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The community needed a good turnout Tuesday for National Night Out after the past year, according to Stephanie Guzman, and it got it. “Having this event felt very needed in this point in time,” the director of the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster’s Southeast Clubhouse said at the block party Tuesday night. Dozens of kids and families crowded the 300 block of Dauphin Street next to Roberto Clemente Park. It was one of four such events in the city on Tuesday, and at least 13 in the county, where police officers and residents intermingle in a festive atmosphere. The event happens in...

HEMPFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT The Hempfield School District School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, at the administration building, public board room, 200 Church St., Landisville. To address the Board, call 717-898-5564; email jacquelyn_strybos@hempfieldsd.org, by Tuesday, July 13 at 4 p.m. Among the agenda items: LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL Lancaster City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, in council chambers, City Hall annex, 120 N. Duke St., Marion Street entrance. Among the agenda items: - Proclamations, Honors, Awards and resolution of recognition: Mayoral Proclamation re...

THE ISSUE

When: Lancaster City Council meeting, held virtually, May 25.

Jarrad Berkihiser was pushed out of his job as chief of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police last fall, the result of a falling out with the mayor over approaches to racial equity and progressive policing issues in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. In the months since, Berkihiser has kept largely quiet, saying little — publicly, at least — about what he thinks led to his unplanned departure, or the summer protests preceding it. But he opened up in March, faulting Mayor Danene Sorace and the protesters generally for turning last June’s protests into a disorganized �...