2012-02-09 22:44:00
P.J. REILLY
Nine local development projects were honored recently by the Lancaster County Planning Commission as recipients of 2011 Envision Leadership Awards. The awards are given annually to raise awareness of smart growth in Lancaster County.
The winners' projects met smart-growth standards &mdash......
2012-02-03 12:58:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police said they are still trying to track down the driver who led them on a high-speed car chase and then crashed the stolen vehicle Thursday night in Lancaster city.
The car was stolen during a home invasion robbery early Jan. 26 in the 300 block of East King Street, according to city p......
2012-02-02 21:37:00
JENNIFER TODD
The driver of a stolen vehicle escaped the grasp of police Thursday night after crashing the car in Lancaster city, investigators said.
East Lampeter Township police Sgt. Brian Cloonan first spotted the vehicle near Bridgeport shortly after 5 p.m. Cloonan said he checked the sedan's plate......
2012-02-02 06:30:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Two people robbed a convenience store in Willow Street early Thursday, police said.
The pair entered the Turkey Hill at 2921 Willow Street Pike at 12:15 a.m. wearing black hooded sweatshirts, West Lampeter Township police said.
One robber ordered the clerk at gunpoint to empty the......
2012-01-26 22:47:00
STAFF REPORT
Police have charged a Lititz man who they say used a knife to hold up an East Hempfield Township convenience store Sunday night.
Through an investigation, police were able to identify 20-year-old Jon K. Taylor as a suspect.
He was taken into custody with the assistance of Lancaste......
2012-01-23 08:34:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A robber with a knife held up a Turkey Hill store in East Hempfield Township Sunday night, police said.
He displayed a knife and asked a clerk at the 2171 Columbia Ave. store for cash and cigarettes at around 11:40 p.m., township police said.
The robber fled north toward the Lowe'......
2012-01-20 21:01:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police arrested two men Thursday in connection with three armed robberies in East Lampeter Township earlier this week.
Charges against them also are pending for three other robberies in nearby municipalities.
Township and state police on Thursday arrested Shaun Ronald Appler, 26, ......
2012-01-18 20:54:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police are investigating six armed robberies in Lancaster County in the past week that could be related, they said.
A handgun was displayed in all of them, but police did not report any injuries in the robberies.
"We are certainly looking at the possibility that they may all be co......
2012-01-16 22:27:00
STAFF REPORT
An armed man wearing a motorcycle helmet held up a Gap convenience store Monday night.
According to police dispatch reports, the man entered the Turkey Hill on Route 41 just before 9:45 p.m and displayed a black handgun.
He fled the store with cash from the register. It was not im......
2012-01-11 21:40:00
Rochelle A. Shenk
The Manheim Area Chamber of Commerce will host the January Jump Start program at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, at Enck's Banquet & Conference Center located at 1461 Lancaster Road, Manheim.
This two-hour program will feature guest speaker Quintin Frey, president of Turkey Hill Dairy......
2012-01-06 14:14:00
ROCHELLE A. SHENK
Quintin Frey, president of Turkey Hill Dairy, will share how his company was able to manage the challenges of business growth while maintaining a local brand at the Manheim Chamber of Commerce's January Jump Start program Jan. 19. Frey's discussion will focus on how Turkey Hill Dairy has gr......
2011-11-27 19:13:00
ELAINE J. JONES
The Millersville 250 grand finale took place Sunday afternoon at the Turkey Hill Experience in Columbia, marking the end of a year-long series of events commemorating the town's founding in 1761. About 100 guests were on hand to enjoy the day's festivities and sing Happy Birthday to the plac......
2011-11-22 09:48:00
CINDY STAUFFER
A man robbed a Manheim Township convenience store early Tuesday, police said.
The man entered the Turkey Hill at 806 New Holland Ave. at 2:48 a.m. He said he had a gun, but did not display one, and demanded money from the clerk.
No one was injured in the robbery, which is being in......
2011-11-17 11:40:00
DEAN LEE EVANS
The 26th annual Hempfield Fall Classic will fill local soccer fields with more than 1,000 games this weekend.
The Fall Classic, widely considered the largest soccer tournament on the East Coast, began in 1986 with 40 teams.
This year, more than 650 boys' and girls' teams with play......
2011-11-15 21:41:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Robbers struck two county convenience stores in seven hours Monday night and early Tuesday morning, police said.
No one was injured in the robberies in Ephrata and East Cocalico Township, police said.
Two or three males wearing black ski masks entered the Sunoco A Plus store at 52......
2011-11-01 22:55:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Penn Manor juniors and seniors in the Marketing & Law class teamed up for the school's annual "Apprentice" competition during the week of Oct. 24.
They formed four companies this year and pitched milkshakes, bagel boats, cotton candy and ice pops to students at the high school.
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2011-10-28 11:21:00
BIll Clark
A large crowd was on hand Thursday for the rededication of the Historic Columbia Market House, which recently underwent improvements to its roof, exterior and heating and electrical systems. Speakers included Mayor Leo Lutz, Borough Manager Norm Meiskey, Borough Council President Mary ......
2011-10-21 23:03:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Matt Bupp had a slight smile as he looked at the expanse of green before him.
The area is being refurbished (and has a ways to go), but in the near future it could be the entranceway and courtyard for Bupp's proposed Mill Complex in Manheim Township.
"We've had a lot of various pr......
2011-10-19 14:45:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
At 20 years old, Brandon Apostolec has spent nearly half of his life as an accused criminal.
A Lancaster County judge said that's why he'll spend at least the next 11 years behind bars.
Apostolec could serve up to 27 years in state prison, the judge ordered, for a series of house ......
2011-10-17 09:29:00
CINDY HUMMEL
West Lampeter Township opened its doors to memories Saturday at a history fair. About 10 people turned out at the municipal building to share stories, photos and objects that will be used to compile a history of the township. Ken Garber of Eshelman Mill Road brought his father's 1920s S......
2011-10-08 19:02:00
GIL SMART, Associate Editor
John Gowan, of Reading, smiled as he filled his tank Thursday morning at the Turkey Hill Minit Market at 4 Hahnstown Road in Ephrata, just off Route 322. "It's a pretty good price," said Gowan, who paid $3.15 per gallon of regular unleaded. "I've seen it higher." Indeed, he didn't need ......
2011-10-02 21:48:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Danny Akacki of Ephrata knew in recent weeks that he was going to be proposing to his girlfriend, but he hadn't figured out all of the details.
"I don't really know what moderation is, I guess," he said, smiling. "I figured it was either going to be just me and her when I proposed or it w......
2011-09-25 00:14:00
PAULA HOLZMAN
Rodney Atkins will take the stage Sunday, Oct. 2, at FallFest as the headliner — a man with No. 1 country singles, a platinum album and crowds ready to sing along with his latest hit. But not too long ago, Atkins was just a kid with his guitar, taking the stage at an Eas......
2011-09-21 21:46:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Two 13-year-old girls riding bicycles were struck by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday night just outside Mountville, police said.
Both suffered injuries that were not serious, Manor Township police Chief Todd Graeff said. One was transported to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment after c......
2011-09-12 23:14:00
STAFF REPORT
Police are investigating the armed robbery Monday night of a Lancaster Township convenience store.
A masked man entered Turkey Hill, 1349 Millersville Pike, just before 10:45 p.m. and pointed a gun at the clerk, Manheim Township police said.
He got an undisclosed amount of ca......
