Several recreational areas in the City of Lebanon are slated for expansions and sprucing up in 2024 and 2025, and two new projects are about to get underway, a city administrator told City Council on May 23.
Chris Coyle
Chris Coyle writes primarily on government, the courts, and business. He retired as an attorney at the end of 2018, after concentrating for nearly four decades on civil and criminal litigation and trials. A career highlight was successfully defending a retired Pennsylvania state trooper who was accused, 40 years after the fact, of falsifying evidence in a 1970s murder case.
LebTown is his first foray into reporting, motivated by the decline of the once-great, locally-owned print newspaper he grew up with and read daily. Chris lives in the city of Lebanon. He holds degrees from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (and misses Pittsburgh every day). He and his wife have two grown sons and a few grandkids. He enjoys all kinds of music, tinkering with electronic stuff, and lifting weights to avoid becoming a shriveled old guy.
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Details emerging about fatal Thursday collision at Route 419 and State Drive
Details are emerging about a fatal Thursday afternoon collision at the intersection of State Drive and Schaeffer Road (Route 419) in South Lebanon Township.
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Lebanon wants to open time capsule on America’s 250th – if it can figure out how
The Lebanon City Council has endorsed the statewide America250PA celebration, but the planned opening of a 1976 time capsule is complicated by the loss of its combination.
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June trial scheduled for West Cornwall couple charged with child sexual assault
The combined trial of two West Cornwall Township residents accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl who was in their care has been set for the week of June 20 in Lebanon County court.
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Palmyra man sentenced to 45 months in jail for role in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
A District of Columbia federal judge on Friday, May 17, sentenced Palmyra resident Leo Brent “Zeeker” Bozell IV to three years and nine months in prison for his role in the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Dog park, splash pad in the works at city’s Coleman and Southwest parks
LebTown recently sat down with Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello and Community and Economic Development administrator Janelle Mendoff to discuss plans for the futures of Coleman Memorial Park and Southwest Park, the city’s two largest recreational sites.
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U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs visits Lebanon V.A. Medical Center on Tuesday
During his visit to the Lebanon VA Medical Center, Secretary Denis McDonough acknowledged the center’s exceptional patient care, honored four employees, and highlighted the VA’s initiatives to tackle veteran mental health issues.
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Lebanon County welcomes 20 new U.S. Citizens at naturalization ceremony
Twenty new Americans from ten countries publicly declared their allegiance to the United States Constitution before friends, relatives, and public officials at a naturalization ceremony Friday afternoon, May 3, in Lebanon County’s packed Courtroom No. 1.
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County commissioners asked to help celebrate U.S.A.’s 250th birthday
Lebanon County Commissioners held a special workshop session Wednesday afternoon to hear from representatives of the county’s America250 Commission, the local affiliate of America250PA.
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Annville-Palmyra police merger is on track to go live on May 27
The Palmyra Borough and Annville Township police departments are set to merge into the Western Lebanon County Regional Police Department on May 27, marking Lebanon County’s first regional police force.
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Lebanon City Council told downtown restaurant plans have been withdrawn
A proposal to open a restaurant at 7th & Cumberland streets in downtown Lebanon has been withdrawn, Lebanon City Council learned at its April 18 pre-council planning meeting.
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Ex-cop facing Jan. 6 charges won’t fight claim he threatened a ‘local official’
Fischer, ex-cop facing Jan. 6 charges, won’t fight claim of threatening local official, motion filed to restrict contact.
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Deadline looms to apply for Lebanon city Community Development Block Grants
The City of Lebanon is accepting applications through Friday, April 26, for 2024 Community Development Block Grant funds.
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Criminal charges filed against subject of March 26 police standoff (Updated)
The Lebanon Police Department has filed a criminal charge against 58 year-old Thomas E. Cahill Jr., who was the target of a 4 1/2 hour police standoff on March 26 that brought downtown traffic to a near halt.
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Mayor Sherry Capello says Lebanon is in good shape, outlines plans going forward
In her annual State of the City Address, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello highlighted a decrease in serious crime, the city’s strong financial condition, and major improvement projects completed without tax hikes, while acknowledging ongoing housing shortage issues.
