Martic Forge News Today

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map has been updated for the first time in more than a decade.

A Columbia man admitted Monday to burning down a bridge on the Enola Low Grade Trail in 2018, costing Martic Township $3 million to rebuild and closing a section of

Learn about the history behind Martic Furnace and Martic Forge, two of the oldest furnaces and forges in the country.

Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy

We asked those charged with creating and advocating for visitors’ sites — trails, parks, preserves and museums — about their favorites.

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Manor Township will host a full-moon bike ride on the Enola Low Grade Rail Trail on Monday, Nov. 7, affording cyclists their first nighttime opportunity to cross the recently opened

In an excellent column, “Important moment for Lancaster’s waterways,” which was published in the June 10 LNP | LancasterOnline, Jeff Swinehart, president and CEO of Lancaster Farmland Trust, discussed how

Bob Shank’s mother asked him to help run Shank’s Tavern in Marietta in 1968, which got him involved in the family business and Lancaster County’s oldest tavern established in 1814.

Its always a great time to hike in Lancaster County, with the countys several dozen trails open to the public year-round.