Lebanon Transit will be offering free rides to veterans from Monday, June 29, through Friday, July 3.
June 2020
Posted inBusiness & Nonprofits
$225M state grant program for small businesses to open up in region
Guidelines for the $225 million COVID-19 Relief Statewide Small Business Grants program were released earlier this month by the state Department of Community and Economic Development.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Blotter: Sexual assaults, drowning, drug manufacture, DUI’s
A roundup of the most recent blotters from local police departments.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
[Column] Long term care and our seniors
State Rep. Frank Ryan writes: “The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the problems and concerns facing our seniors.”
Posted inNews
Mother of Antwon Rose II applauds confidential police hiring database, but does it go far enough?
While Pennsylvania takes its first steps on police reform, other states are far ahead in making misconduct data and records available to the public.
Posted inNews
Top Pa. GOP lawmaker fast-tracking a lucrative gambling expansion that would benefit a major campaign donor
The maneuvering offers a window into the raw intersection between politics and policy-making in Pennsylvania, and how campaign dollars can drive the legislative agenda.
Posted inEducation
3 lessons from how schools responded to 1918 pandemic worth heeding today
Three main lessons today’s educators and policymakers can draw from how schools and communities responded to the last century’s pandemic.
🔗 Whole milk campaign hones message
A grassroots group that started by painting slogans on wrapped bales is developing into a larger campaign to promote whole milk.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
Editorial: No journalistic or public health benefit to Sec. Levine comments
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine doubled down on the framing of the pandemic in political terms on Friday in a move that LebTown believes will be detrimental to journalistic and public health outcomes.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
[Letter] Lebanon County legislators respond to Secretary Levine snub
Lebanon County legislators respond to Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine’s comments regarding the county being last in the state to remain in the ‘yellow’ phase.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
[Column] Gov. Tom Wolf has failed Lebanon County
Jerry Shenk shares a perspective on Lebanon’s status as the last Pennsylvania county to leave the ‘yellow’ phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s tiered reopening plan.
Posted inNews
Lebanon announces fundraising success, fireworks to be held on Fourth of July
Lebanon City announced Friday afternoon that its fundraising effort for a Fourth of July fireworks display was a success.
Posted inNews
Unanimous support for mask wearing from Lebanon County congressional reps, but local GOP officials hold back
The wearing of cloth face masks has been recommended by public health experts and elected leaders across the country, but in Lebanon County support for this measure has been limited from local politicians.
Posted inEducation
Morrissey bid for Lebanon Catholic property offers glimmer of hope for Catholic education in Lebanon
Lebanon-area couple Joya and Tom Morrissey have a plan to save Lebanon Catholic, or at least Catholic education in Lebanon County.
