The Palmyra native whose name adorns a Lebanon elementary school was a beloved statesman and educator who began teaching at the age of 16–walking to school both ways.
Joshua Groh
Josh Groh is a Cornwall native and writer who began reporting for LebTown in 2019. He continued to regularly contribute to LebTown while earning a degree in environmental science at Lebanon Valley College, graduating in 2021. Since then, he has lead conservation crews in Colorado and taken on additional freelance writing opportunities. His focuses at LebTown include local history topics, outdoor recreation, and aspects of the membership program. You can find him biking out on the Rail Trail in his free time.
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What are the best Christmas light displays around Lebanon County?
Elaborate Christmas light displays are out again for Lebanon’s holiday season.
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Christkindl Markets open up soon at Coleman Memorial Park, Schaefferstown
Coleman Memorial Park market will run Dec. 7, with Shaefferstown opening the following weekend, Dec. 13-14.
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“Pennsylvania Alcatraz”: The maximum security prison planned for Mt. Gretna
In the 1930s, Mt. Gretna was nearly home to a maximum security prison. Here’s how the $3 million Depression-era project fell apart.
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Iron Furnace’s “Christmas at Cornwall” to include tours, family activities
Visitors have reportedly spotted Kris Kringle and the curmudgeonly Belsnickel on-site.
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A long-lost Colebrook church and the American saint who founded it
A solitary monument along Route 117 is all that’s left to remind us of the Colebrook church founded by the first male American to be canonized, St. John Neumann.
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Matchbook mix-up: a Lebanon genius is finally getting credit for his invention
Joshua Pusey is typically credited as the inventor the matchbook back in 1892, but Lebanon businessman and inventor Charles Bowman also holds a claim to the title.
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Cedar Crest alumnus building micro-satellites with potential to change space data collection
Hunter Adams, an engineer contracted by NASA and Blue Origin, is working on a technology that could change the way environmental data is collected.
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Remembering a few historic veterans that made Lebanon County proud
Veterans Day, as we know it, dates back to 1954 and has roots in the celebration of World War I’s Armistice Day in November of 1919, but some of Lebanon’s prominent veterans were being recognized long before that.
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A salute to the Samler Building, Lebanon’s downtown icon
The Samler Building has been making necks crane for over 125 years. Have you ever wondered about its story? Here’s our history of this iconic Lebanon building.
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County planning organization wants your input on transportation areas of concern
The Lebanon County Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking feedback about “specific location concerns” in the county’s transportation system.
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Weis Gas N’ Go ready for business
In case you haven’t already stopped at the new addition on South 12th Street, here’s all you need to know about the Weis Gas N’ Go.
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Stony Valley opens up this weekend for annual game land tours
This weekend the Pennsylvania Game Commision will be opening up the Stony Valley Rail Trail to motor vehicles for the annual “Stony Valley Drive Thru”.
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Krall Barn project continues to build towards success
The Krall Barn, an 18th-century log barn now being reconstructed at the Union Canal Tunnel Park, is getting ever closer to completion.
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When John Heisman coached a Penn football team in Mt. Gretna
John Heisman, whose last name lives on for college football fans in the form of the Heisman Trophy, once ran a football camp in Mt. Gretna.