2011-09-12 15:01:00
AD CRABLE
A new age of public use may be dawning on the former Enola Low Grade rail line.
Closed for nearly a year for an Amtrak power line project, the 23-mile rail-trail is opening again sporting a 16-foot-wide crushed stone trail surface.
After pressure from six southern-end townships th......
2011-08-30 21:18:00
AD CRABLE
For all the negative things that blew in with Hurricane Irene last weekend, you probably thought the new wind turbines on Turkey Hill, at least, were churning out the juice.
Wrong. It turns out you can have too much of a good thing, even in the wind energy industry.
The twin turbi......
2011-08-30 18:15:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
For years, egg maker Paul Sauder looked for a way to sell his hard-boiled eggs alongside a tiny packet of hot sauce. But even as the cool and spicy combination became more popular, he couldn't make the packaging work.
So this year, Lititz-based Sauder Eggs put the spice in the eggs.
......
2011-08-23 20:39:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A robber struck a convenience store in West Hempfield Township late Monday, police said.
According to police, a man entered the Turkey Hill Minit Market at 1490 Stony Battery Road at 11:47 p.m. and demanded cigarettes and cash.
The suspect was described as a heavyset black man, 5 ......
2011-07-28 22:07:00
AMANDA KENNEDY
Hot dogs, hamburgers and "the best baked beans in Lancaster" are some of the menu items Addie Cunningham has planned for a block party that she will host Tuesday in conjunction with National Night Out.
"We enjoy it. The whole block enjoys it," Cunningham said. "I enjoy it, too. I'm just t......
2011-07-18 07:04:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A convenience store in Columbia Borough was robbed at gunpoint, police said.
Two robbers struck the Turkey Hill store at 342 Chestnut St. at midnight Monday morning, borough police said.
One of the suspects displayed a semi-automatic pistol.
The robbers demanded money and ......
2011-07-08 11:45:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police are asking for the public's help to identify a theft suspect.
The man allegedly stole numerous packs of cigarettes around 1:05 a.m. Sunday at Turkey Hill, 320 E. Main St., Mountville.
Police said the man entered the store, shopped for a few items, approached the clerk and a......
2011-07-07 09:34:00
RYAN ROBINSON
An alleged gaming-store bandit is accused of committing two more armed robberies, police said.
Anthony Charles Landi, 24, who is homeless, was charged Wednesday with the June 13 robbery of the GameStop store at 2405 Covered Bridge Drive, near the Target store along Route 30, East Lampeter......
2011-07-05 21:05:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Two roommates had a bad night on the Fourth of July.
The first roommate was in his apartment in the 1100 block of Millersville Pike in Lancaster Township, just before 11 p.m. on Monday, when two men entered, according to police.
The intruders used tape to bind the 32-year-old man'......
2011-06-29 21:36:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police arrested an alleged armed robber Tuesday night who is accused of sticking up at least four stores this month in Lancaster County.
Anthony Charles Landi, 24, who is homeless, displayed a handgun and demanded cash at The Framery, 1912 Fruitville Pike, Tuesday at 5:16 p.m., Manhe......
2011-06-27 22:15:00
NICK GALLUP
The new Elanco Social Services Network was created to help unify community services and provide those services to those in need in the Elanco region. At a Caernarvon Township board of supervisors meeting this month, supervisor Gary Van Dyke said the township welcomes assistance from the ESSN......
2011-06-26 00:21:00
GIL SMART, Associate Editor
State officials could close one of the biggest commercial dog kennels in Lancaster County by mid-July if the owner fails to correct violations, including an odor problem that earlier this year was so bad that inspectors had to wear ventilators. State officials say the owner of......
2011-06-24 21:28:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Turkey Hill Dairy is helping the Statue of Liberty celebrate her 125th birthday.
The Conestoga-based dairy said this week that it will roll out a new flavor in her honor and donate at least $50,000 to charity.
Lady Liberty Mint combines mint premium ice cream with chocolate cake c......
2011-06-21 09:35:00
RYAN ROBINSON
The video game store robber has struck again, police believe.
Video game stores have been robbed in Lancaster County each of the last three Mondays.
Police believe the same armed man committed each robbery.
The latest took place Monday night at the GameStop in the Hawthorn......
2011-06-17 20:41:00
RYAN ROBINSON
The masked man with a knife who robbed an Ephrata car wash has been arrested, police said.
Ephrata police on Thursday arrested Brandon E. Kio, 24, of New Holland, for armed robbery and a separate burglary after two months of investigation, they said.
Kio entered the Cloister Wash ......
2011-06-14 09:12:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police are trying to determine if the same man committed three armed robberies of suburban stores during the past week.
The robberies were committed in East Lampeter, East Hempfield and Manheim townships.
"We are looking into the possibility that the three robberies are connected,......
2011-06-14 21:39:00
CHAD UMBLE
Leenah's Family Restaurant opened June 1 at 371 E. Main St., Leola, next to Achenbach's Pastries.
The roughly 160-seat casual dining restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, featuring Pennsylvania Dutch, Greek and Italian dishes. Seating includes a counter, tables and booths, as wel......
2011-06-07 22:31:00
TIM MEKEEL
Stung by criticism of its admission prices and lower-than-expected attendance, the new Turkey Hill Experience sharply reduced those prices Tuesday.
The price cuts on its fourth day in business came after some customers complained that the Columbia attraction was "overpriced."
The ......
2011-05-27 19:43:00
NICOLE HERMAN
Twenty-five years ago a simple idea was born — one simple notion that took time and encouragement until it was ready to stand on its own. It stumbled as it took its first steps in 2008. But with helping hands, the idea was saved, and on June 4 it will become a reality.
The Turkey Hi......
2011-05-26 11:06:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Llámalo gran sincronización.
Los interminables días de cielos húmedos y temperaturas frías están dando paso a sol y temperaturas altas en los 80s y, posiblemente en los bajos 90s, justo a tiempo para el fin de semana de Memorial Day.
......
2011-05-25 23:18:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Call it great timing.
Those endless days of soggy skies and chilly temperatures are making way for sunshine and temperatures in the high 80s and possibly the low 90s, just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
And even though gas prices usually go up this time of year as more people d......
2011-05-25 14:26:00
NICK GALLUP
Caernarvon Township of Berks County recently allocated public sewer capacity to a project in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, that's expected to generate 800 gallons of wastewater per day. At a May 2 meeting in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, John Roche of Vision Engineering inf......
2011-05-22 00:10:00
BRITTANY HORN
At first glance, Nathaniel "Bubby" Johnson is just one of the average kids on the playground, with words emblazoned across his shirt, "When I grow up, I'm going to save the world!" The only difference between them and him? He's already doing that. Little more than six months after ......
2011-04-28 14:50:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Un hombre del Condado de Chester ha sido acusado de cuatro robos a mano armada de la misma tienda de conveniencia cerca de Gap, dijo la policía estatal.
James Gerald Ashby, de 32 años, de 530 Ridge Ave., Atglen, robó la tienda de Turkey Hill en el 941 de la Ruta 41 el......
2011-04-28 09:05:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A Chester County man is charged with four armed robberies of the same convenience store near Gap, state police said.
James Gerald Ashby, 32, of 530 Ridge Ave., Atglen, robbed the Turkey Hill store at 941 Route 41 on March 21 and March 30, police said. He hit the same store Nov. 10, 2008, ......
2011-03-24 10:30:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Armed robbers held up a convenience store in Lancaster city Wednesday night, police said.
