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When: Lancaster Township virtual supervisors meeting, April 12. What happened: Township Manager Bill Laudien said the township is joining with other groups to restore the historic Stevens Greenland Cemetery on South Duke Street in preparation for a Memorial Day celebration there. Background: According to a flyer about the Memorial Day celebration, the cemetery has the largest number of African American veterans in Lancaster County, including men and women who served in the Civil War, Spanish-Am...

The section of the Conestoga upstream from the city of Lancaster often is called a “creek.” Below the city, the waterway is called either a “creek” or a “river.” The Scribbler learned this by reading a new book, “The Conestoga River: A History,” written by Donald Kautz and published by The History Press. These designations make some sense because the beginning of the 60-mile-long Conestoga is narrow and shallow and creek-like, and the ending is wider and ...

San Marcos Boys Turn in Solid Performance in Water Polo Win Over Dos Pueblos Jackson Hamilton of San Marcos rises out of the water for a shot while being defended by DP’s Kai Edick. (Gary Kim / Noozhawk photo) By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor | @NoozhawkSports March 11, 2021 | 9:26 p.m. Danny Goldberg scored two goals from long distance and converted a penalty shot in the fourth period to break open a close game and spark the San Marcos boys water polo team to a 12-9 victory ove...

The Detroit Free Press conflated Ben Wallace and Chris Webber, but at least they admitted their mistake with a follow-up GIF.

The Conservative opposition leader of Ealing Council has said it is unfair for the council to blame a council tax rise on the Government. Councillor Greg Stafford said a decade of poor decisions from Ealing Council’s Labour administration was the real cause. The council has agreed to increase council tax by 1.99%, on top of a 3% social care precept, which is effectively the maximum possible increase. Stafford said: “The reality is that over the last close to ten years of this Lab...

AD CRABLE LNP newspaper, via AP Don KAUTZ/LNP via AP Adam Zurn, left, and Ben Webber push a canoe across Pine Creek in Berks County towards the headwaters of the Conestoga River, a route fur traders and Native Americans used 250 years ago. LANCASTER, Pa. — On a cold and sunny winter day on Dec. 30, six local residents gathered at a rural road near the Lancaster-Berks line and unloaded a wooden canoe, a faux fur and an old jug of the kind that once held rum. The ensemble began pushing the 85-...

Kautz, a software engineer from East Lampeter Township, had been doing research for his upcoming book, “The Conestoga River: A History,” and came across multiple accounts of a 17th-century fur trade route through Lancaster, Berks and Chester counties used by Native Americans and early Colonists. Native Americans would paddle canoes loaded with beaver and deer hides from their villages along the Susquehanna the length of the Conestoga River. When the headwaters of the Conestoga became too sh...

On the manafort trial today turning now to another development in the russia investigation, cnn has learned that robert mueller has handed off several cases to new york federal prosecutors according to people familiar with the matter. prosecutors are looking at several high-profile american lobbyists and operatives to determine if they failed to register their work as foreign agents. with me, erica with the scoop, she has the story. erica, tell me about the referrals. >> sure. we know the referr...

>> the chairman of the conservative party said if the money was stolen it will be returned. now does the prime minister agree with his former treasurer that is tainted money and they have a duty to give it back? >> i have not seen the evidence for that, but what i say to the hon. gentleman is what about the 12 billion pounds his party has taken from the trade unions to bring this country to its knees. >> order, the house must come down. >> can the prime minister assure me that steps ar...

>> all fracking violations have been suspended. the royal academy of engineering and the royal society produced a full independent review into the risks of fracking. they would have to meet stringent standards. now it would have to fit within our overall energy commitment. >> you have been watching prime ministers questions. airs ministers question live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. over the next few weeks, members of the house of commons will attend their party conferences. the house returns ...