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Democratic candidates are contesting three open county row office positions on the ballot this year, the first time the party has competed for every open seat in two decades. The
âThey're like, âOh, thereâs a farm in there?ââ Kreider said. A proposal to build a new 1,200-bed county prison on the sprawling property, next to Greenwood Cemetery and just south of the city, is the latest attempt to develop this well-situated land where others, at least over the past 50 years, failed. It remains an open question why builders never got to this land just a seven-minute drive from Penn Square and zoned for residential use. That the land is tucked away behind a cemetery, out of sight and out of mind, may have played a role. But interviews with Kreider, ...
Former Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty, 47, touts his passion about the legal system, and his experience. âWith the challenges of COVID-19 the next judge needs to be able to step in and get right to work,â Dougherty said. âMy courtroom experience is unmatched, whether it is criminal jury trials, civil litigation or family law,â he went on. âSince 2002, you would be hard pressed to find a lawyer who has spent more time in the courtroom than I have. I have handled all types of criminal matters ranging from murder to speeding tickets.â - Advertise...
After nearly two decades of debate, Lancaster County appears to be on the cusp of replacing its aging prison facility, undertaking a public works project that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. The county's Prison Board is scheduled to discuss land acquisition for a new facility at todayâs board of commissioners meeting, according to an agenda posted online Tuesday. The three county commissioners declined to provide more details or did not respond, but the county has been sending signals the past year that it was trying to secure land for a new prison. At last October'...
The Lancaster County Commissioners are hoping an undeveloped plot of land along the Conestoga River in Lancaster Township will be the location of a new county prison. The land, currently owned by Clyde and Shirley Kreider, is a 75-acre farm surrounded on three sides by a horseshoe bend in the Conestoga, west of Lancaster County Central Park and east of Route 222. The county has agreed to pay the Kreider family $3 million for the property, but the proposed deal allows the county to back out if the land cannot be zoned for use as a prison, and completion of a new facility could be several years...