East Petersburg News

Remodeling work is nearing an end at the Park City Diner, a 24-hour restaurant going in at 884 Plaza Blvd., near Park City Center.

Even at age 90, Madelyn "Mandy" Becker still enjoys tickling those ivories. Becker has been the organist at Grace Evangelical Congregational Church in East Petersburg for the past 17 years.

Jake Longenecker, 15, of East Hempfield Township, hopes the results of a school science project will inspire parking-lot owners to turn down, or turn out, the lights.

The Olde Village Grille opened Nov. 16 in Village Commons in East Petersburg. The roughly 30-seat restaurant at 2005 Miller Road serves breakfast and bakery items as well as soups, sandwiches and salads.

Manheim Township has a "very good police department" that is getting ready to add a new community - Lancaster Township - to its coverage area in 2010.

Whenever Michelle Crist parked her car in the driveway of her West Hempfield Township home, she didn't lock it.

Police reported 15 thefts from vehicles in East Petersburg and Manheim Township overnight Saturday.

Manheim Township police are investigating 14 vehicle break-ins in Manheim Township and East Petersburg.

Manheim Township will join East Petersburg Borough next year as the only municipalities in Lancaster County with a tax dedicated solely to fire service.

Sunday News photographer Vinny Tennis presented a challenging photo last month, but 31 readers submitted captions nonetheless.

The screams and pops city residents may hear at dusk later this week are not from muggings or drive-by shootings.

Three months after rejecting an offer for the former Sylvan View dairy property along Harrisburg Pike, East Hempfield Township supervisors approved a higher bid for the prime commercial site.

It's time to apply for the 2009 Theodore H. Brodie Distinguished Safety Award. Named after Theodore H. Brodie, who continually strove to put safety in the forefront of the industry, this award honors companies committed to safety in the workplace.

A Lancaster man initially charged with endangering the welfare of his 1-year-old son also has been charged with receiving stolen property, in addition to facing several gun and drug charges, police said.

Police say they have filed additional charges against a Lancaster County man accused of locking his one-year-old child inside a house.

Man charged after locking 1-year-old in house By RYAN ROBINSON 2009-10-15 10:14:00 Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era A Lancaster man on Wednesday locked a 1-year-old child alone inside an East Petersburg home, with no way for the mother to get back into the home, police said.

Police charge a man with endangering the welfare of a child after they say he locks his one-year-old child in the house following a domestic incident.

O reports first case of H1N1 flu The Philipsburg-Osceola School District has had its first confirmed case of the H1N1 flu, district officials said Tuesday.

Manheim Township took a small step toward adopting what would become the second-of-its-kind special fire tax in Lancaster County on Monday.

Two teenagers were taken to the hospital after a one-vehicle accident this morning in East Hempfield Township.