governments around the state. Now, it seems the borough's environmental efforts are being ignored, the victim of gross mismanagement and neglect.Marietta resident Stacey VonStein criticized the borough......
2008-06-28 01:55:00
JOHN WALK, Staff
For 10-year-old Craig McKee, operating robots at the North Museum was more difficult than playing with his toys at home."I like the cranes," Craig said Wednesday while visiting the museum. "I play with LEGOs® at home but the cranes are hard (to operate)."The ......
2008-06-28 01:29:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
A brush fire swept across Upper Bear Island in the Susquehanna River Thursday, damaging about two acres of the popular camping spot and home of several bald eagles.The fire started about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, on the 65-acre island south of Holtwood Dam and the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic To......
2008-06-24 01:17:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
More than 50 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Susquehanna River on Monday evening after two tractor-trailers collided on the Route 30 Wrights Ferry Bridge.One of the trucks was carrying approximately 200 gallons of fuel, of which 50 to 75 spilled into the river, Columbia No. 1 fire ......
2008-06-24 01:14:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
A troubled 27-year-old man dove head-first off the Route 462 bridge Monday morning — and survived a 75-foot fall into the Susquehanna River, police said.A fisherman pulled George Clayton Jr. of Manheim onto his boat after Clayton jumped into the river about 10:20 a.m., according to p......
2008-06-13 01:08:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
The Conejohela Flats near Washington Boro holds a special place for Liz and Steve Winard, and they are anxious to show off its varied wildlife — from swimming baby beavers to bald eagles and ospreys soaring overhead.Thursday afternoon the couple who owns Shank's Mare outfitter in......
2008-06-11 11:30:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
Residents and officials in two southern Lancaster County townships say they've been kept in the dark about a controversial $415 million interstate natural gas pipeline that would be built in their midst. About 8 miles of the proposed 88-mile Mid-Atlantic Express pipeline would pass through ......
2008-06-11 01:31:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
West Earl Township supervisors on Monday gave the go-ahead for an important engineering study concerning a medical facility that has been proposed for the area.Lancaster General Hospital and Ephrata Community Hospital are working toward construction of a facility at Routes 322 and 222 on a......
2008-06-10 18:36:00
GREG CALDWELL, Correspondent
Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery in Wrightsville awes customers with its breathtaking view. Visitors walk out of the back of the French country chateau to see a panoramic view of the Susquehanna River. The river and setting are two big draws for the winery, which is the newest one in the a......
2008-06-08 00:04:00
JOHN McGONIGLE, Outdoors Editor
With 50 years of experience fishing the Susquehanna River, John Rupp of Ephrata qualifies as a good candidate to talk about bass fishing prior to the June 14 season opener. Rupp, who fishes about 125 days a year, retired from running his own auto parts and tire store in Ephrata six years ago. B......
2008-06-08 00:02:00
JOHN McGONIGLE, Outdoors Editor
John Rupp has some advice concerning equipment and lure for beginner-to-intermediate-level smallmouth bass anglers on the Susquehanna River. Use a spinning rod, at least 6½-feet long, designed for one-eighth-ounce to three-quarter-ounce lures, with a spinning reel (either open or closed-......
2008-06-04 11:17:00
STEPHEN ZOOK, Staff
There were two parts to Chris Johnson's life, according to his pastor. There was the side that needed solace, and the side that "had a sparkle," was outgoing and charming. The second side of Johnson, a Penn Manor High School graduate and Iraq War veteran, was abundantly evident at......
2008-06-04 01:16:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand, that an angel came and called my name, and took me by the hand;
She said my place was ready, in heaven far above, and that I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
— Erica Shea Liupae......
2008-05-29 11:20:00
JANET KELLEY, Staff
The body of a missing Iraq War veteran, found in the Susquehanna River Wednesday, was draped in an American flag as it was brought to shore. About two dozen friends and family members were waiting at the Lancaster County side of the river as Chris Johnson's body was brought to land. Jo......
2008-05-29 11:25:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
Around Lancaster County, at least seven old dams have been removed on the Conestoga River and tributaries to aid their swim to a population boom. In Columbia, officials envision a new riverfront park attracting anglers fishing for them. Pennsylvania is hoping their restoration will spawn a......
2008-05-29 01:08:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
Two boaters found Chris Johnson's body Wednesday on the York County shore of the Susquehanna River a week after the Iraq War veteran apparently fell out of his boat.The 24-year-old's clothed body, still partially submerged in the river, was found on the shore in Chanceford Township......
2008-05-28 11:01:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
The Susquehanna River, mighty as it is, is not limitless. Every year, more and more water from the river, its tributaries and groundwater is sucked up by power companies, farmers, for drinking water, industry, mining and golf courses. Drinking water from the Susquehanna is pumped as far......
2008-05-27 01:18:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The Lake Clarke section of the Susquehanna River was full of boats Monday afternoon.It was just what York resident Jason Matthews said he'd expect on a holiday with temperatures in the 80s.Matthews spent several hours on his power boat on Lake Clarke Monday with six friends and ......
2008-05-25 00:20:00
PAUL FRANZ and JON RUTTER, Staff
The search for Chris Johnson, a former Marine Corps lance corporal and Iraq war veteran, continued Saturday along the banks of the Susquehanna River. Searchers found no trace of the West Hempfield Township fisherman by the time the operation wrapped up at dusk, said Brian Morrin, the public inf......
2008-05-24 01:15:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
The staging area of Lock No. 2 at Long Level in York County took on a quiet and calm appearance Friday evening as waves from motorboats lapped on the shoreline of the Susquehanna River.Emergency crews awaited the arrival of a diving team in the search for Chris Johnson, the West Hempfield ......