The two men robbed the Turkey Hill store at East Chestnut and North Plum streets at 10:51 p.m., police said.
One of the robbers pointed a handgun at an employee who was behind the counter whi......
2011-03-23 10:55:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Armed robbers targeted two convenience stores in Manheim Township on Wednesday morning, police said.
At 4:05 a.m., a delivery truck driver walking back to his truck in the parking lot of the Turkey Hill at 806 New Holland Ave. saw a man leaning against the truck, township police said.......
2011-03-19 07:40:00
STAFF
Buy a copy of the Sunday News this Sunday, March 20, and receive a coupon on the front page for a FREE 12 oz. slushey at any Lancaster County Turkey Hill. This offer is good for March 20-21 only.......
2011-03-08 13:08:00
RYAN ROBINSON
An Elizabethtown man is accused of robbing a Turkey Hill store, police said Tuesday.
Dustin Richard Hess, 21, of Oak Knoll Estates, entered the North Hanover Street store just before 11:30 p.m. Jan. 11, Northwest Regional police said. He threatened a clerk with a gun before fleeing with a......
2011-03-04 22:28:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A "road rage" incident involving a handgun landed a Lancaster man in jail Friday.
Carl A. Metzinger, 62, of 2826 Michener Drive, faces charges of making terroristic threats, simple assault and drunk driving. He was committed to Lancaster County Prison.
According to a criminal comp......
2011-03-01 07:05:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police are seeking a man who robbed a convenience store in Elizabethtown on Monday.
The man entered the Turkey Hill Minit Market at 245 N. Market St. at 3:45 a.m. and demanded an employee of the store give him cash from the register, Elizabethtown police said.
The robber did not d......
2011-02-17 22:10:00
P.J. REILLY
Correction Feb. 18, 2011 — Community Basics Inc. of Lancaster received a 2010 Envision Leadership Award from Lancaster County Planning Commission. The developer's Park Avenue Apartments was recognized in the Sustainable Growth catego......
2011-01-21 13:04:00
AD CRABLE
Lancaster County's landfill in Manor Township is best known for, well, trash.
But a waste-truck full of newly completed and near-future projects aimed at entertaining the public might make the Frey Farm Landfill something of an attraction.
The enhancements include:
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2011-01-20 22:20:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Signs that the economy is starting to improve trickled down last year to help those still in need in Lancaster County.
The local community contributed $8,710,528 to the United Way of Lancaster County, 2010 campaign chair Scott Burky announced Thursday night at an event at Liberty Place to......
2011-01-12 17:42:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Police are looking for a man who held up a Mount Joy Township convenience store late Tuesday night.
According to Northwest Lancaster County Regional Police, the man entered the Turkey Hill store at 998 N. Hanover St. about 11:30 p.m. and demanded cash. As he made the demand, he hoisted hi......
2011-01-04 20:54:00
JANET KELLEY
A New Holland man's trial, in which he is charged with the home-invasion robbery of an elderly couple, will revolve around one unique factor: a small spot of blood.
Calvin B. Lynch, 33, faces charges of robbery, burglary and theft for allegedly breaking into the Ronks Road home of an elde......
2011-01-04 15:21:00
STAFF
La policía buscaba anoche a un hombre que asalto una tienda de conveniencia en la ciudad de Lancaster.
El robo ocurrió alrededor de las 9:40 p.m. en Turkey Hill, 870 Manor St.
Despachadores informaron que el hombre tenía una pistola de plástico de color......
2011-01-03 22:37:00
STAFF REPORT
Police were searching Monday night for a man who held up a Lancaster city convenience store.
The robbery occurred around 9:40 p.m. at Turkey Hill, 870 Manor St.
Dispatchers reported that the man had a silver-colored plastic gun and had his face covered by a bandanna, but police co......
2010-12-30 07:15:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police have charged a man with committing three convenience store robberies and stealing a car here from Dec. 18 to 20.
Raymond L. Colvin, 43, no address, was arrested in Baltimore County, Md., on unrelated charges on Dec. 22, Manheim Township police said.
Three counts of robbery ......
2010-12-22 20:29:00
AD CRABLE
One of the two giant wind turbines overlooking the Susquehanna River south of Columbia rotated in the wind for the first time Tuesday afternoon.
The 397-foot-high Unit A turbine, located just outside the Frey Farm Landfill atop Turkey Hill in Manor Township, generated electricity for seve......
2010-12-20 22:02:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Robbers with knives struck four convenience stores in three days in Manheim, Lancaster and East Hempfield townships.
A man displaying a knife went behind the counter of the Sunoco A Plus store at 1204 Lititz Pike at 6:24 a.m. on Sunday, Manheim Township police said. He confronted the male......
2010-12-17 10:48:00
CINDY STAUFFER
A man robbed a city convenience store Thursday night.
City police said the robbery happened just before 11:30 p.m. at the Turkey Hill at 410 E. Chestnut St.
The man, who had a white T-shirt over his face, walked behind the counter and implied he had a gun in his jacket pocket, tho......
2010-11-12 18:24:00
CINDY STAUFFER
The surveillance photo from the county convenience store shows a very distinctive-looking guy: broad-shouldered, with a bald, shiny head, and wearing a Phillies shirt.
Sure enough, lots of people recognized the man police said had been involved in the theft of more than $2,700 worth of ci......
2010-11-09 18:18:00
PATRICK BURNS
A disagreement over an intersection design could spoil plans to build a new Turkey Hill Minit Mart at Route 23 and Swamp Road in Caernarvon Township.
John Roche, Caernarvon engineer, said Turkey Hill's plan to direct traffic from the store heading south onto Swamp Road (Route 10) comprise......
2010-11-08 17:42:00
STAFF REPORT
One man has been charged and another is being sought in connection to the theft Friday of more than $2,700 worth of cigarettes from a Mountville convenience store, West Hempfield Township police said.
Officers were called to Turkey Hill, 320 E. Main St., at about 4 p.m. for a report of a ......
2010-11-05 21:45:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A man with a history of sex crimes has been arrested again.
Richard Hoefler Owen, 54, of 33 S. Main St., Manheim, was charged by police for allegedly stalking an 18-year-old Manheim girl. At the time of his arrest, Owen was in Lancaster County Prison for another undisclosed offense.
......
2010-11-01 18:09:00
JENNIFER TODD
Millersville police quickly nabbed a robbery suspect who struck a borough convenience store Sunday night.
Police said Donovan McFarland, 18, of Harrisburg, was taken into custody about 15 minutes after he allegedly held up Turkey Hill, at 26 Manor Ave., just before 9:30 p.m.
Withi......
2010-10-29 20:52:00
STAFF REPORT
Though the giant blades are not yet spinning, the twin wind turbines on Turkey Hill were dedicated Thursday.
When operating by the end of the year, the turbines at the Frey Farm Landfill in Manor Township will produce electricity offsetting 5,000 tons per year of greenhouse gases. It will......
2010-10-01 21:38:00
JANE HOLAHAN
It began in 1992 with Ricky Scaggs and has, through the years, included some of the biggest names in country music, including Tammy Wynette (1994), Toby Keith (1999), Phil Vassar (2006) and Little Big Town (2009). Every year on the first Sunday in October, Lancaster County be......
2010-09-30 17:22:00
JON FERGUSON
Fallfest, Lancaster County's annual country music festival, never fails to feature an interesting blend of performers.
