Palmyra Area School District is seeking public input on several proposals on the table to handle enrollment growth and evolving needs in the classroom over the next few decades.
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.
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25 years ago, Fort Indiantown Gap was on track for obsolescence; instead, the PA National Guard revitalized the base
It could have been the end for Fort Indiantown Gap, but the closure of the military base that seemed imminent in 1995 was forestalled when, rather than closing the U.S. Army base entirely, it was transferred instead to the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1998.
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Lebanon County couple finds joy in creating ‘Hoodie-Hoo’ and other holidays
A local couple has created nearly 100 holidays … and the world has noticed.
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Hey, have YOU seen a ghost at Harper’s Tavern? Annville eatery may be haunted
Is there a ghostly woman haunting the stairway at the old Harper’s Tavern in Annville? Or is there a man – a sailor, perhaps, with a mischievous sense of humor and a blatant disregard for current smoking laws – hanging around the bar?
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LVC professor mines the depths of love, loss, guilt and hockey in debut novel
“Heading North,” the debut novel of Holly M. Wendt, an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Lebanon Valley College, will be released in November.
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Congregations merge at 2 historic Lutheran churches in Lebanon city
Two Lebanon city churches – one more than 200 years old, the other over a century – have merged into a single congregation.
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Benefit auction on Nov. 5 will raise funds for Lebanon city’s police K-9 program
It’s been nearly a year since Apollo, the only serving police dog in Lebanon city, retired. Now, advocates of the K-9 program are hoping a silent auction next month will raise much of the needed funding to put another deputized dog on the streets.
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Lebanon County man arrested for threatening Florida reality-TV deputy
A Jonestown man with an extensive criminal record has been arrested again for threatening the life of a Florida deputy.
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Lebanon superintendent Arthur Abrom dies after nine-year battle with cancer
Lebanon School District on Monday announced the passing of longtime school superintendent Dr. Arthur Abrom.