2008-05-23 11:45:00
TOM MURSE and STEPHEN ZOOK, Staff
As teens, Greg Blackburn and Chris Johnson were inseparable. So when Blackburn graduated from Penn Manor in 2001, a year ahead of his pal, he stuck around his hometown and waited for Johnson to finish high school. Then they joined the Marines. Together. "He was my little bro......
2008-05-23 02:25:00
JENNIFER TODD and LAURA FREEMAN, Staff
Deteriorating weather conditions forced rescue crews Thursday evening to suspend the search on the Susquehanna River for a missing West Hempfield Township fisherman.Chris Johnson, a 2002 Penn Manor High School graduate and Iraq War veteran, has been missing since Wednesday, when his boat w......
2008-05-23 01:54:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The Mount Airy Road bridge over Middle Creek in Clay Township has seen better days, according to township manager Bruce Leisey.With school buses, large trucks and cars rumbling over it every day, the concrete deck is crumbling.In 2006, a survey of bridges across the state listed the......
2008-05-22 12:00:00
CINDY STAUFFER and STEPHEN ZOOK, Staff
Chris Johnson lost an arm but survived the battle of Fallujah in Iraq. But he may have died Wednesday doing what he loved — fishing on the Susquehanna River. The 24-year-old former U.S. Marine lance corporal's bass boat was found along the York County shoreline, just south of Lon......
2008-05-22 02:29:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
A Texas energy company announced plans Tuesday to build a 33-mile natural gas pipeline that would run from a Marietta compressor station into York County.The pipeline proposed by Texas Eastern Transmission, a subsidiary of Houston-based Spectra Energy, cleared its first hurdle Tuesday when......
2008-05-22 02:21:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
A Lancaster County fisherman was still missing late Wednesday night after he apparently fell off his boat and disappeared into the Susquehanna River, rescue officials said.The search is expected to resume this morning.The missing boater — whom officials said is an Iraq War vet......
2008-05-21 12:47:00
STAFF
Lancaster County rescue units responded to call for "a boat in distress" late this morning in the Susquehanna River. Rescue units from Lancaster and York counties responded to the report of a boat in trouble near Green Branch Creek on the York County side of the river, across from Tur......
2008-05-14 10:51:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
When you're the top refrigerated iced tea producer in the nation, and expect to grow, you need more water. Turkey Hill Dairy has completed a new 4,250-foot water line to draw groundwater from four wells at the base of Turkey Hill to its dairy facilities atop the hill. The newly buried ......
2008-05-13 11:31:00
CINDY STAUFFER, Staff
A tragic mishap killed a York County teacher found dead in rugged terrain along the Susquehanna River in March, police have concluded. "It was an accidental death consistent with a fall and exposure," Susquehanna Regional Police Chief Ed Haugh said today. Police had been waiting ......
2008-05-10 00:48:00
MADELYN PENNINO, Staff
Police have identified the body found floating in the Susquehanna River near Three Mile Island Thursday.An autopsy Friday determined that Gregory Stone, 49, drowned sometime this week in the river, Susquehanna Regional Police Lt. Stephen Englert said.Englert did not release an addre......
2008-05-09 02:29:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Two fishermen found a man's body floating in the Susquehanna River near Three Mile Island on Thursday night.Police had not identified the man as of late Thursday. They also had not determined how he died."We found some information on him to give us an idea who he might be,&......
2008-05-08 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Proposal would allot percentage of sales tax to state wildlife agencies•••Take a drive up to State Game Lands 156 near Brickerville on a pleasant, spring Sunday afternoon.Odds are you'll find the parking lots surrounding the ......
2008-05-02 01:05:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
It's been four years since the state Department of Environmental Protection placed the Speedwell Forge Lake dam on Hammer Creek in Elizabeth Township on its list of "unsafe, high-hazard dams," but nothing has happened yet to move the structure off that list.That's unaccep......
2008-04-21 00:26:00
STAFF REPORTS
A woman was injured Sunday morning when she fell in Chickies Rock County Park, according to investigators.The woman's name and condition were not available Sunday.West Hempfield Township police said they're investigating the fall, which happened about 11:25 a.m.It wasn't clea......
2008-04-17 14:22:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
The state will soon begin spraying waterways used for recreation around the state to kill the larvae of biting black flies. Thirty-four counties have enrolled in the spraying program. For the sixth straight year, Lancaster is not among them. From 1990 through 2002, DEP sprayed a black fly-......
2008-04-13 00:02:00
John McGonigle
Lancastrians have a wide selection of spots suitable for wildlife watching.The biggest player in conserving open space, thus wildlife, is the Lancaster County Conservancy. The conservancy's scattered holdings protect exceptional properties, many offering recreational opportunities for ......
2008-04-07 00:02:00
MADELYN PENNINO, staff writer
Filled with a deep sense of purpose, scores of volunteers spent a blustery morning Sunday planting seeds in a Martic Township field.Their mission was to help re-establish Lancaster County's population of chestnut trees, which used to cover the region's rolling hills.About 40......
2008-03-31 09:18:00
JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
Five people, including several Columbia residents, fell out of a boat that capsized late Sunday afternoon in the Susquehanna River near Three Mile Island, Harrisburg state police said. All five occupants, including a 6-year-old boy, made it safely to Shelley Island, south of Middletow......
2008-03-27 00:46:00
Associated Press
A security problem occurred last year at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, but federal regulators who are reviewing it have refused to reveal what happened.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission examined the issue as part of a routine security inspection that was completed Feb. 8, agen......
