Emily Bixler

1 week ago | lebtown.com | Emily Bixler

This article was funded by LebTown donors as part of our Civic Impact Reporting Project. At Monday’s meeting, the North Lebanon Township Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to approve a waiver for curbing on a portion of Long Lane for the Sheetz planned for the intersection of State Route 72 and Long Lane. Supervisors rejected a request by Sheetz to forego curbing and sidewalks along both Route 72 and Long Lane in May, citing safety risks for pedestrians.

1 week ago | lebtown.com | Emily Bixler

Despite humble beginnings performing at the Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Jackie Christoff Jankowski — stage name Lynn Christie — found success as a singer, performing in Japan, Buenos Aires, Canada, and throughout the United States during the 1950s and ’60s. A 1952 Lebanon High School graduate, Christie found an interest in the performing arts at a young age.

1 week ago | lebtown.com | Emily Bixler

“When was the last time you danced in the rain?” a DJ asked as, despite the sudden downpour, excited participants waved ribbons and balanced hula hoops in a Coleman Memorial Park field at around 4:15 p.m. Saturday. This wasn’t the first rain of the day at Saturday’s 11th annual Spinstock Flow Arts Festival, but it was the most intense bout yet. Before 5 p.m., the heavy rain was over, though the air and grass remained damp.

1 week ago | lebtown.com | Emily Bixler

The Myerstown Vitality Partnership held the second Myerstown Farmers Market in the parking lot of the community center, at 101 S. Railroad St., from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday. The market will be open every other Friday until Oct. 3 (June 27, July 11 and 25, August 8 and 22, September 5 and 19, and October 3).

1 week ago | lebtown.com | Emily Bixler

Lebanon City residents of all ages came together Thursday night to play basketball at the South 6th Street Playground. Former city resident Mark Sevco, who worked with South 6th Street Playground director Sharon Zook to refurbish the basketball courts in 2020, recently donated $100,000 to the Playground Association. Those funds went primarily toward the summer day camp (which runs Monday through Friday, June 16 to Aug. 1), but also sponsored the fourth annual Joseph P.