COVID-19 derailed some aspects of the annual Pennsylvania Make It With Wool contest, but that didn’t stop two Lebanon County teens from taking top honors.
Tom Knapp
Tom has been a professional journalist for nearly four decades. In his spare time, he plays fiddle with the Irish band Fire in the Glen, and he reviews music, books and movies for Rambles.NET. He lives with his wife, Michelle, and has four children: Vinnie, Molly, Annabelle and Wolf.
Posted inBusiness & Nonprofits
Bars and restaurants react to ban on Thanksgiving Eve alcohol sales
Governor closes bars on Thanksgiving Eve to curtail COVID spread; bar owners aren’t sure it will help
Posted inUpcoming Events
Tree lighting planned for First Friday, Santa to attend; virtual option added
With COVID-19 canceling so many holiday plans this year, organizers wanted to be sure the annual Lebanon city tree lighting had a virtual option.
Posted inCommunity Shoutouts
Rotary Club completes beautification project in Myerstown
Members of the Myerstown-ELCO Rotary Club saw an eyesore and decided to replace it with something pretty.
Posted inEducation
State teachers union urges county schools to switch to remote learning
The rise in COVID-19 cases in Lebanon County and 37 other counties in Pennsylvania led the state teachers union to call for schools here to close. Officials here prefer to leave the decision in the school districts’ hands.
Posted inPeople & Places
Local photographer plans ‘Annealing America’ about post-industrial Lebanon
Lebanon-based photographer Cheyenne Snow is fascinated with the look of abandoned buildings – and the 20-year-old Lebanon native is now completing a book of images documenting her hometown.
Posted inNews
Mask Up mails masks to 55,000 county residences as part of CARES settlement
Every household in Lebanon County has received – or soon will – a free mask and materials explaining the importance of measures preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Posted inNews
PennDOT finishes S. Lancaster Street bridge replacement ahead of schedule
The South Lancaster Street bridge over the Little Swatara Creek has reopened to traffic – several weeks ahead of schedule and on budget.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Lebanon County man faces more than a dozen felony charges for alleged animal cruelty
More than three dozen animals – mostly dogs – were taken last month from a Lebanon man, who nows faces 18 counts of animal cruelty.
Posted inNews
Diamond wins fourth term representing 102nd; Duvall and Diamond speak to LebTown
The 102nd Legislative District has voted to keep Republican state Rep. Russ Diamond at the helm.
Posted inNews
Ryan secures third term serving 101st; Clements and Ryan comment on race
Frank Ryan, the Republican state representative serving the 101st Legislative District, won reelection with nearly two thirds of the vote.
Posted inNews
Most COVID patients at WellSpan GSH since pandemic began; hospital system says it’s adequately equipped
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital is seeing a surge in COVID-19 patient admissions – the highest, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday, since the pandemic began earlier this year.
Posted inNews
Election Day is here – How will local candidates spend it?
It’s mostly business as usual this Election Day, as candidates plan to visit polls and encourage voters, with some slight modifications.
Posted inPeople & Places
Business as usual at the Gap, but atmospheric conditions cause artillery training booms to travel farther
The weather was ripe earlier this week for sounds to carry — further and louder — from artillery training at Fort Indiantown Gap.
Posted inNews
County ready for Election Day, many traditional activities laid aside for year
The culture around Election Day – which has among its traditions the late-night, nail-biting gatherings of party supporters to watch as the results roll in – are changing in the age of mail-in ballots and COVID-19.