2008-03-20 11:41:00
CINDY STAUFFER, Staff
Sara Yorty's family believes she died from a fall. The 30-year-old York woman's body was found in rugged terrain along the Susquehanna River Tuesday, two days after she left her parents' house saying she was going hiking. An autopsy showed her cause of death was a broken pelvis......
2008-03-20 01:13:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
The female York County high school teacher whose body was found Tuesday on the shore of the Susquehanna River died of multiple injuries and hypothermia, Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said Wednesday.An autopsy showed that 30-year-old Sara Yorty, of Springettsbury Township,......
2008-03-19 11:25:00
JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
Police hope that an autopsy will help determine the cause of death of a York County high school teacher whose body was found Tuesday afternoon along the Susquehanna River in northwest Lancaster County. Investigators identified the woman as 30-year-old Sara Yorty of Springettsbury Township....
2008-03-19 02:48:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
The body of a York County high school teacher was found Tuesday on the shore of the Susquehanna River in northwest Lancaster County, investigators said.The woman, missing since Sunday, was found dead on the eastern shore of the river in Conoy Township, just south of Three Mile Island, inve......
2008-03-18 01:03:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
West Hempfield Township police continued searching Monday for an unidentified female seen falling into the Susquehanna River near Columbia late Sunday.Sgt. Russell Geier said police received a few calls Monday from people reporting missing family members, but gained no solid leads as to th......
2008-03-17 00:07:00
MICHAEL YODER and JENNIFER TODD, staff
Rescue crews searched the Susquehanna River for nearly two hours Sunday night for a young woman who witnesses said either fell or jumped from Veterans Memorial Bridge shortly before 9:30 p.m.The search was called off at 11 p.m. because of poor river conditions, police said.According......
2008-03-14 11:20:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
A majority of Conoy Township supervisors dissed ethanol Thursday night, then voted 3-2 to permit a $120 million ethanol distillery in the township. The granting of a conditional-use permit — with 77 conditions — to Lancaster Biofuels after five months of hearings clears a major hurd......
2008-03-14 01:53:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
After months of testimony, it took Conoy Township supervisors less than 15 minutes Thursday evening to decide the future of ethanol in Lancaster County.Despite staunch opposition from some segments of the community, supervisors approved the conditional-use application by Lancaster Biofuels......
2008-03-13 01:33:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
The fate of a $100 million ethanol plant hangs on a decision expected this evening from Conoy Township supervisors.The supervisors' meeting, slated to begin at 7:30 p.m., will be held at Bainbridge Fire Hall to accommodate the anticipated crowd.Testimony closed Jan. 24 on the pl......
2008-03-07 11:08:00
CHAD UMBLE, Staff
Helping clean up the Chesapeake Bay can seem like an abstract and onerous requirement for Lancaster County. But state Sen. Mike Brubaker says the county has played a role in polluting the bay and must do its part to restore its health. And back in 2000, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virgin......
2008-03-06 00:59:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Well now, that wasn't so bad after all.The heavy rains predicted for the area late Tuesday and early Wednesday fell fast and hard, but not nearly as dramatically as anticipated.While floodwaters rose in some low-lying areas, the result for most Lancaster County residents was mor......
2008-03-05 10:28:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
While the ultimate fate of 23 miles of the Enola Low-Grade rail line remains uncertain, Manor Township is eagerly moving forward to convert a scenic 5-mile portion along the Susquehanna River into a public trail. On Monday, township supervisors unanimously voted to hire a consultant and committ......
2008-03-01 01:25:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
If you've always thought about taking a scenic bicycle ride along the Susquehanna River but didn't know the best route, Landis Valley Museum may soon have the information you need.Working in conjunction with Lancaster-York Heritage Region and the Department of Conservation and Natu......
2008-02-29 01:24:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
The Susquehanna River once was the major source of prosperity for the riverfront communities of Columbia, Marietta and Wrightsville.Those three boroughs now hope to hearken back to those glory days by creating new gateways to the river, as well as business and cultural opportunities....
2008-02-20 01:38:00
DAVE PIDGEON, Staff
Lawmakers in Harrisburg will try to figure out this week how to keep municipalities from being bankrupted by the cost of cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.Under a federal mandate, municipalities in the bay's watershed, which includes the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, have just tw......
2008-02-18 11:55:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
Your sewer bill is likely going up. And state officials are feeling the heat for requiring upgrades to sewage treatment plants to help the Chesapeake Bay — without offering state financial help to offset the costs. Finger-pointing and legislative probes are in full force. Among the n......
2008-02-12 11:34:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
The privilege of having Susquehanna riverfront or island property on popular Lake Clarke is about to come with a higher price. To prevent sewage pollution of the river and Chesapeake Bay, Safe Harbor Water Power Corp. is requiring all 72 renters on five islands in Lancaster County below Columbi......
2008-02-07 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Spring season contingent on federal approval•••Spring conservation snow goose hunts are becoming quite popular in the western United States.Held after all other waterfowl seasons have closed and when snow geese are migrating back......
2008-02-06 02:32:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Conoy Township Planning Commission said Tuesday it is unable to recommend approval of plans to build the state's first corn-to-ethanol production facility on the banks of the Susquehanna River.But it won't recommend denial, either."We can't endorse this proposal bec......
2008-02-04 01:21:00
P.J. REILLY and MICHAEL YODER, Staff
A hiker who fell and broke his leg Sunday night in a rugged section of the River Hills in Martic Township was rescued after a massive manhunt involving 65 searchers from Lancaster County and Maryland.The hiker, described by Chief Carl Strickler of Rawlinsville Fire Company as a man in his ......