This year is no different as the festival is bookended by Gretchen Wilson, who not too long ago was one of the hottest stars in country music, and the Band Perry, an up-a......
2010-09-26 00:12:00
MICHAEL C. UPTON
Kimberly Perry was sitting in a Charlotte, N.C., airport at 9:30 in the morning sharing a pizza with her younger brothers, Neil and Reid, when the news came. Their record company called to inform them they had been nominated for the Country Music Association's 2010 Vocal Group......
2010-09-24 22:41:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Milee Beiler left her Rothsville home in the middle of the night with her older brother, as their father slept.
The 4-year-old boy wanted to show his 2-year-old sister some goldfish in a neighbor's fish pond, the children's parents said. Tragically, the little girl fell in the small pond ......
2010-09-19 22:22:00
STAFF
The first of two 397-foot wind turbines has been erected on Turkey Hill, south of Columbia and next to the Frey Farm Landfill and Susquehanna River.
Southcentral Pennsylvania's first commercial-sized wind turbines are scheduled to begin generating power sometime in December.
The p......
2010-09-13 16:07:00
JANET KELLEY
Un ladrón persistente aparentemente no estaba dispuesto a rendirse fácilmente el sábado por la noche.
Después de sus esfuerzos para entrar en una tienda de conveniencia se vieron frustrados, la policía dijo que fue a una segunda tienda, donde le rob&oacu......
2010-09-12 00:02:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
Pennsylvania's two pro football teams aren't expected to face each other at the end of the 2010 season in the Super Bowl. But they are meeting somewhere else these days. In the Ice Cream Bowl. Or more accurately, in freezers in Lancaster County grocery stores, before......
2010-09-08 21:18:00
AD CRABLE
What might be the tallest structures ever built in Lancaster County will begin to take shape this week atop Turkey Hill overlooking the Susquehanna River. With a live "Wind Cam" providing 24-hour coverage for the public on the Internet, twin 397-foot-high wind turbines will be constructed on......
2010-08-25 21:40:00
P.J. REILLY
For the fifth year in a row, the Lancaster County commissioners on Wednesday voted to dole out money under the county's urban enhancement grant program.All totaled, 17 projects aimed at improving the county's developed areas received a combined $1.5 million.Given the tight f......
2010-08-25 08:14:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Two armed robbers dressed in camouflage struck a convenience store in East Drumore Township on Wednesday.The robbery occurred at 1:21 a.m. at the Turkey Hill store at 1001 Lancaster Pike, state police said.The robbers displayed handguns and then went behind the counter, police said.......
2010-08-18 21:48:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A city resident allegedly assaulted police officers in Lancaster Township early Wednesday morning.Manheim Township police responded to the Turkey Hill Minit Market at 936 Columbia Ave. for a report that an employee was being harassed at 12:30 a.m., police said.Police found Omar Chav......
2010-08-17 22:42:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A Mount Joy man who wore a bandanna as he walked "in and around" a mini-mart is facing an attempted robbery charge, police said.Terrance J. Lewis, 37, of 78 Lancaster Estates, walked into the Turkey Hill Minit Mart, 245 N. Market St., Elizabethtown, early Friday wearing a bandann......
2010-08-12 12:51:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A thief with a sweet tooth targeted a Turkey Hill in West Lampeter Township on Thursday morning.The theft happened around 5:30 a.m. at the store at 1561 Millport Road, township police Chief Jim Walsh said.The thief purchased a candy bar, he said. When the clerk tried to give him his......
2010-08-11 22:03:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
An Arizona prison escapee who is the subject of a nationwide police manhunt has a criminal record in Lancaster County.John Charles McCluskey, 45, who was serving 15 years for attempted second-degree murder in Arizona, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years for armed robbery by a Lancaster County ......
2010-08-10 20:22:00
TIM MEKEEL
Watch a game and look for a job.The Lancaster Barnstormers will give job-seekers a chance to do both at no charge during Wednesday night's game at Clipper Magazine Stadium.Free tickets will be given to the first 1,300 job-seekers to bring their résumés to the stadi......
2010-07-30 20:17:00
JANET KELLEY
Like an episode of a TV police show, the detectives didn't have much to go on to identify the suspect.The elderly woman said it was too dark to see the intruder's face when he woke her while holding a knife to her husband's throat. The man stole money, a pink T-shirt and the co......
2010-07-29 21:29:00
RYAN ROBINSON
The convenience store robbery was unfolding as most do.That was until the suspect rested his weapon on the counter and started counting the loot and an alert clerk took control of the BB gun, police said.Police have arrested an 18-year-old who they allege held up the Turkey Hill in ......
2010-07-28 22:52:00
JAMES BUESCHER
Correction Aug. 11, 2010 — The story below about construction of the Turkey Hill Experience in a vacant Columbia building incorrectly identified a former user of the structure. It was Tidy Products, which closed in 1979. Another apparel make......
2010-07-28 19:31:00
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
A former Lancaster man told a Philadelphia jury that he felt really bad about the policeman's death.But he had nothing to do with it, Eric DeShann Floyd said, and he wasn't the one who pulled the trigger.But the jury apparently felt Floyd and another man, Levon Warner, were ......
2010-07-26 22:22:00
JENNIFER TODD and RYAN ROBINSON
In two separate instances, suspects made the work of police a little easier when they left identifying documents at the scenes of their respective crimes.Police in East Hempfield Township have filed charges against James A. Brown, 42, of Mount Holly Springs, who allegedly held up a Turkey ......
2010-07-23 21:00:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Motorists lined up Friday morning as word spread that gasoline was selling for 94 cents a gallon at the Turkey Hill store on South Broad Street in Lititz. "I was looking at the news and said, 'That's our Turkey Hill,' and I said, 'I'm there,'" Daryl Carter, ......
2010-07-23 20:52:00
JANET KELLEY
A Columbia convenience store was robbed early Friday morning, and within minutes, police had a suspect in custody. Scott Stephen Hooten, 41, of Walnut Street, Columbia, was charged with robbery and resisting arrest. Police were dispatched to Turkey Hill Minit Market, 342 Chestnut St., at a......
2010-07-15 21:16:00
TAYLOR BUNDY
The Opportunities Center at Bright Side Baptist Church will host its fifth annual Summer Fest on Saturday.This year will be the second for the community event's silent auction and the first for a sale of sports memorabilia, Rev. Louis Butcher, pastor at the church, said.The fest......
2010-07-05 21:23:00
JANET KELLEY
A robber held up an East Hempfield Township convenience store Sunday night, police said, threatening a witness with a knife.At about 10 p.m. Sunday, police said, a young man entered the Turkey Hill Minute Mart, 901 Nissley Road, put a black bag on the counter and ordered the clerks to fill......
2010-06-17 19:36:00
JEFF HAWKES
Newly released from jail, his job search striking out, Lester Shultz, 51, still found a reason to get out of bed in the morning.He went to Dutch Wonderland to make pizza.With much of the amusement park's work force back at school, Shultz volunteered last August as a late-season ......
2010-06-16 16:44:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
It's time again for an annual tradition of family fun.Lancaster Catholic High School will be hosting its carnival from Monday through Saturday next week at the school's athletic fields, adjacent to the football stadium.Celebrating its 29th anniversary this year, the carnival......
2010-06-15 09:11:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information about an armed robbery of a convenience store in Mount Joy Borough, police reported.Two men entered the Turkey Hill Minit Market at 703 E. Main St., Mount Joy, at 3:37 a.m. Friday, police said. One displayed a handgun.They de......
