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.
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N. Lebanon School District to prepare 2026-27 budget with 4.2% increase
The district will now move forward creating a budget with a 4.2% millage rate increase, though the board will not vote on the final budget and millage rate until June.
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Vikings ‘excited but not content’ following breakthrough boys basketball season
In his first year at the helm, Franklin Wilson Jr. led Northern Lebanon to its first double-digit win season in nearly a decade.
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Gretna Theatre brings The Science of Stuff to local schools and libraries
The Science of Stuff, Gretna Theatre’s newest educational production, is touring schools and libraries across Lebanon County this month and next to help kids “explore the building blocks of the universe through comedy and movement.”
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Ebenezer Elementary to reach $1 million raised for the American Heart Assn.
Ebenezer Elementary’s first year of fundraising brought in $4,000, and over the past 30 years, it has grown to over $50,000. It will be the first school in the state to pass $1 million raised.
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Maddie Shanfelder follows her grandpa’s path as standout soccer goalie, wrestler
Inspired by her grandfather’s athletic legacy, Cedar Crest’s Maddie Shanfelder recorded 108 saves as a soccer goalkeeper this fall while collecting 27 wrestling wins as a freshman and winning the 2025 Chocolatetown Open.
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Palmyra school board to vote on contentious French book at next meeting
The book “Alice: La Liste” will be placed on the agenda for a vote at the Feb. 12 meeting after some board members expressed concern that the French reader included “fringe topics.”
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Harrisburg lobbyist pitches possible grants to cover CTC building costs
School Facility Improvement grants or the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program could cover much, not all costs of renovation or replacement of the Lebanon County Career & Technology Center's building, lobbyist tells school committee.
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ELCO board splits vote for first reading of a sex-based facility-usage policy
The board voted 5-4 to approve the first reading of the policy. The members that voted against it raised concerns with going against their legal counsel’s advice of waiting until Supreme Court decisions are released.
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Blue Mountain Christian School hopes to be tuition-free with donations, tax credits
Blue Mountain Christian School in Jonestown is hoping to be one of Pennsylvania’s first tuition-free Christian schools through community donations and tax credit programs. They would need $600,000 to make this possible.
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Fulton Bank donates former Annville location to Lebanon Valley College
Fulton Bank has donated its former financial center property at 1 W. Main St., Annville, to Lebanon Valley College.
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Nate Monroe seeks to build ‘something special’ as Vikings’ next football coach
Nate Monroe, a defensive coordinator at Palmyra the last four seasons, gained approval as the Vikings’ next head football coach at this month’s Northern Lebanon School District School Board meeting.