2008-01-24 01:03:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
The hearing on a proposed Conoy Township ethanol plant is closed, but a decision on whether to allow the $100 million facility to be built on the eastern shore of the Susquehanna River is nearly two months away.Township supervisors expect to announce their decision March 13.At stake......
2008-01-22 01:20:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
Police coaxed an apparently suicidal man off his perch on Wright's Ferry Bridge over the Susquehanna River Monday morning. The bridge, which carries Route 30 from Lancaster to York County, was briefly closed.A motorist spotted the man about 6:30 a.m. and called 911, police said. Police sai......
2008-01-22 01:06:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
A long-running ethanol-plant hearing is drawing to a close in Conoy Township."It is our expectation that the hearing sessions will wrap up this week," township solicitor Matthew Creme said Monday.Monday's session was reserved solely for public comment on the $100 million corn-to-eth......
2008-01-21 12:20:00
STAFF REPORT
A York County man stopped his motorcycle on the Route 30 bridge over the Susquehanna River, climbed over a protective railing and threatened to commit suicide just after daybreak today. But a West Hempfield Township police officer calmed the 32-year-old man and persuaded him not to jump into th......
2008-01-18 02:41:00
DAVE PIDGEON, Staff
PPL officials announced Thursday that the company would petition a federal agency to approve plans for substantial additions to the Holtwood Dam.During a news conference at the dam in southern Lancaster County, PPL and state officials said that by asking for the Federal Energy Regulatory C......
2008-01-17 12:05:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
The work of two Franklin & Marshall College scientists who have rocked the Chesapeake Bay cleanup world will be the cover story in Science magazine on Friday. The world's leading journal of scientific research chronicles the startling discovery of Dorothy Merritts and Robert Walter in 2......
2008-01-11 02:22:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
The body of a middle-aged man was found Thursday floating in the Susquehanna River, just north of Safe Harbor Dam in Manor Township.A duck hunter found the man's body floating near Turkey Point just after noon, according to Manor Township police Officer Clay Smoker.Investigators sai......
2008-01-11 02:03:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
It's hard to say exactly how noisy a proposed ethanol plant in Conoy Township would be until the plant is built.But a noise-abatement expert who testified before Conoy Township supervisors Thursday said setting restrictions based solely on decibel levels at the property line "is n......
2008-01-10 12:26:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
Farmer Jake Stoltzfus has been told he might want to keep an eye on his baby Boer goats. In an unusual but not unprecedented occurrence, a pair of bald eagles has erected a huge stick nest in farmland along Mill Creek, between Intercourse and New Holland. Lancaster County has become a hotb......
2008-01-08 02:03:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
Tom Arnold walked away from his final assignment as Lancaster County senior deputy coroner on Sunday and asked himself a question he was often left with during his four-year term. "Why?" he said softly as he stepped out of a northern Lancaster County home that was the site o......
2008-01-05 01:49:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
And then there were five.Five Republicans from Lancaster and York counties are vying to fill the seat being vacated by retiring state Sen. Gibson E. Armstrong.The deadline for candidates filing with the Lancaster County GOP in order to win the party's endorsement was 5 p.m. Frid......
2008-01-03 12:10:00
TOM MURSE, Staff
Ticktock, ticktock. Republicans weighing a run for state Sen. Gibson E. Armstrong's seat face a 5 p.m. Friday deadline to file paperwork with the Lancaster County GOP if they intend to seek endorsement. The race for party support in what is certain to be high-profile primary could f......
2008-01-02 01:07:00
DAVE PIDGEON, Staff
They are stories of triumph and kindness in the face of catastrophe and poverty.They are stories about children, a grandmother, brave passers-by and an idyllic landscape forever preserved.The Intelligencer Journal has chosen the following five stories as the most inspirational tales......
2007-12-28 00:02:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
It's a pesky little article shared by only The Hague in the Netherlands, The Bronx in New York and, of course, the Buck, which straddles the border between Drumore and East Drumore townships in southern Lancaster County.The answer to how the Buck got its "the" seems to raise ......
2007-12-20 02:01:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Plans for a $100 million ethanol plant in western Lancaster County don't include the right trees and shrubs, a landscaping expert testified Wednesday.Conoy Township supervisors are considering a conditional-use application by Lancaster Biofuels to build a corn-to-ethanol distillery on ......
2007-12-19 12:01:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
It was the talk of the township in September: a cool million dollars gone missing, money provided by Philadelphia Electric Co. to Drumore Township and nearby Martic Township as compensation for the construction of the Muddy Run pump storage facility in the late 1960s. However, after combing thr......
2007-12-19 01:37:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Even as Conoy Township supervisors are hearing arguments on an ethanol plant planned along the Susquehanna River, the township planning commission is gearing up to play its own part in the complicated review process.Supervisors will hold the seventh in a series of conditional-use hearings ......
2007-12-13 00:20:00
STAFF REPORT
A massive land transfer announced Wednesday by PPL will include the Pinnacle Overlook, Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve, Otter Creek Campground and Holtwood Arboretum. PPL Corp. plans to give 3,500 acres it now owns on both the Lancaster and York county sides of the Susquehanna River to th......
2007-12-12 12:26:00
JACK BRUBAKER, Staff
The Pinnacle Overlook. Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve. Otter Creek Campground. Holtwood Arboretum. These are among the well-known Lancaster and York county natural features included in one of the largest land transfers in this region's history. PPL Corp. plans to ......
2007-12-10 12:16:00
ROBYN MEADOWS, Staff
A missing 17-year-old teen who police worried went into the Susquehanna River has gone home, West Hempfield Township Police said. The 17-year-old from Washington Boro was reported as a runaway from his father's home. The incident began around 1 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses reported seeing a ......
