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The bank pictured in a 1993 family photo was the First National Bank of Intercourse, located at the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and Newport Road (routes 340 and 772), in the small, rural village of Intercourse, Leacock Township. In February of 1908, a meeting was held in the village to pick a committee to organize a national bank. The building lot was purchased for the sum of $235. The architect, William P. Erisman of Lancaster, was hired for $75, and Samuel B. Futer, a local contractor, built the bank for $5,347. The bank opened for business on Oct. 10, 1908. This bank merged with ...

However, it all began with the anchor store, the Jam & Relish Kitchen. "My grandparents started the business back in 1954," said Michelle Rondinelli, president of Kitchen Kettle Foods. That's when Bob and Pat Burnley decided to purchase a jelly business. "When they bought the jelly business, they got burners and kettles, which is the name kitchen kettle," said Joanne Ladley, second-generation co-owner of Kitchen Kettle Village. "They put that in the garage." Today, the original garage houses the village bakery. "Shoofly pies are very big for us," said Michael Burnley, CEO of Kitchen Kettle Fo...

Cookies. Nothing says the holidays like some homemade baked goodness. For many families, it’s a holiday tradition. “Making cookies is a great thing to do with family and requires very little tools,” says TJ Quinn, “culinary colonel” at Kitchen Kettle Village. “The process is fun, and the results are delicious.” Sara Taylor, co-owner of Taylor Chip Cookie Co. in Lancaster, agrees. “Cookie baking can be super fun, especially if you make it less about the baking and more about the time you get to spend with people,” she says. If cookie baking has been...