The owners of Stoudt's business complex hosted an anniversary party Friday night, but the Adamstown Area Library got all the presents. Ed and Carol Stoudt, the owners and operators of the complex that includes Black Angus Restaurant, Stoudt's Antique Mall, Stoudt's Brewing Company, Wonderful......

A lamp on a table is extinguished as if by an occult hand while another next to it remains lit. A crash from a bar area, yet nothing is found that could have made the sound. A voice captured on special equipment seeming to say "blow it out" in German. Those were among the ......

Does the spirit of Pauline Bube haunt a Mount Joy brewery? Find out what a troop of paranormal researchers discovered during an investigation at Bube's Brewery tonight at 9, on an episode of the Syfy channel's "Ghost Hunters" show. Earlier this year, the show's crew set up its equ......

In the window of the Fulton bar there is taped a copy of the judge's injunction that shuttered the business in October. But recently, a second sign was added at the dark 637 N. Plum St. bar. The orange notice refers to Monday's Zoning Hearing Board meeting. Blocks away, a similar ......

Rob Mayer said the regional beer scene — from a tourism perspective —has gone relatively "untapped." "York is a good beer area," said Mayer, public relations coordinator for the York County Convention and Visitors Bureau. "It's an ale region that a lot of people don't know about.......

One might expect that buildings nearly 150 years old may be the location of a ghost sighting or two, and Bube's Brewery doesn't disappoint. Sam Allen, one of the owners of the business, said that the most frequent sighting is that of a young woman in a long gown wandering the area that hous......

Hope you are enjoying Thanksgiving. Is the smell of turkey wafting through the house yet? Ahhh ... But hey, Friday awaits. You know what Friday is, right? Black Friday, when shoppers go insane, getting up at 3 in the morning and fighting for bargains. But in Lancas......

The Barn Café has opened in Bird-in-Hand on the second floor of the Mount Hope Wine Gallery, 3174 Old Philadelphia Pike. The café features Rumspringa Brewery, a nano-brewery with several varieties of beer on tap. The 55-seat café also offers a limited food menu with m......

Lancaster County is a veritable beehive of jazz activity Friday with a new venue, a fundraiser, an outdoor show and more. • The Jazz Dispatch, a quartet of Gettysburg College students just back from a summer tour of Europe, will play Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ten Thousand Vill......

David Hogg, marketing manager of Stoudt's Black Angus Restaurant complex in Adamstown, is uncertain if the business will appeal a recent decision by Adamstown's Zoning Hearing Board. On June 20, the board unanimously rejected Stoudt's  request  for a variance to erect an LED sign a......

Celtic Fling ... Friday-Sunday Ah! You hear that, me boy? That'll be the sound of bagpipes warming up at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair for the Celtic Fling and Highland Games. Nowhere else can you find such a savage celebration of Celtic culture and fine Irish spirit. Starting at 5 p.......

After hearing testimony on May 16 regarding a proposed LED sign at 2800 North Reading Road, site of the Stoudt's Brewery/Black Angus Restaurant complex, Adamstown's zoning hearing board voted to continue the hearing to June 20 so the applicant can provide more information. David Hogg, repres......

  It may be more than 10,000 miles from Adelaide, South Australia, to central Pennsylvania, but that won't stop Aussie Steve Wilkins from making the trek in search of some good beer. Actually, he'll be bringing a recipe with him and hopes to show off his talents as a home brewer....

A Bird-in-Hand couple has nixed their plans to turn a barn into a brew pub on the historic Nolt's Mill property on Old Philadelphia Pike. East Lampeter Township supervisors last week approved a conditional-use request with 32 conditions for Wade McFarland and Angela Skiadas-McFarland, who op......

"There is probably more creative jazz in New York City on any given night than in most European countries in many, many weeks and months." So says the newest edition of "The Penguin Jazz Guide: the History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums." After 20 years of cranking out a definitive ......

College Row has had a special space in mind for a specialty grocer since the complex opened in August 2007. Finally, on Wednesday, the long-awaited tenant for the 12,000-square-foot location was announced. It's CVS. Not exactly what originally was planned. But it i......

Once again it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene. • Few local stories have had the impact lately of the fire that destroyed the Zap & Co. building on North Queen Street and sent Zap owner, local business titan ......