2010-06-11 17:16:00
Staff
En un desenfrenado recorrido criminal hoy, un hombre secuestró cuatro vehículos en sucesión rápida - agarrando a por lo menos una de las motoristas fuera de su auto y arrojándola al terreno, robando otro auto de una pareja de envejecientes en su propia residenci......
2010-06-08 12:02:00
JENNIFER TODD
La policía ha acusado a un hombre de Lancaster por tratar de utilizar un billete falso en una tienda de conveniencia en la ciudad el viernes.Bruce P. Hines, 49, del 940 N. Queen St., le pidió a una empleada que le cambiara un billete de $100, pero entonces trató de usa......
2010-06-07 21:24:00
JENNIFER TODD
Police have charged a Lancaster man for trying to pass a counterfeit bill at a city convenience store Friday.Bruce P. Hines, 49, of 940 N. Queen St., asked a clerk to change the $100 bill, but then tried to use the bill to purchase a pack of cigarettes at the Turkey Hill at North Queen and......
2010-05-26 10:56:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Counterfeit $100 bills are being circulated in Manheim Township and Lancaster city, according to police.A man in his 30s used four fake Benjamins to buy a television at Walmart, 2030 Fruitville Pike, on Saturday at 11:10 a.m., township police said.Twenty minutes later, a woman in he......
2010-05-13 21:10:00
JANET KELLEY
He told the judge he had no drug or alcohol issues.He had completed three years of college, served eight years in the military and had a job when he was arrested.Yet, Edward Raynell Salter told the Lancaster County judge on Thursday he continually does things to "sabotage'&......
2010-05-12 22:38:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
Their international president complimented club members as "people who are willing to get our hands dirty … and then go out and make a difference."And this Saturday, several hundred such people will be at Lancaster's Long's Park doing a lot of both things.As......
2010-05-02 00:21:00
GIL SMART, Associate Editor
If there's an ideal spot in Lancaster County for wind turbines, James Warner said, Turkey Point is it. The winds howl around the cliffs at the western edge of Manor Township. For 22 months, the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority maintained a 180-foot tower to measure the g......
2010-05-02 00:14:00
STAFF
With plenty of sunshine and very little wind, racing conditions were close to perfect Saturday at the 11th annual Turkey Hill Country Classic in Washington Boro. Nearly 500 cyclists participated in various races and nearly 600 runners hit the pavement in the men's and women's 5K and 10......
2010-04-28 23:45:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
Lancaster Barnstormers' mascot Cylo will have his own "man cave" down the left-field line at Clipper Magazine Stadium for this year's season, which kicks off Friday night with a game against the York Revolution.When not cow-footing it through the crowd, polishing the head......
2010-04-27 21:04:00
TIM MEKEEL
Continuing its strategy of growing in the Midwest, Turkey Hill Minit Markets is planning to open its first three stores in Indianapolis by year-end."We feel we're a good fit for that market and that we can provide a good service to them," said Turkey Hill spokeswoman Erin Dim......
2010-04-26 12:37:00
JANET KELLEY
Una mujer escapó una situación doméstica violenta la mañana del domingo, dijo la policía estatal, luego de que ella le pidiera ayuda a un empleado de tienda de conveniencia.Alrededor da las 3:30 a.m., dijo la policía estatal, Michael Shawn Garvin, ......
2010-04-19 20:16:00
JEFF HAWKES
If you watched TV in the 1970s, you remember the tear on the Indian's cheek.The iconic image of the heartbroken Native American was the climax of one of the most famous public-service ads of all time.As urgent music builds, the somber canoeist paddles from wilderness into an ind......
2010-04-13 20:33:00
AD CRABLE
A federal agency and Audubon Pennsylvania are among about 40 conservation groups from around the world critical of a wind turbine project that's been approved for Turkey Hill along the Susquehanna River.All the concerns except one revolve around perceived threats 120-foot-long blades o......
2010-04-11 00:04:00
TIM MEKEEL, Business Editor
Time or money. Those are the competing priorities that Mandy Tirado is weighing. On one hand, she loves to use Giant's Gas Extra Rewards program to cut the cost of fueling her Chevy Venture minivan. On the other hand, the Lancaster Township resident struggles to find time to......
2010-04-11 00:03:00
TIM MEKEEL, Business Editor
Gas rewards programs aren't just being launched by supermarkets. The county's largest convenience-store chain, Turkey Hill Minit Markets, has joined the fray too. Lancaster-based Turkey Hill unveiled its gas rewards program April 1 at all 248 of its Pennsylvania stores. That includ......
2010-04-08 22:04:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Masked gunmen robbed two stores Thursday morning in East Lampeter and East Hempfield townships. The Turkey Hill Minit Market at 2787 Lincoln Highway East in Ronks was hit at 3:07 a.m., East Lampeter Township police said. The robber displayed a dark-colored handgun, took an undetermined ......
2010-03-19 08:33:00
CINDY STAUFFER
A man held up the Turkey Hill convenience store in Ronks early Friday morning, East Lampeter Township police said.The robber displayed a weapon, but police declined to disclose what kind, and escaped with an amount of cash, which also was not disclosed.The man fled on foot after the......
2010-03-17 21:13:00
RYAN ROBINSON
An armed robber struck a city bank on Wednesday, police said.The Northwest Savings Bank at 922 Columbia Ave. was targeted at 9:47 a.m., city police said.Wearing sunglasses and a peach-colored rubber mask, the robber threatened several employees with a handgun and then fled on foot w......
2010-03-10 00:03:00
CINDY STAUFFER
It's very rare.But the unusual tragedy happened last week in Pennsylvania, just about 40 miles from here.A spark from static electricity at a gasoline pump ignited a fire that killed a 19-year-old Cumberland County man who was an aspiring police officer and avid bowler.Ex......
2010-02-23 00:04:00
AD CRABLE
The federal government has concluded that building two wind turbines with 120-foot-long propellers atop Turkey Point does not threaten eagles, other raptors or bats.But some birding groups that missed the opportunity to weigh in on the project when public comment was invited believe the en......
2010-02-17 21:53:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Ronald A. Scott Jr. spent time at two Lancaster County gyms in recent months.But he allegedly was lifting wallets and credit cards — not weights.Police have accused the 50-year-old Lancaster man of stealing 11 wallets or credit cards from their owners' lockers or cars at P......
2010-02-17 00:03:00
JEFF HAWKES
Two miles of sewer line in Talmage.An outing to the symphony for city kids.Solar panels glinting on a Penn Township roof.All across Lancaster County, people are finding an astonishing number of ways to spend federal stimulus dollars.And the list of projects goes on and......
2010-02-09 00:03:00
AD CRABLE
Financial arrangements have been approved for southeastern Pennsylvania's first commercial wind project — two 360-foot-high turbines atop Turkey Hill in Manor Township.PPL and the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority have entered into a lease agreement that is expect......
2010-02-08 19:42:00
Tom Murse
Turkey Hill Dairy said it has recalled a small batch of its chocolate marshmallow ice cream because it may contain almonds.The Conestoga-based dairy said it had isolated the problem to fewer than 150 1½-quart containers sold after Jan. 28 in central Pennsylvania.The ice cream......
2010-01-25 12:38:00
CINDY STAUFFER
A windy storm whipped the county this morning, interrupting power to more than 14,000 households as it blew down wires and branches.Wind gusts and temperatures both reached the unusual high of 63 (mph and degrees) as heavy rains fell.But the balmy craziness, and a 12-day January tha......
