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Sarah Fackler and Travis Medlin
David and Shelley Fackler, Bainbridge, Pa., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Fackler, to Travis Medlin, son of Dian Samm, Springhill, Fla.
Cool Stuff Being Made: Nissley Winery
We travel to Nissley Vineyards & Winery Estate in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, for this week's "Cool Stuff Being Made," where winemaker Bill Gulvin gives us a tour of the process -- from vinyard to bottle. via Manufacturers Blog
'Green' waste center dedicated
“The waste comes here first, is consolidated and transferred to the Frey Farm landfill or resource recovery facility”
"Today's Trash. Tomorrow's Green Energy." That's the logo you'll see on Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority trucks driving to and from their Harrisburg Pike complex. via LancasterOnline
“At this point, we are looking at all aspects of this and haven't made a decision one way or another”
Police have identified the body found floating in the Susquehanna River near Three Mile Island Thursday. via LancasterOnline
“Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.”
That's the kind of reaction we've been getting for this "Pass the Word" feature, and we're delighted! More than 150 readers submitted clever captions for last month's "Pass the Word" photo of the dog Blizzard, ... via LancasterOnline
Phila. Parking Authority Seeks to Expand Towing
“By adding these tow away zones, it will allow the Authority to remove the car, impound it, and free up the flow of traffic in the main arteries.”
The Parking Authority is promising smoother rush hours in Center City, if it gets final City Council approval to expand its towing operation. via KYW-AM Philadelphia
“This is exactly what we thought the numbers would look like”
Critics say deer herds have been decimated by overhunting. Pennsylvania hunters last fall posted the lowest deer-kill total in more than two decades. via LancasterOnline
Attorney General Corbett announces street-level drug arrests in Greene County
“Low-level individuals traditionally work in connection with drug rings that move in to towns and corner the drug market. Without the street-level runners and dealers, these major drug dealers have a major void in their organization.”
Ten street-level drug dealers, operating in Greene County, have been charged today as part of a task force sweep targeting low level drug dealers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. via Attorneygeneral.gov
“Welcome to your first day of law school.”
WOW! More than 110 readers submitted clever captions for our first "Pass the Word" feature photo of turkey vultures. via LancasterOnline
Ethanol plant plan called 'incomplete'
“I did not want to recommend disapproval. But I want to make it very clear that we cannot recommend approval because we do not have the information we need to do so”
Conoy Township Planning Commission said Tuesday it is unable to recommend approval of plans to build the state's first corn-to-ethanol production facility on the banks of the Susquehanna River. via LancasterOnline
Ethanol plant hearing ends in Conoy Township
“This is not unique to ethanol”
The hearing on a proposed Conoy Township ethanol plant is closed, but a decision on whether to allow the $100 million facility to be built on the eastern shore of the Susquehanna River is nearly two months ... via LancasterOnline
“Within the Muslim community, it is kind of a semi-taboo to admit that you want to be single. ... There's something wrong with that to them”
Winemaker Bill Gulvin samples some wine from a fermenting tank at Nissley Vineyards & Winery Estate in Bainbridge, Pa. via The Ashland Daily Tidings
Elizabethtown, Lancaster County The Elizabethtown School District has issued an early dismissal for students at Bainbridge Elementary. via WHTM-TV Harrisburg
Fire damages apartment building in Marietta
An electrical fire forced residents to evacuate an apartment building in Marietta shortly after 6 a.m. today. via LancasterOnline
“He's the one who gets me to do this stuff”
A group of bubbles slowly surfaced across the clear, chilly water and followed the edge of the quarry wall. via The York Daily Record
“You have drilling equipment and all the noise, vehicles and equipment to drill the well”
Elk Lake School Board members are no longer in school, but they have started to do a little homework researching natural gas wells. via The Times-Tribune
Big guys step in as ethanol hits a wall
“We got tired of fighting. You'd have thought we were building an atomic bomb”
BAINBRIDGE, Pa. - Brian Utz dreamed of owning a piece of an ethanol plant. So two years ago he rounded up a dozen fellow farmers to find a place for it and finance all the work needed to build one of the first ... via Argus Leader
Fake doo-woppers please crowd, but not like originals
“They were older than us even way back then. They were great. They sounded just like the originals.”
You can tell you are getting older when people start trying to sell your youth back to you. via LancasterOnline