The Spring House Taproom will open Thursday at 25 W. King St. The brewpub will feature beer from Spring House Brewing Co., which began in 2007 in a converted barn in Conestoga. The taproom, in the Hager Arcade space previously occupied by a deli and gourmet foods shop, will have 10 beer v......

Mount Joy Borough Council voted Monday to start the process to replace the Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board in policing amplified sound in local liquor serving establishments. In a 7-1 vote, council members asked the state to consider the request. The action was opposed by John Reb......

Porter Furniture is shutting its doors Friday, but the sell-off of its used furniture and eclectic and unusual wares will continue. Located in a five-story warehouse at 626 Columbia Ave., Porter Furniture is closing after some 60 years in business. David and John Porter operate th......

Mount Joy Borough council tabled the fifth draft of a noise ordinance after residents and business owners could not find common ground at the Nov. 1 meeting. The borough began a process to take noise enforcement of businesses that serve alcohol away from the state. The first step ......

Whether you're relaxing by a 1905 Cadillac Runabout, eyeing the lines of a 1928 Oldsmobile F-28 Roadster or dreaming about cruising in a 1948 Mercury "Woody" Wagon, there's one big rule to remember: Don't sit your frosty beer mug on the paint job, man. Otherwise, feel free to enjo......

A beer named after a church? You don't see that every day. But you can buy St. James Brown Ale starting Friday at Iron Hill Brewery in Lancaster city, and raise a glass of the English ale to the city church that inspired it. The beer with the unusual name is the b......

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. • Starting with Friday night! You know, it seems like hardly a month goes by that we don't get a singer-songwriter showcase at the Lancaster Dispensing ......

For Mike Price and Jonathan Northup, home was not enough.So when each of the two beer aficionados outgrew his home brewery, the two men partnered in opening their own establishment in Ephrata.The brewery, named St. Boniface Craft Brewing Co. after the patron saint of German beer, is......

Three years ago, Matt Keasey wanted to open a brewpub in downtown Lancaster.Those plans, however, fell through.So Keasey went in a different direction. He bought a property in Conestoga and renovated an old barn into a brewery. His Spring House brewery has been going gangbuster......

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.•Roll out the barrel -- of money.Music For Everyone (www.musicforeveryone.net) will be ho......

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. •Remember the good old days when you could go hear Miss T and the Mosquitoes at the Symposium? Well, guess what? The good old days are back — almost. I......

Now 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. Ready for some good music for a good cause? 'Cause lots of it is coming your way. Back in Motion, The Silverhawks and The Chris Haus Blues Band are joining forces to provide......

The Gypsy Nomads, a difficult-to-classify musical duo from New York, first played at Bube's Brewery in Mount Joy last year.The musicians, who sing in both French and English and whose style includes elements of cabaret, Celtic, vaudeville, medieval-flavored folk and punk, were immediat......

Now 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.You know that every Thursday it's Open Mic Electric Blues night at Shank's Tavern in Marietta, right?One week it's hosted by Andre's Giants, the ne......

New videos — and artwork — from the Reach Around Rodeo Clowns 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. So what have Quentin Jones and The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns been up to on the West Coast l......

Now it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene.nIt's a new music venue for Brian Campbell with Brian Morgante, Tiger Mimic Queen, Mike Mizwinski and Valerie Nicole.Wait! It's a new music venue for all of us......

It's our last column of the year and we've got so much to say, so let's be quick about it.nRecently we told you that Quentin Jones was just back from Hollywood -- well, he's headed there again. But it's not as if he doesn't know if he's coming or going.Qu......

Mount Joy Borough will seek authorization to enforce noise ordinance compliance, a job typically reserved for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.Council members agreed Dec. 7 to request to take on the duty as it applies to establishments that hold liquor licenses, although they were war......

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a classic. Generations have grown up watching poor Charlie Brown search for the meaning of Christmas in the hyped-up, materialistic world around him. And, for many, the musical score of the 1965 TV show, written by Vince Guaraldi, is just as memo......

It's time once again to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the two guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene. And what a scene it is. nWondering where Quentin Jones has been hiding out? How about Hollywood? The psychobilly guitarist and founder of the Reach Around Ro......

Gallery 141 adds sounds to sights with 'The Listening Room' Now 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. Music Friday will get a shot in the arm starting next Friday, Sept. 18, when Gallery 141 will unveil a new music ......