2010-01-21 00:02:00
TOM KNAPP
Lancaster County is ramping up efforts to provide relief to Haiti, where a massive earthquake and aftershocks have left survivors injured, homeless and starving.The United Way of Lancaster County is asking for financial donations online at ww......
2010-01-15 08:00:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Burglars and thieves have had a busy week, according to police.Four burglaries were reported in the city, including someone who burglarized two garages and a storage room at 549 Schuylkill St. Monday night or Tuesday morning, police said.Three renters reported items stolen, includin......
2010-01-14 07:33:00
TIM MEKEEL
A long-vacant gas station at a major intersection will become a new Turkey Hill Minit Market, a stone's throw from the chain's first location.The former Exxon property at Columbia Avenue and Rohrerstown Road, dark for more than two years, will open as a Turkey Hill within a month....
2010-01-13 06:47:00
JAMES BUESCHER
Correction Jan. 13, 2010 — Councilman Mike Beury of Columbia defended Council's handling of the borough's finances Monday, and he asked critics if they would rather have a 24 percent tax increase, like the one residents face in Mount......
2010-01-11 09:25:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A gunman robbed a Turkey Hill store in East Lampeter Township Sunday night, police reported.About 11:30, a man displayed a revolver and demanded a clerk give him money from a cash register at the 2453 Old Philadelphia Pike store, police said.He took an undetermined amount of money a......
2009-12-28 07:46:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Two males, one with a knife, robbed a Turkey Hill store in Brownstown late Sunday night, West Earl Township police reported.There were no reports of injuries in the incident, police said.The two Turkey Hill robbers entered the 14 N. State St. store a few minutes before midnight, pol......
2009-12-24 07:37:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Unfortunately, 'Tis the season for stealing merchandise, two stores reported to city police. The Hollister Park store at 353 Park City Center said someone stole 22 bottles of cologne, 14 sweatshirts and 16 shirts together valued at $3,300 between noon and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, police said....
2009-12-07 08:16:00
RYAN ROBINSON
State police are looking for two males who robbed a Turkey Hill store in Drumore Township early Monday.The men entered the store at Routes 272 and 372 at about 12:30 a.m., police said, and told the clerk to give them money from the cash register.When the clerk hesitated, one of the ......
2009-12-01 07:39:00
RYAN ROBINSON
A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt robbed a Turkey Hill Minit Market in Gap Monday night, state police reported.The man entered the store at 941 Route 41 at about 8 p.m. and demanded the clerk empty the register, police said.The clerk gave him an undisclosed amount of money, and the ......
2009-11-14 06:03:00
JAMES BUESCHER
When it rains, it pours.Columbia Borough residents and officials attending the finance committee meeting Wednesday learned about three looming financial challenges which are expected to require more than $1.2 million in revenue to balance the budget.Due to the severity of the budget......
2009-11-12 00:01:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
As a busy grocery store president, Joe Darrenkamp could have been doing lots of other things on a rainy and raw Wednesday morning.Same for Keith Eshleman, an owner of John Herr's Village Market in Millersville, whose voice is heard frequently announcing in-store specials to shoppers....
2009-10-21 07:21:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
Where, oh where have the humble sardines gone?To the deep end of the ocean?Shoved to the side by tuna, that chicken of the sea?Since the last part of the 20th century, many Americans have turned up their noses at tins of sardines, the seafood version of Spam.And face i......
2009-10-15 07:13:00
TIM MEKEEL
Turkey Hill Minit Markets, having dotted much of Pennsylvania with stores, now is targeting the Midwest too.The new strategy became evident Wednesday when Turkey Hill said it has acquired five On the Run convenience stores in Ohio.The stores, bought for an undisclosed price from Gil......
2009-10-12 00:01:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Linda Kauffman of Manheim Township had a great, up-close seat at the concert, and she hadn't had to get there at 5 in the morning on Sunday to it.That was taken care of by her daughter Colleen Kauffman and neighbor Laura Yates, who WERE the ones there at that chilly predawn hour to sec......
2009-10-09 00:01:00
STAFF
City police are investigating five cases of fraud in the past week.Victims lost a total of $3,485, police said.City police Lt. Todd Umstead said it didn't appear the cases were related."It sounds like people were careless with their cards and somebody is taking advan......
2009-10-04 00:02:00
STAFF
FallFest '09
They may look like country music's answer to ABBA, but Little Big Town has a sound all its own. The band, which has been nominated Vocal Group of the Year four straight years at the CMA Awards, will headline the daylong Big I-105 Turkey Hill FallFest on ......
2009-09-29 06:16:00
JANET KELLEY
A young city man who last year held up a convenience store at gunpoint with his friends was sentenced Monday to 4 to 8 years in state prison.Melvin Keith, 20, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty in July to robbery, conspiracy, burglary and theft.On Monday, Lancaster County Court President ......
2009-09-23 00:04:00
RYAN ROBINSON
City police nabbed a teenager they say used a fake pistol in a robbery in the 200 block of Harrisburg Avenue, near North Prince Street, Monday night.It is one of several robberies police are investigating in recent days.Police got a call that a 23-year-old man had been robbed of a s......
2009-09-18 06:12:00
LORI VAN INGEN
More than 1,000 children received stuffed animals collected in memory of 6-year-old Kyle Wintersteen."We wanted to say a big 'thank you' " to the community for their donations, family friend Annmarie Hoctor said.Wintersteen, who would have been a first-grader at La......
2009-09-16 10:09:00
JAMES BUESCHER
Plans for a new boutique hotel in a former downtown bank building will be reviewed today by Columbia Borough's Historic Architectural Review Board.The Timeless Inn proposal features 12 suites plus 8 rooms with a watch and clock theme, a spa and a bistro, developers said Monday at the m......
2009-09-16 09:39:00
TIM MEKEEL
Tourists will have to wait an extra year to savor a new experience.Contaminated groundwater has been discovered on the future site of the Turkey Hill Experience, delaying its opening until April 2011."It's not a show-stopper by any stretch of the imagination, but we have to......
2009-09-01 00:01:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
They're one of the biggest names in country music, with a string of hits and top-selling albums to their credit.They also have a strong crossover appeal to non-country fans, thanks to covering some rock and pop songs and appearing with rock legends such as John Mellencamp and Fleetwood......
2009-08-29 00:22:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Six-year-old Kyle Wintersteen didn't know the impact he would have on the Lancaster community and across the nation.Kyle, who would have started first grade at Lafayette Elementary School on Thursday, unbuckled his seat belt Monday shortly before the car in which he was a passenger rea......
2009-08-11 09:27:00
AD CRABLE
A $1.5 million federal stimulus fund grant awarded Monday is just the boost needed to launch southcentral Pennsylvania's first commercial wind turbine project atop Turkey Hill in Manor Township, according to a county official."There's nothing really to hold this up now," ......
2009-07-31 10:48:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
It was a sun-splashed autumn Sunday last year filled with country music and a record crowd at the event's new home — Manheim Township's Overlook Park.After such a boffo first year at the park between Lititz and Fruitville pikes, Fallfest will return to Overlook on Sunday, Oct......
2009-07-29 08:41:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A stop at a Lititz convenience store proved to be most inconvenient to a Stevens man.Lititz Borough police said they charged Brian James Eshleman, 30, of Stevens with possession of cocaine.According to police, on May 30, Eshleman entered the Turkey Hill store at 735 S. Broad St. Whe......
