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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — The Lancaster Recreation Commission announced a new executive director on Monday. Jack Bingeman will continue his 22-year career with the Lancaster Recreation Commission, as Heather Dighe concludes her 10 years of serving as executive director, according to the press release. Sean Post, Lancaster Recreation...
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — PennDOT is planning a trio of night paving operations across Lancaster County that will take place over the course of the next three weeks. The work will get underway Sunday, Nov. 8, on both east and westbound Route 30 between the Route 441 exit (Columbia/Marietta) at mile marker 254.5 and […]
Long before his family built one of America’s largest department store chains, a young immigrant arrived with little money and began selling household goods door to door. His journey took him to Pennsylvania, where he walked between farms carrying merchandise on his back. Solomon Boscov eventually turned those humble...
A Berks County company has been awarded more than $825,000 in state funding to replace diesel-powered equipment with an electric alternative as part of a statewide initiative aimed at reducing fuel costs and improving air quality. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that AMG Resources will receive $825,840...
The Giant Company opened its new Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, store Nov. 6 at The Shoppes of Sadsbury, 880 Nova Way, marking the grocer’s 14th Giant store in Chester County. The 60,000-square-foot store operates 6 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. “There’s nothing better than opening the doors to a new Giant and welcoming...
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A new gateway to one of York County’s most popular trails is officially open. County and state environmental leaders gathered Monday afternoon to debut the new Oil Creek Trailhead in Heidelberg Township with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 12-acre site, which connects to the Hanover Trolley Trail, will feature parking, a […]
A preliminary count of provisional ballots Friday in the race for Pennsylvania’s 41st House District put Democrat Brad Chambers ahead of incumbent Republican Brett Miller. When polls closed on Election Night, Miller held a 41-vote advantage over Chambers, 14,225 to 14,184. After adding 139 provisional votes to the tally...
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Democrat Brad Chambers declared victory against Republican Rep. Brett Miller in a state House race that was too close to call on Election Day. Chambers leads Miller by about 40 votes as of Friday afternoon, according to Lancaster County's election results. Not all ballots have been counted and certified, and the Associated Press has not called the race.
A broadband expansion project is now underway in southern York County. The $21 million broadband expansion project will connect nearly 3,000 homes and businesses in New Freedom, Railroad, Glen Rock, Seven Valleys and adjacent areas with high-speed fiber internet. The York County Commissioners and YoCo Fiber Broadband Task Force recently...
An independent pet store that has operated in Susquehanna Township for four decades has relocated. This week, Abrams & Weakley — General Store for Pets moved into a new home at 3712 N. Sixth St., just two blocks from its original address. Owner Kristen Zellner said the new shop...
A whole room glowing with 1,000 lights sits inside one little Christmas shop. That alone made me stop scrolling. Then I learned the same store offers more than 750 ornament designs you can personalize. Seven hundred fifty. I can’t imagine choosing just one without a long, happy debate. Names,...
(WHTM) — Toll booths are functionally a thing of the past and, soon, they physically will be too. The Pennsylvania Turnpike’s rollout of Open Road Tolling is expected to go live in early January from Reading west. New toll gantries — overhead equipment designed to read either your E-Z Pass or license plate while you […]
Chester County residents have a new place to shop for groceries in Sadsbury Township. A new GIANT store opened Friday, Nov. 6, at The Shops at Sadsbury, 880 Nova Way, in the Route 30/Route 10 development by Soloff Realty & Development Co. It is the 14th GIANT location in Chester County.
Construction crews have broken ground on a new early education and childcare center along Kenneth Road in West Manchester Township, bringing York County its first Learning Experience location. The center will serve children ages 6 weeks to 6 years and is expected to open next summer. Linlo Properties and Keller Contracting are leading the build on what has been a vacant lot for decades.
"Six Triple Eight" women honored for task that connected WWII soldiers to home. The names of two local heroes are now forever memorialized at Freedom Path in Reading City Park.
The Conewago Inn in Manchester, York County, is serving its final meals on November 14, with owners asking longtime patrons to stop in one more time before the doors close for good. The restaurant, housed in a building that traces back to the early 19th century as a stagecoach stop, has become a fixture at 3480 York Haven Road for generations of area diners.
YORK, Pa. (WHTM) — Officials have broken ground on a new childcare center coming soon to York County. Earlier today, Linlo Properties and general contractor Keller Contracting broke ground on a new childcare center called The Learning Experience, which will be built at 1945 Kenneth Road in York County. Per the news release, this new […]
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Several bridges on I-83, including the John Harris Bridge, are set for inspections this week, which will lead to lane restrictions and traffic delays in Dauphin County. PennDOT announced that the inspection for the John Harris Bridge is scheduled from Monday, Nov. 9, through...
A memorial walk was held in York County on Sunday to honor Rachel Apa, a 24-year-old woman who died after collapsing during the New York City Marathon. Apa, a graduate of Red Land High School in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, was remembered by more than a hundred community members who gathered to walk two miles, finishing the distance she could not complete in the marathon.