The Conestoga Area Historical Society is honoring the humble ale Saturday, with visits to a local brewery, ale tastings, seminars on the history of taverns in the area and demonstrations of how ale was brewed in colonial times. Back in the 18th century, ale was considered the staff of life i......

The owners of Doc Holliday's restaurant said Monday that the eatery located off Franklin & Marshall College's campus will close at the end of the month.Owner Pete Keares, of the Keares Restaurant Group, said the closure is due to an inability to work out a new lease with F&......

OK, here's what's happening on the local music scene. Been wondering what happened to The Sleeping World (www.myspace.com/thesleepingworld)? So have we. Wonder no more. The Sleeping World returned to the local music scene last Friday......

Franklin & Marshall College announced Thursday that three new tenants have signed leases at College Row, including WOW Cafe & Wingery, which will open April 11.The $35 million, three-building, mixed-use project that opened in 2007 still has three stores available. But developer Cam......

Plum Street Gourmet will open Feb. 2 at its new location, 1831 Oregon Pike, across from Stauffer's of Kissel Hill. The catering business and gourmet food store, owned by Anne Eshelman, opened in 1989 at 347 N. Plum St. For many years, Eshelman also operated a stand at Central Market....

It seems most people aren't going to let a slumping economy mar their New Year's Eve celebrations.Many local restaurants and venues are reporting reservation lists on par with previous years as Lancaster County residents prepare to ring in 2009 tonight."I would say we e......

It was considered a Lancaster County institution, one that had been serving meals for more than 20 years until it unexpectedly closed this past June: The Restaurant at Doneckers in Ephrata, famous for its Nouveau French-American haute cuisine and its chef from Le Bec Fin, a world-class restaurant......

Murder and Christmas: They're not exactly chocolate and peanut butter. The murder-mystery dinners at Alois restaurant in Bube's Brewery have become a staple for Sam Allen, co-owner of the Mount Joy brewery. But finding a su......

It was the era of flappers and bathtub gin, of bootleg liquor and speakeasys.Alcohol, banned by the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, became a hot commodity, fought over in the streets by machine-gun-toting gangsters led by men with names like Scarface Capone, Bugs Moran and Dutch S......

In my last review, I explained that Oktoberfest typically starts in September and ends the first weekend in October. At Iron Hill Brewery, they didn't get the memo; their Oktoberfest dinner promotion goes until Oct. 31. But hey, I like German food and all things pig. Lancaster's Iron Hill Brewe......

Hide your cotton knits this October, because the boll weevils are going to invade.Performance troupe Halloween Radio Theater will present a twin bill of creepy comedy this month at the Appalachian Brewing Co. in Harrisburg and Bube's Brewery in Mount Joy."Attack of the Gian......

Ever had a Twisted Bow Tie?What about a sip of MOOSE juice?The zippy names of these specialty cocktails are just a hint of what's in store this weekend when the popular Dome returns to downtown Lancaster.The 60-foot inflatable bubble will be erected in Binns Park and will......

Chalk up another new store for College Row. The retail shops along Harrisburg Pike across from Franklin & Marshall College are beginning to fill up. Earlier this month, officials announced two new tenants: Azura Clothing and WOW Cafe & Wingery. European Eyeware by Olde Towne m......

On a blazing Wednesday afternoon, foot traffic was sparse at College Row, along Harrisburg Avenue across from Franklin & Marshall College. But inside Filling's, owner J. Jay Filling's demeanor was as bright as the midafternoon sunshine. In October, Filling's became the first sto......

If belated breakfasting and leisurely lunching on summer weekends whet your appetite, sink your teeth into brunch. From overstuffed omelets to lush lobster, the ambrosial combo of breakfast and lunch is as much about the food as it is about the time it takes to enjoy the meal. What better ......

We've all seen them. Skulking around the hallways of our schools. Loitering in darkened doorways. Lurking in the shadows. They're the goth kids, and as usual, they're up to no goo— Now wait a minu......

With each new owner it has seen in the past several decades, the Historic Blue Star has successfully reinvented itself.Now, the 135-year-old pub seems primed for yet another new beginning.The Blue Star, which closed earlier this year shortly after losing its liquor license, is now l......

