Celebrating Lancaster County's People, Scenery,
Heritage, Style & Point of View Since 1987.

October 2019

Top 10 To-Dos for October 2019

October 5 | Central Market Harvest Breakfast Lancaster Central Market This tasty event provides a festive way to kick off the harvest season. Delicious breakfast items will be served in the ...Read More

Fun on the Farm

The colors are changing, and temperatures are dipping. Autumn is officially here. I’ve got a great destination to find some family fun and celebrate the harvest season.  You may have had ...Read More

Lampeter Café: A Casual Atmosphere Accompanied by a Slice of History

It was a five-year journey from the time Keith and Lisa Reinhart purchased the brick house at the corner of Village and Lampeter roads to the fall of 2017, when ...Read More

Always Never Done … One Man’s Trash is Another Woman’s Treasure

Amy Geib is proving that Millennials will happily accept their parents’ and grandparents’ gifts of furniture. Whereas the Baby Boomers cherished furnishings with cherry finishes, and the Greatest Generation was ...Read More

Honeysuckle Shop: God’s Grace, Hard Work and Lots of Coffee = Success

Own a large barn. Launch a food truck. Write a book. Buy a vintage truck and transform it into a maker’s truck. Be featured on HGTV. Support nonprofits. Blessings for ...Read More

Fontana Candle Company: Success by Candlelight

Americans are obsessed with clean-smelling homes. They are also looking for ways to de-stress. Who knew that something as simple as a candle would be the solution for both scenarios? ...Read More

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