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August 2020
Posted inSponsored Content
How Lebanon lost & found CARES Funds [Paid Press Release]
The Lebanon Democratic Party analysis of the loss and reinstatement of CARES funds and the $2.8 million mask education program.
Posted inLebTown Announcements
Announcing a new ‘Private Information Policy’ for LebTown’s Facebook page
Today we are expanding our moderation efforts to encompass the threatened or actual posting of other people’s private information without their consent.
Posted inNews
County taps firm to print/mail absentee & mail-in ballots for general election
The county commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to outsource to a Harrisburg-based company the printing and mailing of absentee and mail-in ballots for the upcoming general election.
Posted inUpcoming Events
Community Concert Association announces virtual fall season, free registration
The season includes performances by a tenor trio, an Electric Light Orchestra tribute troupe, and a saxophone maestro, all free to register for until the end of August.
Posted inBusiness & Nonprofits
Lebanon Transit recommences student fare rate cards for 2020-2021 school year
The $1.00 Student Fare Card rate began on August 15 and will expire on June 15.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Blotter: Death by natural causes, reckless endangerment, accidents
A roundup of the most recent blotters from local police departments.
Posted inBusiness & Nonprofits
$12.8M Lebanon County lost & regained is just a slice of CARES Act windfall
The county has been allocated more than $45 million in CARES Act funds in addition to the $12.8 million initially withheld by the state.
Posted inPeople & Places
County work-release director retires after 36 years of service
Stuckey, who started part-time as a corrections officer in 1984, implemented several cost-savings initiatives as director of work release.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
[Column] EMS and fire companies stable but still in crisis
State Rep. Frank Ryan writes: “Our fire and emergency services are still in crisis and will be for the foreseeable future until we see the effects of the changes we are making.”
Posted inNews
A decades-old law is shielding the Wolf administration from scrutiny of its coronavirus response
Officials are routinely citing the law to deny public records requests, but legal experts say the state can be more transparent — if it wants.
Posted inNews
Pa. lawmakers concerned ‘guidance’ for schools could open the door to COVID-19 lawsuits
Potential liability should students or staff become infected with COVID-19 at school is a top concern among some education leaders.
Posted inNews
County hires lawyers to defend election lawsuits brought by Trump, Democrats
While its lawsuit against Governor Wolf for a share of federal CARES Act money appears to be over, Lebanon County remains a minor defendant in two other lawsuits over how mail-in ballots will be handled in the upcoming presidential election.
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Energy Transfer to deliver plan of action this week following Mariner East spill at Snitz Creek
The Mariner East pipeline dumped 20 gallons of industrial waste into Snitz Creek on Aug. 13, just days after a larger accident in Chester County.
