John & Sharon Kline receive inaugural Farmland Preservation Excellence award for preserving over 400 acres of farmland near Myerstown and Schaefferstown.
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Lebanon’s Dick Shiner reflects on NFL career, legacy, & field that bears his name
Dick Shiner, a Lebanon native who played quarterback for six NFL teams over 11 seasons, reflected on his career as a backup to legends like Sonny Jurgensen and Terry Bradshaw and his later work coaching high school football.
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Lebanon County producers use modern technologies down on the farm
Modern farming techniques used by Lebanon County farmers improve efficiency, reduce labor and increase production.
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Average and below average wheat harvests expected in Lebanon County
Crop officials visit two farms in northern and southern Lebanon County on Wednesday to estimate yield totals for wheat for the 2026 growing season.
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Lebanon man named valedictorian of Virginia Military Institute’s Class of 2026
Lukas Maurer, who graduated as valedictorian at Virginia Military Institute, said a family legacy of military service and his Christian faith inspired his decision to pursue a career in the Army.
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Award-winning chefs call it a day on their 30-year teaching careers
Two teachers in the nationally recognized culinary and pastry programs at the Lebanon County Career and Technology Center retired at the end of the 2025-26 school year following careers that spanned three decades.
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Standing tall: Carvings celebrate legacy of community dedication, involvement
When Peter Hewitt and Walter McAnney learned in the late 1990s that their Mount Gretna property had two trees that needed removal, they chose an alternative: Turn the trees into art.
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Lebanon musician Tim Jesiolowski releases second End of Silence EP
Lebanon-area guitarist Tim Jesiolowski revived his project band End of Silence to release “All These Things,” a five-song EP a decade in the making, driven less by ambition than by a desire to leave behind a musical legacy for his son.
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Mount Gretna kicks off summer season with new coffee cottage, community events
The Mount Gretna Coffee Cottage, a second location of Hershey-based Desserts, Etc., opened to large crowds during Mount Gretna’s summer season kickoff weekend.
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Conservation-minded farmer recognized for sound environmental practices
Sound environmental practices earn an East Hanover Township farmer the county conservation district’s Conservation Farmer of the Year award for 2025.
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The church that pays its rent in roses: Tulpehocken Trinity Church
Tulpehocken Trinity Church, founded by German immigrants in what is now Lebanon County, continues to thrive with about 100 weekly attendees and 300 online viewers as it preserves a rose payment tradition dating to 1745.
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Union Canal Day preserves historic park
The annual Union Canal Day fundraiser allows the park’s overseers to maintain it year to year.
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Retired Learjet takes on new life at Richland’s Willow Springs Dive Park
A retired Learjet has been suspended underwater at Willow Springs in Jackson Township as an underwater attraction for scuba divers to train on and explore.
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MIllcreek youth fishing rodeo produces big fish, bigger smiles
The Rod and Gun Club annually stocks giant trout in its pond and then helps youngsters catch them in a day filled with fun.
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Artist with Lebanon County roots paints America250 Liberty Bell for Hershey
Artist Hawk Krall, whose Lebanon County family roots date to the 1700s, painted a fiberglass Liberty Bell replica now on display outside Hershey’s Chocolate World as part of Pennsylvania’s U.S. 250th anniversary celebration.