2007-12-10 00:08:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
Emergency responders searched the Susquehanna River without success Sunday afternoon for a missing Manor Township teen."As of now, he has not been located," West Hempfield Township Officer Doug Ober said Sunday night. "But we believe he is not in the river."Fire ......
2007-12-07 01:44:00
BRIAN WALLACE, Staff
More than $2 million in state grants is headed to Lancaster County to help pay for two new nature preserves, four township parks, a recreational trail and an expansion of Tucquan Glen Preserve.The funding also will support the Lancaster-York Heritage Region.The grants are among the ......
2007-11-23 00:35:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Turkey, cranberries, potatoes, squash and even the pumpkin in the pumpkin pie — when it comes to the traditional Thanksgiving table, as Lancaster resident Chris Thompson points out, almost everything being set out comes not from Europe, but from American Indians in the New World."Reg......
2007-11-09 02:26:00
MARC LEVY, Associated Press
The mayor of Pennsylvania's debt-ridden capital spent millions of dollars in public money on everything from covered wagons to copper marshal's badges for a museum about cowboys, Indians and the Wild West.He did so even though the city is on the other side of the country from the p......
2007-11-08 11:46:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Marietta's Susquehanna River shore cleanup in September and Columbia's Shawnee Run cleanup in October show that the western Lancaster County boroughs are leading the charge toward going green. Now, according to two members of borough council, Columbia is exploring the idea of constructi......
2007-11-01 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Regular readers of this page should be fully aware of my love for Penns Creek in the Bald Eagle State Forest near State College.I've tried to spend at least a few days there every year for the past 15 years or so, hunting its fertile water for native brown trout with fly-fishing and sp......
2007-10-31 01:32:00
CARLA DI FONZO, Staff
Some people think about monsters only once a year, around Halloween.Others think about them every day.If you belong to the latter group, Pennsylvania is a particularly good place to be — especially now, with alleged bigfoot photographs circulating in the news.The pictur......
2007-10-29 00:01:00
ROBERTA STRICKLER, Correspondent
The river is an intimate neighbor. It makes sounds, hosts parties and may cause some trouble now and then, sending you to the plumber or to buy flood insurance. A river is both entertainer and entertainment."I can feel its presence," said Georgia Townsend who, with her partner, R......
2007-10-27 12:10:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
The coming of the railroads, the heyday of the 19th century iron industry and the devastating damage Hurricane Agnes caused in June 1972 mark Marietta Borough's history. Determined not to let storm history repeat itself, the state is proposing to build a protective levee along the town's Susque......
2007-10-25 01:58:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Traffic generated by a proposed ethanol plant in Conoy Township would have only a marginal effect on the local community, a traffic engineer testified Wednesday.The number of vehicles entering and exiting the site would be so slight, according to engineer Jeffrey G. Bergsten, that state De......
2007-10-24 01:00:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
The president of Lancaster Biofuels finished his testimony Tuesday night on the proposed ethanol plant in Conoy Township.Seth Obetz, president of Worley & Obetz and the new biofuels company, was questioned for more than an hour during the conditional-use hearing at the Bainbridge Fire ......
2007-10-23 11:02:00
AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
In less than 10 years, the lower Susquehanna River has gone from one of the country's best smallmouth bass fisheries to one in serious decline. That much is fact. What is not yet fact is why. Why would a river with ideal smallie habitat be sending belly-up carcasses downstream and......
2007-10-19 11:32:00
DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
Sometimes it's not "the million-dollar improvements that make the difference." Sometimes just doing something like adding a new dock along the river, and then making it easier to get there, can have significant impact, Manor Township Manager Barry Smith said. The township has......
2007-10-16 01:05:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
A conditional-use hearing on the proposed $100 million ethanol plant in Conoy Township opened Monday with a three-hour session.Nearly 100 concerned residents filled Bainbridge Fire Hall to listen to Seth Obetz, president of Worley & Obetz and the newly created Lancaster Biofuels, the c......
2007-10-13 03:32:00
DEAN LEE EVANS, Correspondent
Public comment about a proposed ethanol plant in Conoy Township will not be permitted at regular meetings of township supervisors, residents learned Thursday.Testimony only will be allowed on Lancaster Biofuels' proposal to build a $100 million corn-to-ethanol distillery on a 65-acre t......
2007-10-12 01:35:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a cleanup plan for the Superfund site near the Susquehanna River in Columbia.Essentially, time and Mother Nature will do the work from this point forward, and the EPA will monitor their progress at the former UGI Columbia Gas Co. property on Fro......
2007-10-10 01:58:00
CARLA DI FONZO, Staff
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday its investigation into sleeping security officers at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant showed the problem, while "inexcusable," was isolated and not a direct threat to security.NRC officials spoke about the investigation at a public me......
2007-10-03 16:46:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Between one industrial tire weighing almost 2 tons and 680 assorted tires weighing 6.9 tons, a massive amount of debris was pulled recently from the Susquehanna River bordering Marietta Borough.The most amazing thing about what got pulled out of the river during the borough's recent cleanu......
2007-10-03 16:39:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
As a way of working hand-in-hand following Marietta Borough's recent successful Susquehanna River cleanup, Columbia Borough is hosting a cleanup along Shawnee Run starting at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 13."It's important to clean up the river, yes, but even more important is getting at th......
2007-10-03 09:58:00
JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
A young Columbia man who had been dodging police for a week took an early-morning dip in the Susquehanna River today in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid capture. Dennis Earl "Zippy" Ishman spent about a half hour in the 50-degree water before boat crews spotted him bobbing about 15......
