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April 2023

Meet the 2023 SCORE Small Business Award Winners

Kaylee Rex | Photos courtesy of SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon
The annual SCORE Small Business Awards recognize five local businesses that demonstrate resiliency, leadership and excellence. SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon provides free business advice to entrepreneurs with future business ideas, small businesses ...Read More

Mediterranean-Style Gardens: What is (Very) Old is New Again

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Edward Babiarz: The Paper Artist

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Ramping Up for Spring

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Lancaster From Above: Green in So Many Ways

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Lancaster From Above: Green in So Many Ways

Photography by Jordan Bush | Written by Sue Long 
Photographer Jordan Bush’s assignment was to capture Lancaster County from above. Using his quadcopter drone, he visited a variety of sites across the county from late August to early December ...Read More

Ramping Up for Spring

Text and Photographs by Jordan Bush
Often called “wild leeks,” ramps are delicate, cool-weather vegetables similar to chives or onions. This ephemeral plant is easily over-foraged, which has led to ramp patches – including a few ...Read More

Mediterranean-Style Gardens: What is (Very) Old is New Again

By Dr. Richard L. Bitner
It appears that European gardeners – even the English – discovered the allure of Mediterranean-style gardens last season. Now the trend is crossing “the pond” and will be making an ...Read More

Edward Babiarz: The Paper Artist

By Michael C. Upton | All photos by Kevin Brett with permission of the artist
Edward Babiarz dips his hand into a 10-gallon bucket filled with a bright-red slurry. It is almost comforting to watch the texture move as his hand becomes the agitator. He ...Read More

Support a Local Author & Bookstore

By Kaylee Rex
Finding contentment with what one has can be difficult, especially for children. In an often materialistic society, many kids experience the pressure to fit in with peers through possessions such ...Read More

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A Creative Collaboration

Kevin Lehman, the founder and director of the Lancaster Creative Factory, has always enjoyed the creative process, most notably the

401 Prime: The Resurgence of Happy Hour

Happy Hour is once again filling seats in the bars and lounges of area restaurants. As the hospitality industry struggled

The Heirloom Seed Project at Landis Valley Village &

Held annually on Mother’s Day weekend, Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum’s Herb & Garden Faire draws visitors from far

Faschingfest, Lancaster-style!

Two Lancaster couples with German-Austrian ancestries whisked away the winter doldrums with a nod to their European roots – and

Adding Up the Azaleas

Kirk Trasborg pushes numbers at Winterthur, the former home of Henry Francis du Pont. His office is literally located in

It’s Prom Season

Across Lancaster County, high school students are taking part in a time-honored spring ritual, the prom. Many students will also

Saving Nature

It Starts With You "In short, we no longer have the right to ignore the stewardship responsibilities attached to land ownership,"

May is in Bloom

It’s that glorious time of the year! The weather is perfect, gardens are blooming with spring flowers, rhubarb and strawberries

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