The Union Township Board of Supervisors approved final plans for Burkentine Builders & Sons’ PA Jonestown Steel Grid Warehouse, despite neighbors’ concerns about water runoff and driveway safety on State Route 72.
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Todd Lassa is a career journalist with experience at metro dailies, a business weekly, a Capitol Hill newsletter publisher, and three national car enthusiast magazines. Lassa also contributes to LNP/Lancaster Online and Autoweek and is founding editor of thehustings.news. He lives in Columbia with his wife, Donna, and their three dogs.
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Annville board votes 4-1 to move forward on regional fire commission
Annville Township commissioners voted 4-1 to contribute up to $5,000 toward hiring a consultant to explore merging six Lebanon County fire companies into a regional commission to address volunteer shortages.
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CTC plans stalled after Lebanon board rejects updated Articles of Agreement
The Lebanon school board voted down new CTC Articles of Agreement at the school’s Joint Operating Committee meeting, as the five other participating districts approved them, preferring STEB financing over the proposed 50/50 financing method.
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LCCTC authority prepares for monthly meetings ahead of first bond issuance
The Lebanon County Career and Technology Center’s Building Authority is preparing to issue its first-ever bond for a $79.5 million to $116.5 million renovation or replacement of its 60-year-old facility, with a vote expected in January 2027.
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Union Township files civil complaint on property owner over commercial use
Union Township files a civil complaint against Mohamed Kenz for failing to restore property on which he paved over lawn, township files ordinance changes with county planning department, and public comments sought on rail trail extension.
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Celebrate! Annville hopes to make Holiday Parade of Lights an annual event
Celebrate! Annville has asked the township’s board of supervisors to close streets, prohibit parking for an inaugural evening parade on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
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CTC sends revised Articles of Agreement to six participating schools for approval
The Lebanon County Career and Technology Center forwarded its first updated Articles of Agreement in 30 years to six member school districts, revising a disputed funding formula to split future debt allocation 50/50 between student enrollment and property values.
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New Enterprise Stone & Lime wins Dierwechter Road paving contract
New Enterprise’s $155,022 bid for paving three-quarters of a mile of road undercuts three others, Millcreek board discusses millage to fund fire department and township solicitor discusses potential zoning changes.
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South Lebanon board approves bid to connect Meadowview Estates to sewer
South Lebanon supervisors approved an $852,515 contract with Allgyer Enterprises to connect about 35 Meadowview Estates homes to public sewer lines.
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Annville Twp. board funds workers’ comp for fire department admin to be hired
Annville Township approves up to $6,000 for workers’ compensation for a new Annville-Cleona Fire Department administrator to be hired, as Chief Philip Snavely describes department’s needs.
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East Hanover supes to consider chicken broiler house zoning at June meeting
Request to change zoning of a low-density residential neighborhood to allow a chicken broiler house is on the East Hanover Board of Supervisors’ agenda for June 29, despite public opposition voiced at March 30 public hearing.
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Estimated costs come down for CTC’s new building or renovation proposals
Construction costs have eased and Beers + Hoffman Architecture has cut some costs on new and renovated building proposals for the Lebanon County Career & Technology Center, Joint Operating Committee is told.
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Prog metal plus ancient texts adds up to Balistic’s genre-bending ‘A Parson’s Tale’
Heavy metal band formed in 1992 has reunited for a concept album that composer Dave Fox of Annville hopes could become a epic rock opera, as Balistic snags a Central Pennsylvania Award nomination.
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CTC proposes 3.72% spending increase, Lebanon says district might withdraw
The Lebanon County Career & Technology Center’s Joint Operating Committee faces a funding dispute among six school districts over how to split costs for a building renovation or replacement estimated at up to $123.26 million.
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Maple Street repairs in Annville Township may be too smooth for pedestrian safety
Friends of Old Annville Vice President Douglas Nyce requested the board of commissioners make the intersection of Ziegler and Maple streets a four-way stop and add flashing lights to three crosswalks in the township for better pedestrian safety.