2007-09-26 19:12:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Holtwood was named for two Canadian financiers in Montreal, and the town even once had its own "Little Italy."Marticville allegedly has its own legendary buried treasure, and when President Calvin Coolidge visited Pequea on Friday, Sept. 13, 1928, he wrote his address in his hotel's regist......
2007-09-22 03:20:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
The eminent domain effort to take Lauxmont Farms ends.•••One day after native Americans watched the sale of land including Susquehannock Indian cemeteries, a spokesman questioned York County commissioners for actions Friday that he said......
2007-09-21 00:57:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
"We're still here, and we're watching."American Indian groups couldn't stop the auction Thursday of land that includes important archaeological sites related to the Susquehannock tribe. But the presence of about 20 Indians, some with homemade signs, sent a clear messa......
2007-09-20 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
How would you like to live next door to a guy who practices with his duck call and his goose call every day — all year long?Darv Gebhart of New Oxford admits he inflicts that pain and suffering on his neighbors.But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.And Gebh......
2007-09-18 01:39:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
It was déjà vu Monday evening at the Bainbridge Fire Hall, as Conoy Township officials and residents once again geared up to address the possibility of a large ethanol production plant in their midst.But for those people looking for dramatic testimony or angry complaints, Mon......
2007-09-15 03:27:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
It's a handsome white house, three stories, with a stone fireplace and a gorgeous view, situated on 26 acres of riverfront property.It's a quiet spot, a place to get away from it all. But the auction of the Leibhart property at 534 Boat House Road in Lower Windsor Township, just ac......
2007-09-15 03:12:00
BILL HANNEGAN, Staff
Plans for parkland development along the Susquehanna River estimated to cost $7 million will be unveiled at 10 a.m. Monday in Columbia Borough.Norm Meiskey, borough manager, said officials will gather at River Park to outline plans for more parking and construction of a boat ramp and a bui......
2007-09-14 12:34:00
TIM MEKEEL, Staff
PPL Corp. agreed this week to pay $500,000 to settle an old issue with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, allowing the company to win approval of a new request. And with that approval, PPL moved closer to being able to generate more electricity at its Susquehanna nuclear power plant at Ber......
2007-09-14 01:21:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Those who attended a meeting of Conoy Township supervisors Thursday evening to talk about a proposed $100 million ethanol plant went home largely disappointed.More than two dozen people crowded into the small municipal meeting room and sat quietly as supervisors ran through a litany of reg......
2007-09-11 01:25:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
A Conoy Township citizens' group is gearing up for battle — again — against plans to build an ethanol plant within township borders."I feel like I've been there, done that," said group co-founder Judith Nissley, an owner of Nissley Vineyards, about a mile from......
2007-09-07 01:20:00
LORI VAN INGEN, Staff
About 3,500 people will arm themselves with paintbrushes, brooms and all manner of tools as they fan throughout the county from the shores of the Susquehanna River to Willow Street to Ephrata for Saturday's United Way of Lancaster County's Day of Caring.This year's Day of Caring will featu......
2007-09-05 01:39:00
ANNIE GINDER, Correspondent
The state Department of Transportation last month addressed concerns over the upcoming Route 324 bridge replacement project.Residents at Martic Township's June 4 supervisor meeting expressed their opposition to the new bridge's design. They argued it would create traffic flow probl......
2007-09-01 02:50:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Lancaster County commissioners Wednesday awarded $2.6 million to 27 projects under the county's 2007 urban enhancement fund program.The goal of the projects is to improve facilities in the county's more densely populated areas.Funding comes from a $25 million bond issue approved by ......
2007-08-30 02:16:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Minor repairs will close a westbound lane today on Wright's Ferry Bridge.The heavily traveled bridge, which carries Route 30 over the Susquehanna River, is scheduled for repairs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mike Crochunis, assistant community relations coordinator for the state Department of Tra......
2007-08-29 01:07:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Columbia may have the "shifter" sandwich and Washington Boro may be famous for its Native American past, but when it comes to Marietta, the buzz these days is focused on only one thing: the borough's pioneering efforts to go green."Cleaning up the environment is never a bad thing and doing......
2007-08-29 00:31:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
A $1.5 million York County property at the center of an 18th Century border war between Pennsylvania and Maryland has been donated to a local non-profit group involved with the controversial Susquehanna Heritage Park, a nearly 600-acre property containing the last known settlement of the Susqueha......
2007-08-15 01:07:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Marietta Borough residents learned Tuesday at the start of council's monthly meeting that council president Bob Heiserman had resigned.The large crowd did not react to the announcement, which ended a tumultuous era under Heiserman's leadership of council vacancies caused by resignations....
2007-08-09 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Studies in progress to address area's falling population•••There are certain activities that define the seasons of the year for me.Fall is synonymous with bowhunting for deer from my tree stand in southern Chester County.......
2007-08-08 00:21:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
The state Department of Environmental Protection has completed preliminary designs for a 2-mile levee project along the Susquehanna River in Marietta Borough, giving residents some idea of what to expect when the project is completed sometime in the middle of the next decade.And once the p......
2007-08-04 00:44:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
The South is beginning to take over Pennsylvania — one tendril at a time.It's only fair, really, since kudzu — an invasive vine that has covered about 7 million acres of the southern United States since it was brought from Japan in 1876 — was first touted as a miracle......
2007-08-01 00:01:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
From tankless water heaters to rooftop gardens, energy-smart light bulbs, water-saving plumbing and solar panels on the roof, Marietta Borough is creating buzz for its plans to begin undertaking pro-environment efforts.Similar efforts in Media, Delaware County, caught the attention of Mari......
