Lampeter News

Thieves target vehicles in East Lampeter By STAFF 2009-11-02 13:39:00 Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era Daytime thieves targeting vehicles along the Route 30 strip stole $5,300 worth of merchandise Friday and Saturday, East Lampeter Township police reported today.

The recession has many business owners running for cover, like they've been caught outside in a rainstorm.

A man arrested for a crime he did not commit was sentenced to county prison after he pleaded guilty to another robbery.

Smithgall received only two contributions of more than $1,000. They were from Erich Burlefinger of West Lampeter Township , the general partner of the Burle Business Park, and Beverly R. Steinman of Lancaster Township , a director of Lancaster Newspapers Inc.

Budget news in West Lampeter Township went from "bad to worse" last week, according to township Manager DeeDee McGuire.

An urban legend, according to one dictionary, "is a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms." In the Lampeter-Strasburg area last week, two stories melded together and grew in the re-telling, creating "white van" myths that frightened residents.

A home of a Ronks couple was burglarized Oct. 6 while a man posing as a landscaper lured them away from the residence, East Lampeter Township police said.

A Lancaster County soldier is killed in the line of duty. Brandon Styer, 19, was a 2008 graduate of Conestoga Valley High School in East Lampeter Township.

Two people were burned in a kitchen fire in Lancaster County. The blaze started inside an apartment complex on Greenland Drive in East Lampeter Township at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

A Ford Explorer crashed into a telephone pole with a transformer on it in the area of 1250 Eshelman Mill Road in West Lampeter Township.

East Lampeter Township, huh? It's a wonder we're not reading where the victims were tossed in LCP to await jury trial for proving they're not-guilty of having their vehicles damaged and property stolen.

You could say Jonathan A. Reveron was caught red-handed, but that might be an understatement.

In just a 23-minute time period Thursday night, East Lampeter Township Police received three reports of vehicles being broken into at three businesses along Lincoln Highway East.

Some local municipalities may terminate contracts with the Humane League of Lancaster County next year, citing the rising cost of doing business with the shelter.

This week I call the midway home By LARRY ALEXANDER 2009-09-23 00:00:00 Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era As you read this, I am at the Ephrata Fair.

West Lampeter Community Fair officials aren't going to let the economy sour the fun of the local community.

Missing toddler found safe in cornfield By RYAN ROBINSON 2009-09-22 07:15:00 Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era LANCASTER, PA.

After two straight days of exposing himself to females, a Leola man was arrested and charged with indecent exposure on Wednesday, police said.

Opening day of the West Lampeter Community Fair was a pretty good day for Laura Brenner.

A 2-year-old boy missing from his central Pa. home has been found safe in a nearby cornfield.