Myerstown entrepreneur Ryan German launched Modern Gent Hat Co., a no-minimum printing business, with support from the Myerstown Vitality Partnership.
February 2025
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62-year-old Ephrata man killed in single vehicle crash on Stricklerstown Road
62-year-old Randolph Blank of Ephrata was killed in a fatal single-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning in Millcreek Township, according to a release by Pennsylvania State Police.
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Food safety inspections in Lebanon County for week of Feb. 17
Here are food safety violations in Lebanon County for the week of Feb. 17, as documented by Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture.
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South Londonderry supervisors oppose Campbelltown Village Square project
The board discussed the proposal following the Jan. 22 workshop meeting presentation.
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[Photo Story] Groundbreaking held for Lebanon Intermediate School renovations
Lebanon School District officials broke ground Thursday, Feb. 13, on a $40 million renovation project of the former Lebanon Middle School, now called Lebanon Intermediate School (350 N. 8th Street), to transform the 1937-era building into a modernized campus for the district’s fifth and sixth grade students.
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South Annville Twp. approves Southgate plans, debates festival traffic routes
At their February meeting, South Annville supervisors approved multiple development projects, including Southgate’s phase 1 plans, and heard proposals from Friends of Old Annville regarding festival traffic concerns.
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2025 Historic Old Annville Day will avoid detour, move to Lebanon Valley College
Friends of Old Annville will move its annual Historic Old Annville Day to the Lebanon Valley College campus after being stymied in its attempts to secure detour agreements with North Annville and South Annville townships.
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Town home development in Quentin wins conditional approval from W. Cornwall
In a 2-1 vote Monday, supervisors gave conditional final approval to a new development of 16 town homes off South Zinns Mill Road in Quentin.
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Palmyra Borough Council approves 2 dump truck replacement purchases
The two 10-ton dump and plow trucks will cost over $500,000, but Borough Manager Roger Powl said replacing them ahead of schedule will save the borough at least $40,000 and avoid increasing costs in the future.
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Blotter: Aggravated assault, resisting arrest, possession with intent to deliver
Here are the latest updates from local and state police in Lebanon County​.
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Recent Lebanon County obituaries for week of February 17
Here are the latest obituaries from around Lebanon County.
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With wind chill danger, Lebanon County DES issues Code Blue Alert 2/18-2/20
The Lebanon County Department of Emergency Services has issued a Code Blue Alert that will begin Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 8 a.m. and last until Thursday, Feb. 20, at 8 a.m.
🔗 This Presidents’ Day, remembering Lebanon’s links to our country’s highest elected office
From the archives: Lebanon County has various historical connections to U.S. presidents, including visits and ties to George Washington, links to James Buchanan and Ann Coleman, a letter from Abraham Lincoln discovered in a local mansion, Ulysses S. Grant’s stays in the area, the renaming of Bismark to Quentin after Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s ancestral roots, and John F. Kennedy’s campaign rally in Lebanon.
đź”— Sen. Dave McCormick meets with egg farmers, lays out avian flu action plan
Sen. Dave McCormick plans to examine vaccination options and press USDA for better cooperation as avian influenza batters Pennsylvania’s egg industry.
đź”— Lebanon captures first L-L League girls basketball championship since 1979
Back in the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls basketball title game for the third year in a row, but coming off gut-punch losses in 2023 and 2024, the Lebanon Cedars finally reached the summit Thursday night.