2007-07-27 01:09:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
A national environmental group has named PPL Corp.'s coal-fired Brunner Island power plant one of the 50 dirtiest power plants in the country.In its report, "Dirty Kilowatts," which was released Thursday, the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project ranked the Brunner Island......
2007-07-05 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
New regulation shields landowners who allow hunting•••There's a lot of fighting going on these days between the Pennsylvania Game Commission and our state Legislature.Primarily, they've been fighting over deer.Fort......
2007-06-29 12:28:00
AD CRABLE
The vision of a public trail along the Susquehanna River from Columbia to the Dauphin County line has been dancing around for at least 20 years. The reality has never been closer. But even as the pieces start falling into place on the Northwest River Trail, a rift of sorts has developed am......
2007-06-23 00:49:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
About 100 firefighters and emergency service workers from several area fire companies fought a fast-moving brush fire Friday on Upper Bear Island in the Susquehanna River in Drumore Township.Led by Rawlinsville Fire Company, firefighters used five boats to bring equipment and crews to the ......
2007-06-22 00:53:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
A strong wind blew atop the bluff at Chiques Rock as gazers watched the sun swallowed by the horizon and a dark cloud bank across the Susquehanna River.More than 50 people from around the county gathered near the rock, at Breezyview Overlook, Thursday evening to celebrate the summer solsti......
2007-06-20 12:35:00
AD CRABLE
As the inundation from Hurricane Agnes bore down on Lancaster County 35 years ago this week, forecasters and emergency management officials were hamstrung by World War II-era radar that could tell if it was raining or not raining, but little else. River rises were gathered in part by volunteers......
2007-06-20 00:57:00
BRETT LOVELACE, Staff
A 64-year-old Elizabethtown man who robbed a motel received a lighter sentence Tuesday in exchange for agreeing to testify at a federal gun trial later this year.Lancaster County Judge David L. Ashworth sentenced John Lowell IV to 3 to 10 years in state prison for using a knife to rob an U......
2007-06-17 00:10:00
JON RUTTER, Staff writer
Here's how you catch a rattlesnake, K. Derek Pritts was saying. You grab him by the tail, hook him in the middle with a snake stick and hold him off the ground so he can't wriggle around much. And you keep looking over your shoulder. Because you'll need room to backtrack r......
2007-06-14 01:08:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The Lancaster County Conservancy has identified the Octoraro Creek watershed as one of its target areas for land preservation.The nonprofit organization already has three preserves in that southern Lancaster County area.Soon, it will add to those holdings.Wednesday, Gov. Ed R......
2007-06-14 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Wilderness camp boasts legendary black bear, wealth of pike, walleye•••Editor's note: This is the first of two parts. Click here to read part 2.A twinge of exciteme......
2007-06-02 02:16:00
BRETT LOVELACE, Staff
A 39-year-old Baltimore man caught with a loaded handgun and police badge while driving 101 mph on the Route 30 Susquehanna River bridge was sentenced Friday to 4 to 10 years in state prison.Bryan Keith Haines Sr., who in 1991 was convicted in Maryland for videotaping himself having ......
2007-06-02 01:54:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
Three years from now, when Lancaster residents turn on their faucets for a drink, they will be getting the purest water available outside of a bottle.That's the promise city officials made Friday as they broke ground for a $75.2 million project to replace both of Lancaster's aging ......
2007-06-01 14:19:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Lancaster City officials today embarked on the largest public works project in city history, with the groundbreaking for new water-treatment plants along the Susquehanna and Conestoga rivers. When the combined $76.2 million plants are completed in three years, city tap water will be as pure as ......
2007-05-31 00:02:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Several factors contribute to 'dry spell'•••The recovery of the American shad run on the Susquehanna River has taken a huge step backwards this year.And it's not going to get better for a few years at best and for several years at wor......
2007-05-24 12:47:00
JANE HOLAHAN
With the huge success of First Friday in downtown Lancaster, it should come as no surprise that another community has staked out Fourth Friday. The Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce — comprising Columbia, Marietta and Wrightsville — will sponsor Fabulous Fourth Friday in all th......
2007-05-24 01:04:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Estimate of catch-and-release rates will aid understanding of fishery•••Susquehanna River smallmouth anglers might soon start catching fish with an odd "growth" sticking out of their sides.Fear not. It's not a parasite or fungus....
2007-05-09 02:01:00
Brett Hambright, Staff
Sharon Barlow watched Tuesday as searchers found the body of her 16-year-old daughter, Nichole, at the bottom of the Susquehanna River.The teenager was found in the middle of the river under the Norman Wood Bridge, about a mile south of where she went missing more than a week ago, investig......
2007-05-08 14:21:00
TOM MURSE
The water trickled to a stop at the Holtwood Dam early today, and as many as 100 volunteers mounted an exhaustive — and final — search for a 16-year-old Quarryville girl missing in the Susquehanna for nine days. "We're looking for closure," said Rawlinsville Fire Company Chief Dave ......
2007-05-05 15:59:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Derek Pritts was a new police officer a quarter-century ago when he was called to an accident scene where a young girl had chased a ball into the path of a car. Pritts remembers picking up a single shoe, thrown from the girl's foot by the force of the impact. The memory haunted Pritts ......
2007-05-04 14:16:00
TOM MURSE
In what would be a rare move, PPL is likely to stop the Holtwood Dam next week so searchers can look for the 16-year-old girl who vanished in the Susquehanna River on Sunday. "This is the most massive undertaking that we can do," said Derek Pritts, a waterways conservation officer for the state......
