CELEBRATING LANCASTER COUNTY'S PEOPLE, SCENERY,

HERITAGE, STYLE & POINT OF VIEW SINCE 1987.

Column: Seasonal June 2023

Hounding the Coffee Trail

Wherever I travel, I always seek out great coffee. Edward Harris, the president and CEO of Discover Lancaster, tells me I am not alone in this practice. We recently chatted ...Read More

Lancaster County’s Critter Catcher

Len Lambert, the owner of Backyard Wildlife Solutions in Lititz, is the guy people call when they have a critter

Edward Babiarz: The Paper Artist

Edward Babiarz dips his hand into a 10-gallon bucket filled with a bright-red slurry. It is almost comforting to watch

Sounds Like Home: Some Other Lancasters

We’ve all heard it before, the verbal butchering of our city and county name, Lancaster. Emphases on the wrong syllables.

Rollin’ Into the Future of Bicycles

Nationwide, sales of electric bikes (or e-bikes) grew by 145% in 2020, outpacing sales of all other bike styles. I

Rockin’ and Rollin’ with The Nomads

Tommy Marion is a snowbird. The 74-year-old front man for The Nomads takes flight for Florida every October and usually

A Tale of Turkey

Over the years I have eaten everything from free-range birds to frozen Butterballs. However, I’ve found that a locally raised

Mi Casa, Su Casa: Latin American Festival Finds a

Throughout a sunny Saturday in September 2021, approximately 7,000 people strolled into the New Holland Community Memorial Park for the

Frábært norður Atlantshafslestur 

Deep in the onset of the pandemic, when we could not even leave our homes, I sat in bed one