For Matt Gingrich, being selected to coach in the Big 33 Football Classic is a lifetime achievement.
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Palmyra approves Pine Street HVAC work after receiving additional information
After postponing the HVAC replacement decision at the first February meeting, the board approved a $2.13 million bid.
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Family sues Lebanon School District for 2024 suicide of 12-year-old student
The family of a 12-year-old student who died by suicide claims in court that the Lebanon School District didn’t do enough to stop him from being bullied by fellow students.
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Pine Street Elem. dealing with HVAC issues after board denies replacement
Superintendent Bernie Kepler said mechanical system work will return before the school board Feb. 26 after a failed heat pump displaced a second-grade class and a prior board vote stalled a plan to replace 58 aging units at Pine Street Elementary School.
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Behind the scenes, Lady Falcon Parent Club helps power a winning season
The Lady Falcons Parents Club supports the Cedar Crest girls' basketball program in ways that sometimes go unnoticed.
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Applications open for 2026 Alletta Schadler Community Service Award
Applications are open for the 2025 Alletta Schadler Community Service/Engagement Award, according to an announcement from the Penn State Extension of Lebanon County.
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Lebanon County Career & Technology Center hires new principal
The Lebanon County Career & Technology Center’s Joint Operating Committee voted 6-0 to hire Daniel Romberger as the school’s new principal, filling a position opened when Alex DiMarzio resigned last autumn for a job at the Penn Manor district.
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2-hour delays for county school districts; county government also delayed
Annville-Cleona, Cornwall-Lebanon, ELCO, Northern Lebanon, Lebanon, and Palmyra Area school districts have all announced two-hour delays for Monday, Feb. 23, as have Lebanon Christian Academy, New Covenant Christian School, Our Lady of the Cross, and the Lebanon County CTC.
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ELCO doesn’t pass sex-based facility-usage policy, hears report on next budget
The motion for the policy’s final approval failed after the board approved the first reading at the January meeting. This policy would have required students to use the multi-user facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth.
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Replica Liberty Bell set to travel to all Lebanon County Schools
The bell has already visited Cornwall-Lebanon schools, which struck up conversations about history as the country’s 250-year anniversary approaches this summer.
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Jaime Walborn resigns post after historic decade of Lebanon girls basketball
The Cedars won four straight Lancaster-Lebanon League section titles from 2022 to 2025 and mined 2025 league gold — the program’s first crown since 1979 — under Walborn's watch.
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Lebanon hoops guard Olive Brandt makes the most of moments great and small
Lebanon star Olive Brandt finishes her career third on school’s all-time scoring list.
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Annville-Cleona school board requests $1.86 million grant for leaky school roof
If the district receives the funding, it will go toward a new roofing system, gutters, downspouts, and approximately 88,280 square feet of shingles.
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Palmyra school board approves French book 5-3 after months of discussion
The Palmyra School Board approved the requested French II reader “Alice: La Liste” after almost two months of discussion. The board members who voted against it cited the book not having an accessible English translation.
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CLSD board approves payments, change orders for Cedar Crest campus projects
At a monthly voting session Monday, the Cornwall-Lebanon School District School Board unanimously approved several change orders and payments for the Cedar Crest High School Renovations Project.