2009-07-28 10:34:00
TIM MEKEEL
The beginning of the Turkey Hill Experience project has changed.But the end will be the same.With two problems solved in imaginative ways, site work for the agri-tourism venture in Columbia Borough started last week.That keeps the Third and Linden streets project, anchored by......
2009-07-13 10:24:00
STAFF
Southern Regional Police reported a curious theft on Saturday in Pequea Township. Aiban Rivera, 26, of the 500 block of East Mifflin Street, was a passenger in a car that pulled into the parking lot of the Turkey Hill store at 2101 New Danville Pike and parked right next to two police patrol ca......
2009-07-10 20:27:00
STAFF REPORT
Turkey Hill Dairy and Turkey Hill Minit Markets are requesting donations for Pennsylvania National Guard troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.Donated items may be dropped off at any of the 250 Minit Markets, including 61 in Lancaster County, through July 31. The dairy and the convenience store c......
2009-07-09 10:02:00
AD CRABLE
Norfolk Southern is kicking in another $250,000 to help Manor Township convert six miles of the abandoned Enola Low-Grade rail line into a public trail along the Susquehanna River.Another 23 miles of the rail line that was turned over to six southern-end townships has been opened to public......
2009-06-18 00:28:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Police believe they have arrested the knife-wielding bandit responsible for slashing a teenage clerk during a recent string of violent holdups.The suspect, Andrew Stephen Johns, 21, was captured Tuesday in Penn Township. He was free on bail after Manheim Borough and Warwick Township police......
2009-06-16 09:49:00
KATY HOPKINS
Eleven-year-old Jhiaire Felton took a break from dancing to the tunes of a merry-go-round Monday night to reflect on the adventure ahead of him. "It's about facing your fears," he said, drawing an excited breath as he prepared to board a UFO. "It's not scary," 9......
2009-06-09 12:18:00
TIM MEKEEL
Jeff Mearig has a word of advice for anyone thinking of opening a plain old gas station. Don't. "If we were relying on gas sales alone, we'd be out of business. There isn't enough of a markup to stay open," said Mearig, an owner of Brunnerville Garage. And many s......
2009-05-28 10:23:00
JANET KELLEY
A masked man held a knife to the throat of a female convenience store clerk Wednesday night, as he helped himself to a handful of cash from the Brickerville store. The clerk, a 28-year-old Lititz woman, was unhurt, state police said. Troopers said a man entered the Turkey Hill Minit Market......
2009-05-19 10:05:00
AD CRABLE
The county waste authority is buying 51 acres of land from Frey Dairy Farm in Manor Township for more than $1 million. The three parcels, which adjoin the Frey Farm Landfill and Turkey Hill Dairy, will be used to satisfy setback regulations for a proposed wind-turbine project at the landfill an......
2009-05-15 10:36:00
KATY HOPKINS
Chicken lovers everywhere can rejoice — the annual event hailed as the world's largest chicken barbecue will be held in Long's Park on Saturday. The fundraiser, now in its 56th year, is held by the Sertoma Club of Lancaster. More than 30,000 chicken dinners will be cooked,......
2009-05-08 00:38:00
JENNIFER TODD
A man arrested for allegedly robbing a Wrightsville bank Tuesday is a suspect in the armed holdups of nearly a dozen other businesses in southcentral Pennsylvania, police said Thursday.Arien Jamal Moore, 22, of Chanceford Township, York County, was taken into custody shortly after police s......
2009-04-29 10:49:00
STAFF
Police in East Lampeter Township said they're looking for a man who robbed a Turkey Hill in Bridgeport early today. Investigators said the robber entered the store at 612 Lincoln Highway East shortly after 4 a.m. The robber was described as a black male in his 20s or 30s, wearing......
2009-04-22 09:45:00
TIM MEKEEL
It's double or nothing. The developer of a Columbia agri-tourism attraction needs two favorable state decisions so his $14 million project can go forward. And he needs them soon. Bill Roberts must obtain a stream-channeling permit and a prevailing-wage exclusion in time to start const......
2009-04-21 10:29:00
STAFF
A teen employee of a Turkey Hill store in Ephrata was caught allegedly using prepaid phone cards that were supposedly sold to customers — about $300 worth, police said. On Saturday, managers of the Turkey Hill at 4 Hahnstown Road, discovered that one of their employees, had activated the ......
2009-04-14 07:02:00
AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
Professional anglers have their Bassmasters Classic. There are walk-a-thons and enviro-thons. Now, local birdwatchers, from rank amateurs to veritable ornithologists, have a Birding Classic. Combining elements of all of these, the Lancaster County Conservancy and the Lancaster County Bird Club ......
2009-04-09 01:00:00
MICHAEL YODER
An early morning armed robbery at a Mount Joy convenience store attracted police from departments across northwestern Lancaster County, leading to arrests hours later.Hector Jesus Adorno-Burgos, 30, of West Strawberry Street, Lancaster, and Michael Velazquez-Rivera, 29, no known address, w......
2009-04-08 11:01:00
CARLA DI FONZO
Police in Mount Joy Borough nabbed two men who allegedly brandished guns and robbed a Turkey Hill early today. Investigators said the two suspects walked into the Turkey Hill store at 325 W. Main St. just after 2:30. One of the suspects entered the back room of the store and pulled a gun ......
2009-04-06 00:40:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Police have charged a Lancaster city man with a pair of convenience store robberies, including one heist that led to the imprisonment of an innocent man for five weeks.Jason T. Karlow, 32, is accused of committing knife-point robberies at Turkey Hill markets in Mountville Borough and Manor......
2009-03-23 11:12:00
RYAN ROBINSON
At lunch on Feb. 12, Clark Lilley studied for an Old Testament history quiz coming up in his next class. But as the 28-year-old pastoral ministry student walked out of Lancaster Bible College's dining commons, a school employee approached Lilley and said the president of student services......
2009-03-20 11:10:00
CHAD UMBLE
The breeze at Turkey Point along the Susquehanna River is strong enough to keep a planned $8.25 million wind turbine project there moving forward. This morning the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority board approved an application for a $175,000 state grant to help pay for continue......
2009-03-20 00:55:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Clark Lilley looked like the armed man who robbed a Manor Township convenience store last month, but he and his attorney insisted police had the wrong guy when he was arrested and charged."He looked very much like him," defense attorney Jeff Conrad said of the surveillance video taken of t......
2009-03-19 10:45:00
CARLA DI FONZO
A man who robbed a Turkey Hill in Mountville on Wednesday night used a knife to threaten a store employee, police said, before making his getaway in a car. The clerk on duty at the convenience store at 320 E. Main St. told police that a man entered the store around 10 p.m. and picked up a snack......
2009-03-05 12:11:00
TIM MEKEEL
The more Frank Bewersdorff learns about the local farming community, the more he believes that others will want to learn about it too. Now he's planning to give them that chance. Bewersdorff wants to create Lancaster Farm World, to tell the story of local agriculture "in an edu......
2009-02-27 13:53:00
The Associated Press
A Pennsylvania dairy has expanded a voluntary recall of its ice cream because of a possible link to salmonella-tainted peanuts. The recall announced Friday by Turkey Hill in Lancaster County is for a new flavor containing peanuts from the Peanut Corporation of America. The dairy says the......
