The American Dream Event has been canceled.
June 2021
Posted inBusiness & Nonprofits
Tony’s Mining Company: Long-time owner reflects; new owners discuss future
Jean Kotkas literally grew up at Tony’s Mining Company. The 66-year-old is the daughter of the founder of the iconic restaurant, Anthony Cek. In late May Kotkas sold the Cornwall restaurant to Jennifer and Steve Bushey, who plan to re-open it on or before Aug. 1.
Posted inUpcoming Events
Gretna Music hosts summer concerts for kids
The season continues Saturday, July 31, with a performance by a trio of young innovative educators, Empire Wild. The season concludes Saturday, Aug. 14, with 15-year-old banjo player, Nora Brown.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
[Letter] Better suited places for panels, and farmland as essential public work
“Even if you say developers have no problem waiting decades to try to change agricultural land into commercial land, I am willing to fight for the rest of my life to preserve agricultural land, and I know many other young farmers are willing to do the same.”
Posted inSponsored Content
Lebanon FCU provides funding security in uncertain times helping students pay for college [Paid Press Release]
Lebanon Federal Credit Union has been offering a new alternative student loan program, that helps students fill the funding gaps that federal aid can leave behind.
Posted inSponsored Content
Prevent Type 2 Diabetes with a proven program [Paid Press Release]
Lebanon Family Health Services is offering a FREE program to prevent type 2 diabetes. This Centers for Disease Control approved curriculum meets once a week for 16 weeks with monthly follow up.
Posted inSponsored Content
Record number of riders tour scenic Lebanon Valley [Paid Press Release]
A record number of 500 cyclists explored Lebanon County in the 2021 Tour de Lebanon Valley!
Posted inPeople & Places
Karen Dundore-Gulotta and the St. James Players survive the pandemic
Not only did they survive, but they have plans to thrive by expanding their equipment and planning productions for the remainder of the year.
Posted inNews
Panel agrees to put guardrails on how Pa. lawmakers draw congressional maps, but not their own
The decision diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.
Posted inNews
As Pa. House advances doomed election overhaul, Senate GOP charts different course to voter ID, other changes
Voter ID has emerged as a partisan sticking point in Harrisburg, with Gov. Tom Wolf vowing to veto any measure that includes stricter requirements.
Posted inCommunity Shoutouts
St. John’s Church hosting spaghetti dinner fundraiser for local boy with cancer
June 26 from 4 to 7 p.m., the St. John’s Church Grove Building (683 Steelstown Rd., Annville) will be the site of the “We’re making a Fuss over Gus Spaghetti Dinner.” The church is selling spaghetti meals for $10.00 each to raise money for Gus Bomgardner, a young boy who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in April.
Posted inUpcoming Events
Lebanon Regal Cinemas offering $1 family-friendly movies twice a week
As part of Regal Movies’ Summer Movie Express series, Lebanon’s Regal Theater will be offering $1 family-friendly movies Tuesdays and Wednesdays all summer. Each week until early September, two movies will be played each day at 3:30 p.m.
Posted inSponsored Content
What does the Russia, “The Greatest Showman,” and “Pippin” have in common? [Paid Press Release]
Gretna Theatre welcomes a new kind of circus, The Great DuBois, to the PA Chautauqua!
Posted inSponsored Content
Two receive Henry Funk Memorial Scholarship in construction trades [Paid Press Release]
The leadership team Arthur Funk & Sons, Inc., Construction Services, recently announced the two students awarded the Henry Funk Memorial Scholarship.
Posted inHistory
Flying over the Lebanon County of decades past
Compare aerial images of Lebanon County from 1993 to ones taken in 2019.
