The Pennsylvania Chautauqua has announced its summer programs for 2025, continuing a Mount Gretna tradition that began in 1892.
June 2025
Posted inHistory
Pennsylvania’s 133-year-old Chautauqua brings the movement’s ‘four pillars’
The Chautauqua movement started in New York in 1874 and traveled to Lebanon County is 1892, when the Pennsylvania Chautauqua started in Mount Gretna.
Posted inEducation
Police-community group awards scholarships to aspiring officers
Two Lebanon County high school seniors have received $1,000 scholarships to help further their education in criminal justice.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Food safety inspections in Lebanon County for week of June 2
Here are food safety violations in Lebanon County for the week of June 2, as documented by Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
[Column] Local skill game regulation is about foresight, not fear-mongering
Palmyra Borough Council member Marcus Riddell: “We need local skill game regulation because of the threat of illegal games operating in our borough.”
Posted inHistory
Who Knew? Unsung Coleman benevolence
A newly uncovered letter reveals Lebanon industrialist G. Dawson Coleman’s generous response to Mary Todd Lincoln’s financial struggles following her husband’s death, though historical records suggest she may not have been as destitute as portrayed.
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Friends of Coleman Memorial Park announce summer concert series kickoff
Coleman Memorial Park’s summer concert series kicks off June 14 with FlatPick Earth Society, featuring food vendors and local craft beer, followed by two more shows through August.
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Heidelberg Township supervisors obtain deed to parcel, prepare for building reno
May’s supervisor meeting featured updates on the township building’s renovation project, the burning ordinance, a neighbor dispute, and more.
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Gap releases June demolition, mortar, artillery, and grenade training schedules
If you hear rumblings from northern Lebanon County this month, worry not – it’s probably just the Gap.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Blotter: DUIs, corruption of minors, retail theft, scattering rubbish
Here are the latest updates from local and state police in Lebanon County.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
Yes, Virginia, there is a better way to modernize public notices
There are models of successful modernization of public notices that Pennsylvania should follow instead of protecting the print newspaper monopoly.
Posted inEducation
Cedar Crest students drive their tractors to school to promote ag to their peers
FFA students at Cedar Crest High School drove tractors to campus Thursday, demonstrating agricultural technology and farming practices to their non-farming peers.
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Blasting to take place this week on Lebanon High School athletic field
Blasting at Lebanon High School will take place this week. Horn will sound before each explosion.
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Congressman Dan Meuser meets with Chamber members & protesters in city
Congressman Dan Meuser (R-PA9) addressed concerns of local protestors and spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce during a visit to Lebanon on Thursday, May 29.
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Recent Lebanon County obituaries for week of June 2
Here are the latest obituaries from around Lebanon County.
