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When: East Hempfield Township supervisors meeting, May 19. What happened: The board approved advertising an amendment to the townshipâs parking ordinance that increases the maximum weight of trucks on roads and streets. Why it matters: Pickup trucks and delivery trucks are being built heavier than in the past, and officials decided it was time to modify the law to keep up with the changing times. What it changes: East Hempfieldâs ordinance states that it is a violation to âpark a truck of over 5,000 pounds registered weight in a residential area, except for such periods of time necessary to make deliveries.â Township Manager Cindy Schweitzer said after the vote that changing the wording to 10,000 pounds provides exclusion for a regular pickup truck owned by local households for residential use. ....
Only about half of Lancaster Countyâs first responders â emergency medical service personnel and police officers â have received or have plans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. And no agency says it currently intends to make the vaccination mandatory. LNP | LancasterOnline contacted all 18 EMS companies serving the county. The six agencies that responded reported that half â 51% â of their personnel had already received or had plans to receive the vaccine. Similarly, the six police departments that responded reported that about 53% of their officers had received or planned to receive the vaccine. The findings roughly mirror results of a Pew Research Center survey in December that found 60% of Americans would definitely or probably get the COVID-19 vaccine. ....