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THE ISSUE: It’s Monday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County. Some of these items are welcome developments on the economic front or for neighborhoods across the county. Others are local stories of achievement, perseverance, compassion and creativity that represent welcome points of light in a still-difficult time. All of this news deserves a brighter spotlight. Renaming schools is bound to be a contentious matter, and there were more than two great o...

THE ISSUE: It’s Monday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County. Some of these items are welcome developments on the economic front or for neighborhoods across the county. Others are local stories of achievement, perseverance, compassion and creativity that represent welcome points of light in a still-difficult time. All of this news deserves a brighter spotlight. We have another dandy batch of “Good Things” to amplify today, and it starts wit...

They include nine first-place awards and a specialty award, the Lenfest Institute Diverse Journalist Award. LNP|LancasterOnline competes in Division 1, the highest circulation-class category in the state. Other Division 1 media outlets include The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Morning Call in Allentown and Pennlive/The Patriot-News in Harrisburg. The Caucus, which suspended print publication during the pandemic, competes in Division 7, which is for niche publications a...

THE ISSUE: It’s Monday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County. Local stories of achievement, perseverance, compassion and creativity represent welcome points of light in a difficult time, and they deserve a brighter spotlight. Last week — even as we observed the sorrowful one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic — there were many great and optimistic developments in our y...

In what seemed like weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic swept from around the globe to our doorsteps. Our lives became like suspended animation as we went home and waited. We found ways to endure — through separation, loss, growth, fear, joy, frustration, change. Weve shifted our expectations and perspective to accommodate new realities.  It’s been one year. More than 950 people have died in Lancaster County. Photos of crowded bars andÂ�...

Article content A homeless man who was charged with attempted murder and arson following a mid-February Mitchell apartment fire that sent two to hospital appeared by phone in Stratford bail court Friday morning. Calling in from the Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene, Roger Pyne, 28, listened as paralegal Jenna Dodunski asked Crown lawyer Andrew Paul when Pyne’s lawyer could expect evidence so they could proceed with a bail hearing. We apologize, but this video has failed to ...

The magical spirit of the season comes to life in this acclaimed production and beloved holiday favorite that sells out every year. Tune in to view this special presentation of Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Rocky Mountain PBS. Join Clara and her arm of toy soldiers as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the legendary land of Sweets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many performing arts organizations around the nation, Colorado Ballet is unable to perform “The Nutcracke...

Today the Fulton Theatre will debut both a free holiday concert filmed in the theater and a new streaming service for Fulton performances. The Fulton Holiday Benefit Concert will go live today via Fulton HD, a new virtual platform to which fans of the theater can subscribe at no cost. The concert, featuring more than 20 performers and a 12-piece orchestra, will feature singing and dancing, with traditional holiday songs including “O Holy Night,” “Let It Snow,” “O Come, ...

The magical spirit of the season comes to life in this acclaimed production and beloved holiday favorite that sells out every year. Tune in to view this special presentation of Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Rocky Mountain PBS. Join Clara and her arm of toy soldiers as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the legendary land of Sweets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many performing arts organizations around the nation, Colorado Ballet is unable to perform “The Nutcracke...

The magical spirit of the season comes to life in this acclaimed production and beloved holiday favorite that sells out every year. Tune in to view this special presentation of Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Rocky Mountain PBS. Join Clara and her arm of toy soldiers as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the legendary land of Sweets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many performing arts organizations around the nation, Colorado Ballet is unable to perform “The Nutcracke...