Jeff McLain and his neighbors regularly weed, mulch, plant and clean up trash in Crystal Park. But they can't do much about safety concerns, poor drainage, inadequate lighting and broken bottles in the grass where children play soccer. "We know the city's busy, and they do ......

When it comes to visiting Lancaster, tourists have an amazing number of hotel choices: mega-resorts like Willow Valley or the Lancaster Host, for example, or more modest, family run establishments like the Revere Tavern.Now, however, a local business owner is trying out a new concept in th......

Editor's note: "On Your Plate" is an occasional series designed to sate the local appetite for newsworthy tidbits that relate to the local food-service industry.

Some folks love cold spaghetti, but Claudia and Angelo Campailla, at Vecchia Sici......

Wine may have to give up its seat at the dinner table as more people, exploring the ever-expanding beer options, believe brew may make a better dinner date."Not everyone likes wine," head chef Dave Rupp of Union Barrel Works in Reamstown said. "I would say, though, that abou......

Brew news
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant has been awarded two silver medals at the World Beer Cup, held April 19. One was earned for its Vienna Red Lager in the "Vienna-Style Lager" category, and one for its Wee Heavy in the "Strong Scotch Ale" category. The Vienn......

By JANE HOLAHAN New Era Staff Writer The Not Ready for Drive Time Players are returning to Lancaster Friday, presenting their Spring Radio Theatre show at Bube's Brewery. The troupe will be presenting a sketch comedy show that pokes fun at everything from baseball players singi......

Like the best beer, Union Barrel Works took time — and the right conditions — to brew. Tom and Amy Rupp bought the former Reamstown Garment Factory in 2001. Six years later, they finally opened their brew pub. "It needed work," Mrs. Rupp diplomatically says of the 191......

Police have not charged the 23-year-old woman who drove her SUV the wrong way on Route 30 early Tuesday and crashed head-on into another vehicle, resulting in the deaths of three York County men.Sgt. Robert Baldwin of the Manheim Township Police Department said investigators are waiting fo......

Philly Beer Week might be all about Philadelphia's long-standing love affair with beer.But that doesn't mean beer aficionados won't be getting a taste of Lancaster County, too.Participating breweries are as large as the Yuengling Beer Co. in Pottsville and from as far aw......

Historic Blue Star owner Allen Petropoulos said his attorneys are trying to reverse a recent decision by the state Liquor Control Board not to renew the hotel's license to serve alcohol after a series of violations over the past several years.•••...

A global shortage of key brewing ingredients could have some bar patrons crying in their beer next month.Christian Heim, brew master at Lancaster Brewing Co., said price hikes brought on by shortages of malted barley and hops have been sobering. Beginning Feb. 1 the company will hike pint ......

There may be some dust on these bottles, but after all, they were made between 1850 and 1950.Some rare examples of beer, soda and mineral water bottles were exhibited Friday at the Lancaster County Historical Society, where collectors Sam Nolt, John Long and Curt Tomlinson explained to a l......

Think you're all done with opening gifts, baking cookies, trimming the tree and watching all those sappy holiday movies? Not so fast! The Not Ready for Drive Time Players aren't about to let you move on past the holidays quite yet. The holiday season is still here, whether you like i......

Despite state lawmakers' failure to outlaw smoking in restaurants, many local establishments voluntarily have decided to kick butts out the door.The Belvedere Inn in Lancaster city and the General Sutter Inn in Lititz on Tuesday joined a growing list of restaurants in the county to go ......

Try telling Artie Tafoya that opening a pub is easy in Lancaster. "I never knew it could be so difficult," said Tafoya, who is the director of operations and brewmaster for Appalachian Brewing Co., or ABC. The popular microbrewery and restaurant based in Harrisburg still hopes to......

Editor's note: "On Your Plate" is an occasional series designed to sate the local appetite for newsworthy tidbits that relate to the local food-service industry.

Iron Hill Brewery has landed in Lancaster. The regional restaurant and brewpub chain, h......

For many, the holiday season is a time of happiness and joy: peppermint candy canes, kisses under the mistletoe and the pleasure of coming home to spend time with family. For others, of course, the holidays are a different story. "People can get stressed out. They need a place to rela......