2009-02-04 09:46:00
CHAD UMBLE
No need to scream about the missing Turkey Hill ice cream flavors — they'll be back lickety-split. Turkey Hill Dairy pulled six ice cream and frozen yogurt flavors, including Tin Roof Sundae Premium, off store shelves last week in response to a widening recall of peanut products....
2009-02-04 00:16:00
P.J. REILLY
A precious piece of Philadelphia sports history made a brief visit to Lancaster County on Tuesday.The 2008 Commissioner's Trophy, awarded to the Phillies for winning last year's World Series, spent two hours at Turkey Hill Dairy's headquarters in Manor Township.Phillies ......
2009-02-02 11:43:00
JANET KELLEY
Parole officers wondered why Thuan Tang had missed his appointment last Tuesday in York. The next day — when they saw the surveillance photos of a robbery in downtown Lancaster, police said —suddenly, they knew. Tang, 36, who had been released from York County Prison on Monday,......
2009-01-30 21:55:00
STAFF REPORT
Redner's Markets Inc. said Friday it is voluntarily recalling its Redner's Warehouse Markets Sundae Cones, UPC 1598410417, and Redner's Warehouse Markets Round Top Vanilla Cones, UPC 1598404006, due to the expanded recall notice issued by the FDA and Peanut Corp. of America. No illnes......
2009-01-22 11:20:00
TIM MEKEEL
A crumbling former sewing factory in Columbia has been called an eyesore for decades. But soon it should start being transformed into something very different — a destination. By March 1, the conversion of the former Tidy Products site into a major agri-tourism attraction, anchored b......
2009-01-07 11:52:00
CHAD UMBLE
Passe, an antiques and collectibles shop, opened in mid-November at 307 N. Queen St. in what had been a barbershop. The new store sells an array of items, with most pieces coming from the collection of store owner Jennifer Edgerton's parents. Among the varied offerings are old metal sign......
2008-12-31 01:13:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
A pair of men wielding handguns robbed a Lancaster city convenience store Tuesday night.The men robbed Turkey Hill Market at 806 New Holland Ave. about 9:45 p.m. and fled with an unknown amount of loot, investigators said.As of press time Tuesday night, investigators said no one was......
2008-12-25 00:02:00
CARLA DI FONZO
The rain didn't put a damper on the 22nd annual Lancaster County Project for the Needy."We did as well as last year," Tom Fasnacht, project chairman said Wednesday. "We gathered up 1,200 boxes of food last year, and we received the same amount today."And whil......
2008-12-18 01:04:00
JENNIFER TODD
The same man has robbed a Sadsbury Township convenience store for the second time in a few weeks, state police believe. The most recent incident occurred Tuesday when police said the suspect entered the Turkey Hill Minit Market on Route 41 shortly after 2 a.m. and demanded money from the clerk....
2008-12-16 00:02:00
MADELYN PENNINO
The number of families who need a hot meal is on the rise.However, food supplies at Water Street Rescue Mission are dwindling because of a major slowdown in donations.Maria Schaszberger, a spokesperson for the mission, said Monday that food donations aren't coming in as they hav......
2008-12-11 22:04:00
STAFF REPORT
No injuries were reported Thursday after a Turkey Hill tractor-trailer traveling near the intersection of Routes 222 and 272 in Fulton Township crossed the lawn and went through the front picture window of a home about 3:40 p.m., according to an EMT with Wakefield Ambulance Company who respo......
2008-11-05 17:56:00
LYNN SCHMIDT
The New England states surely offer brilliant foliage in autumn, but Lancaster County has some surprising polychromatic panoramas of its own — one of which is a mere half-hour from the city: House Rock, along the Conestoga Trail in Martic Township. Pathways, fields and forests nearby &mdash......
2008-11-01 01:22:00
JENNIFER TODD
State police are investigating an incident in which a woman used several old coins to make a purchase from a convenience store last month.Among the coins were a 1964 silver half dollar, four Mercury dimes, a 100-year-old wheat penny, two Canadian coins and a 1955 coin from Denmark, police ......
2008-10-30 00:34:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
The lifestyle and attitude of a self-proclaimed teenage "gangster" were outlined Wednesday in Lancaster County Court.At the hearing, Kewuan Jones, 17, was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in state prison for a 2007 armed robbery at a Manheim Township convenience store.But before......
2008-10-20 00:04:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Manheim Township police are looking for suspects in two crimes committed over the weekend: a violent street robbery that left two men injured and a convenience-store holdup.Police said that, based on descriptions provided by the victims, they believe the weekend crimes were committed by di......
2008-10-14 00:01:00
PATRICK BURNS
Months of financial misery seemed to melt Monday as Wall Street rallied by 936 points and, closer to home, gasoline prices fell below $3 per gallon at many area stations.Regular gas sold Monday for about $2.95 at many Turkey Hill, Wawa and Hess Express convenience stores — that's......
2008-10-08 01:10:00
TOM KNAPP
Lancaster and Columbia are the big winners in a $5.7 million loan package approved Tuesday in Harrisburg.Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday the loans approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority are a good investment that will secure millions more in private capital while assisting in local ......
2008-10-03 07:02:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT / New Era Staff
When she was a little girl, Joanne Ladley watched tour buses pull up outside Kitchen Kettle Village. She summoned the village owners — who happened to be her parents, Bob and Pat Burnley — by jubilantly shouting, "It's a bus! It's a bus!" Fifty years later, a ......
2008-10-02 11:59:00
JANE HOLAHAN
The Big I 105 Turkey Hill Fallfest might be changing locations from Long's Park to Overlook Community Campus this year, but the day-long show's spirit won't be changing. Not with Jo Dee Messina headlining the show. Festivities begin Sunday at Overlook at 8 a.m., when the gat......
2008-09-29 11:30:00
TIM MEKEEL
LANCASTER, PA — The appeal of Turkey Hill Dairy products might transform a crumbling vacant sewing factory in Columbia into a magnet for visitors. The dairy and developer Bill Roberts intend to convert the former Tidy Products site — which has defied revitalization since the ea......
2008-08-14 00:50:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT
A woman has been charged with committing an armed robbery early Tuesday morning at a Turkey Hill convenience store in East Hempfield Township.Meanwhile, police in Lancaster city are investigating a separate strong-arm robbery — also at a Turkey Hill store — that occurred late T......
2008-08-13 10:56:00
JANET KELLEY
A woman was in jail today, one day after said she allegedly displayed a gun and robbed a Centerville Road convenience store clerk, East Hempfield Township police said. Tara Leigh Dorsey, 35, of 3026 Todd Lane, was arrested by township police Detective Tammy Marsh and charged with robbing the......
2008-08-10 16:03:00
ROBERTA STRICKLER
Last summer, Lifestyle featured the story of Simon Mayen, a Lost Boy of Sudan, and his quest to visit the village he last saw when he fled in 1987.Civil war forced 8- or 9-year-old Mayen away from his family and into a long journey, crossing deserts and the dangerous Gilo River, until he r......
2008-08-09 01:01:00
BRIAN WALLACE
Jean Edwards went from anonymous retiree to millionaire celebrity this week.But as far as she's concerned, not much in her life has changed.Edwards plans to stay in her Willow Street home and maybe take a vacation to Jackson Hole, Wyo., but that's about it."I jus......
2008-08-05 11:00:00
STEPHEN ZOOK
One lucky person took home more than a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread from the Turkey Hill store in Willow Street. A lot more. On Saturday, someone bought a winning Powerball ticket at that store. The ticket is worth $86.3 million in an annuity or $42.5 million in a lump sum payment....
