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2 weeks ago | 
lancasteronline.com | Ashley Stalnecker |Sarah Nicell
Contested races in 10 of Lancaster County’s 17 school districts broke down along party lines Tuesday, as partisan voters stuck to their endorsed candidates. Democratic and Republican candidates who cross-filed in contested school board elections made no headway in trying to push members of the opposite party off their ticket ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
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2 weeks ago | 
centredaily.com | Ashley Stalnecker |Sarah Nicell
May 20-Contested races in 10 of Lancaster County's 17 school districts broke down along party lines Tuesday, as partisan voters stuck to their endorsed candidates. Democratic and Republican candidates who cross-filed in contested school board elections made no headway in trying to push members of the opposite party off their ticket ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
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2 weeks ago | 
lancasteronline.com | Ashley Stalnecker |Sarah Nicell
Contested races in 10 of Lancaster County’s 17 school districts broke down along party lines Tuesday, as partisan voters stuck to their endorsed candidates. Democratic and Republican candidates who cross-filed in contested school board elections made no headway in trying to push members of the opposite party off their ticket ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Sarah Nicell |Jaxon White
Lancaster County’s Board of Elections this week approved nine polling place changes for the March 25 special election in the 36th Senate District. The changes, first proposed at last week’s meeting, were unanimously approved. Chief Clerk of Elections Christa Miller said six of the new polling places will only be needed for the special election. Voters in these precincts will vote at their regular locations in the municipal primary on May 20.
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Feb 16, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Sarah Nicell |Jaxon White
Crescentia Volz considers themself lucky they changed the gender marker on their federal passport to an “X” two years ago. Volz, of Holtwood, wouldn’t be able to do so now, following President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring the U.S. government only recognizes two sexes – male and female. The string of executive orders targeting transgender individuals and the multiple lawsuits challenging them has created an atmosphere of uncertainty for Volz and others like them.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Sarah Nicell |Jaxon White
At least four executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in the past three weeks specifically target transgender Americans, prompting lawsuits challenging their merits. Even before Trump officially took office on Jan. 20, groups like Lancaster County Chooses Love say they were receiving a large volume of calls from LGBTQ+ community members seeking clear answers on what the orders mean. “It’s really unfortunate that we don’t have a lot of the answers right now.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Jade Campos |Sarah Nicell
As a whole, Lancaster County received $106 million in federal recovery money and most of the funds have been put toward revenue replacement, county technology services and infrastructure, and community donations. A handful of municipalities have received additional money from the county for projects including stormwater work in Caernarvon Township and a new fire station in Lancaster Township. Here’s how the county has allocated its ARPA dollars.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Jade Campos |Sarah Nicell
Local governments throughout Lancaster County faced a big deadline on Dec. 31 – finalizing how they planned to spend any remaining federal recovery money they received via the American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic recovery law signed by former President Joe Biden in 2021. ARPA, as the law is known, delivered billions of dollars to local governments across the country. Pennsylvania received $6.15 billion to distribute to municipalities across the state based on population.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Sarah Nicell
Four years ago, an electrical fire tore through a popular East Hempfield Township restaurant, causing $1 million in damage, putting people out of work and displacing tenants in the upstairs floors. Glen Eshelman, then owner of the historic building that housed Black Knights Tavern and Grill, mourned the loss but promised the business would return, and many township residents waited eagerly for one of their local social hubs to rebuild.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
lancasteronline.com | Sarah Nicell
The Station at Reinholds Inn, a historic restaurant and pub in West Cocalico Township, is under new ownership, accompanied by fresh renovations and a revamped menu. Business partners Bobby Angelo and Michael Nix bought the location for $500,000 on Dec. 6. Before its second life as a dining spot, Reinholds Inn started in 1864 as a historic hotel for travelers along the Reading Columbia Railroad.