For his first official pour, Lancaster city Mayor Rick Gray overflowed his pint glass with the creamy froth of a Pig Iron Porter.His second "first pour," reprised for television news cameras, was perfect.Gray was behind the bar of Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Wednesd......

Iron Hill Brewery planned to open its $2.8 million restaurant and brewpub today in College Row, the $30 million student housing and commercial complex at Franklin & Marshall College. The 280-seat restaurant at 781 Harrisburg Pike expects to annually brew about 37,200 gallons of beer on site......

Persistence is about to pay off for Matt Keasey. After five years of planning, the Conestoga resident will open a micro-brewery in about two weeks. Spring House Brewing Co., in a renovated tobacco barn on his 2519 Main St. property, will begin by making his proprietary Seven Gates Pale Ale......

The guys from Flatbed Ford say they're not into hyphens.That means they don't play emo-metalcore, or indie-electronica or even ska-funk-bluegrass-dub.Nope. They're a rock band — pure and simple. An unhyphenated rock band based in Central Pennsylvania."A......

J. Jay Filling doesn't have the usual trappings of a pioneer. There are no sod-busting plows, kerosene lamps or canvas shanties at his new store at 681 Harrisburg Pike. Just the fine fabrics of the men's and women's clothing that his family has sold for more than half a century......

(AP)A state Senate committee Wednesday approved a bill that would give beer drinkers more options when buying six-packs and wipe out one of the nation's most restrictive beer-sales laws.The bill, which passed the Senate Law and Justice Committee on a 9-1 vote, must still receive approval f......

Some neighbors of a Little Chickies Creek tributary in Mount Joy Township don't want just any bridge traversing the water at Mount Pleasant Road.They want their old bridge back, just like it was in 2002 before arson destroyed the 130-year-old span.But little remains of the old R......

Keen analysis shows Iron Hill Brewery's leaps and hops in the craft beer market have been stout.On Friday, workers for the Delaware-based Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant received critical equipment required to construct its seventh restaurant, set to open in Lancaster around Thanksg......

Just a trace of foam may linger on the queen's lips when she quaffs a beer as part of opening ceremonies for Oktoberfest at the Renaissance Faire, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30.The beer itself will come from the regular line of ales and lagers prepared by the brewmaster of Swash......

Tasting a cask-conditioned beer is an event best done on a base of experience with its preparation. Yeast that has settled to the bottom of a cask can get into the glass if the cask-conditioning has not been carefully done, according to Stephen Jones, brewmaster of Oliver Breweries in Baltimore. ......

Donna L. Reinaker doesn't want too much excitement coming from the skies this weekend."We're hoping for a very dull-weather weekend," Reinaker, artistic director for the 29th annual Long's Park Art & Craft Festival, said Wednesday. "No tornadoes or hurricanes......

Lancaster City Council has approved a measure aimed at pumping new life into the northwestern section of the city.Council voted Tuesday to allow Mayor Rick Gray's administration to establish an Infrastructure Investment District.The city is planning an ambitious program of const......

Lancaster will soon be home to a second brew pub. City Council members took a preliminary step Tuesday for the transfer of a liquor license for the planned Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant. Work on the brewery began last week on the first floor of Franklin & Marshall College's Col......

"Wow" is a word Franklin & Marshall College president John Fry expects to hear a lot when students return to F&M next month.Many of them will be moving into a new $35 million apartment complex, taking science classes and labs in a new $50 million classroom building and pl......

School District of Lancaster has hired a Harrisburg public relations firm to enhance its communications as it prepares for a massive school improvement project.The school board approved a one-year, $48,000 contract with Neiman Group, a Harrisburg-based advertising, marketing and public rel......

Filling's, a Lancaster-based clothing retailer, has signed the second lease in College Row at Franklin & Marshall College.The high-end men's and women's apparel retailer will open a new store in October at the $30 million student housing and commercial complex now being built at F&......

The members of the local band Ripe said they found each other through networking, serendipity and a little help from the Internet."I tried to go it solo for a while," said guitarist Adam Mentzer. "Then finally, I just wanted other musicians to play with. I met (bassist Sam K......

Friday might have been Friday the 13th, but today in Mount Joy, things are going to get spooky.The sixth annual Pennsylvania Paranormal Conference will take place at historic and allegedly haunted Bube's Brewery, where the food is tasty and the atmosphere is chilling — but in a g......