CELEBRATING LANCASTER COUNTY'S PEOPLE, SCENERY,

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A Tourist in My Own Hometown

As the summer comes to a close, I’m preparing myself for another year away from Lancaster while I’m at college in Indiana. Leaving home is never easy, especially when you’re ...Read More

Braving the Midwest

For the past four months, I have been living in the Midwest. In late August, I packed up all of my Lancaster memorabilia, as if I were going to use ...Read More

Christmas in July

I don’t like large cities. I wish I did, but I don’t. I recently discovered that places like New York City overwhelm me to the point of tears. Maybe that’s ...Read More

Hot Things to Do in Lancaster This Summer

During the summer it is incredibly easy to waste the days away. Everything slows down in a lazy haze of heat. I don’t know about you, but I am determined ...Read More

The Top 5 Things I’m Going to Miss the Most about Lancaster

In less than two months, I will graduate from Lancaster Mennonite High School, and I’m more than excited. I can’t wait to escape the immature boys, mediocre lunches and never-ending ...Read More

No Foolin’, April Has Arrived

Spring has sprung! It’s time to get out and enjoy all that the season has to offer. Best Kept Secrets

So Many Choices … So Little Time: Lancaster

It was apropos that the preview of Lancaster City Restaurant Week was held at a restaurant named Decades. The annual

Oh, Henrietta!

Henrietta Heisler is one of the talented women who Eliot Sefrin, the founder of Kitchen & Bath Design News, credits

Cherry Blossom Time

Mention cherry blossoms and visions of Washington, D.C., immediately come to mind. However, you don’t need to travel to the

Cheesecake Revival

Have you noticed? Cheesecake is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. From grocery stores and bakeries to specialty shops such as

Be Gracious, Be Generous, Be Gregarious: Your Guide to

Those perennial signs of spring are just around the corner: daffodils, robins, golfers and, in Lancaster County, fundraising events! Whether

A Path to Genealogy

I never expected to “get into” genealogy. I had a pretty good grasp on my heritage … I thought. Then

CoffeeCo: 40 Years of Coffee, Food & Community

Forty years is a long time for any business to both endure and succeed. CoffeeCo achieved that milestone in December.  “It’s