2007-05-03 14:56:00
TOM MURSE
An alert citizen walking the Norman Wood Bridge Wednesday night spotted what might be the orange life jacket worn by Nichole Barlow when she was swept over the Holtwood Dam Sunday. The 16-year-old Solanco sophomore, who has been missing since then and is presumed drowned, did not appear to be s......
2007-05-03 02:35:00
Brett Hambright, Staff
Investigators have acquired amateur photographs that show the panic aboard a boat moments before it plunged over the Holtwood Dam Sunday.Nichole Barlow, 16, who was one of six people aboard the boat, is missing and presumed drowned. The other five survived the accident.Also, Jennife......
2007-05-02 14:51:00
TOM MURSE
An exhaustive two-day search of the Susquehanna River yielded barely a trace of the 16-year-old Solanco student who vanished after being swept over the Holtwood Dam on Sunday. But it did turn up a mystery. Of the half dozen bright-orange life jackets aboard a boat abandoned by Nichole Barl......
2007-05-02 13:55:00
Staff Report
Columbia and Marietta and their fellow Susquehanna River town, Wrightsville, are kicking off special events for the last workday of the week, called "Fabulous Fourth Fridays." The dates for the special promotions in the three boroughs for the next several months are May 25, June 22, J......
2007-05-01 14:38:00
TOM MURSE
Nichole Barlow and her best friend, 15-year-old Alexis McLaughlin, jumped from their boat and held hands as they approached the raging Holtwood Dam Sunday. "Nicki said she was going to try to swim," her mother Sharon said in an interview today. "Everybody knows the motions, but s......
2007-05-01 14:34:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Solanco is a tight-knit community. And today, at one community store, it seemed like everyone knew Nichole Barlow, or knew someone who did. Kids rode the bus with the 16-year-old, who is missing after a weekend boating accident on the Susquehanna River. Or had a class with her. Or knew her thro......
2007-05-01 02:05:00
Brett Hambright, Staff
The last thing 14-year-old Amanda Barlow remembers saying to her sister, Nichole, is "I love you."On Monday, she wondered if that Saturday embrace was the last she will get to share with her older sister.Sixteen-year-old Nichole Barlow was still missing late Monday night &......
2007-04-30 09:36:00
Brett Hambright and P.J. Reilly, Staff
Rescue crews were searching overnight Sunday for a 16-year-old Lancaster County girl who was missing after a boat she was in went over the Holtwood Dam.The girl was one of six passengers in a 16-foot motor-boat that drifted over the dam Sunday afternoon, plummeting more than 50 feet into t......
2007-03-30 01:31:00
Carla Di Fonzo, Staff
The downtown area would be freed of freight haulers using Route 441 between Route 30 and a point south of the borough.•••Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz invited residents Thursday to weigh in on a bypass proposal that would divert trucks off Route 441 in the do......
2007-03-30 00:02:00
Roberta Strickler, Staff
This is Pennsylvania, where winter gives us occasional but unpredictable flashes of spring weather. Then, suddenly, the ground thaws and urgency goads gardeners to get out there and realize their dreams."I've got to get out to my garage to see if there are any pink shoots on my vo......
2007-03-23 03:03:00
Tom Knapp, Staff
Lancaster County has more than 600 miles of dirty water running through the countryside before pouring into the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay.The region, conservation officials said Thursday, would benefit from cleaner water.That's where REAP comes into play."......
2007-03-15 14:09:00
AD CRABLE
Remember Wednesday's balmy 79 degrees, the warmest day here in 22 weeks? Hold that thought through the winter storm and flood watches over the next couple days. Just as the remaining snow cover from the Valentine's Day storm finally melted away, making way for crocuses, a fresh coat of ......
2007-03-15 00:07:00
P.J. Reilly, Staff
Hope you enjoyed Wednesday's sunshine and mild weather. Because today is expected to be ugly. The National Weather Service on Wednesday afternoon issued a flood watch for Lancaster and several surrounding counties today. Forecaster John LaCorte said anywhere from 1 to 2 inches ......
2007-03-14 14:39:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Lancaster City officials have been planning for more than six years to replace their outdated water-treatment plants with new microfiltration systems. After a vote by City Council on Tuesday night, city officials are closer than ever to breaking ground on the $81 million project. "We&......
2007-03-12 14:53:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
A giant windmill perched next to the tallest building in Lancaster County, marking a gateway to the county along the Susquehanna River at Columbia. And, adjacent to that, a "destination" spa, complete with a swimming pool and upscale inn, on Columbia's Chestnut Street. These are the newly ......
2007-03-02 14:05:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Flood watchers can round up the usual suspects: Most of the streets in the southeast portion of Manheim Borough were closed this morning, under several feet of water. Lititz Springs Park was awash in rainwater and snowmelt this morning. About 10 roads in Ephrata Borough, near Cocalico......
2007-02-21 13:33:00
AD CRABLE
Even as snow and ice loosens its grip inland, dam operators and residents of the river towns along the Susquehanna River hold their breaths. The late-winter thaw has begun, and on the Susquehanna, that means ice breakup. It's a nervous time, for the potential of snowmelt, ice jams and ......
2007-02-20 01:52:00
Nathan Lee Gadsden, Staff
As residents continue to dig out from the snow and ice that socked the area last week, there's little chance anyone will be duped into believing the relatively mild temperatures expected this week mean spring has arrived early.Nevertheless, highs in the mid-40s all week are sure to be ......
2007-02-19 08:20:00
Carla Di Fonzo, Staff
Ornithology fans agree — Lancaster County is for the birders.According to the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment, bird-watching is on the rise, and it just so happens Lancaster County is a migratory haven for many fine feathered friends, like bluebirds, hawks and kestr......
