Businesses and residents near a planned 412,000-square-foot Walmart warehouse have mixed opinions on the development, as locals consider promises of employment and economic growth alongside concerns over potential traffic issues and the project’s environmental and visual impact.
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🔗 City of Lebanon officially buys HACC building on Lebanon campus
The sale should be complete by summer 2021. Watch for LebTown’s coverage of this news later this week.
🔗 ‘We were simply shocked’: Central Pa. nonprofits react to receiving millions from Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos
Goodwill Keystone Area received a $10 million unrestricted gift as part of the $4.1 billion donation spree by MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
🔗 Customer pays for 3 weeks of salary for employees at Palmyra restaurant
On Friday night, a loyal customer and friend offered to pay for the salaries of 18 employees at Babe’s Grill House for three weeks after the state moved to shut down indoor dining again citing the recent statewide surge in Covid cases.
🔗 Dean Foods repayment issue appears resolved, but farmers must respond
Pennsylvania officials are confident they have resolved a contentious issue with the Dean Foods estate, which sent letters to dairy farmers and milk haulers demanding they repay money they received for their milk prior to the company’s bankruptcy in November 2019.
🔗 Palmyra man returns engagement ring he found in Long Island bagel shop bathroom
Palmyra man Bill Behring was able to return an engagement ring to its rightful owner after it was left in a bagel shop in New York.
🔗 Lebanon couple arrested for endangering the welfare of their 3-month-old child
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Thursday that a Lebanon couple has been arrested for endangering the welfare of their 3-month-old infant child.
🔗 Remembering Tim Stine on the anniversary of the 1990 HACC fire in downtown Lebanon
It’s now been 30 years since fire engulfed downtown Lebanon’s Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) campus, killing 20-year-old city firefighter Timothy Stine.
🔗 Two displaced in Palmyra house fire
The cause of the fire is currently unknown.
🔗 Outdoor COVID-19 testing facility opens in Lebanon County
The clinic is in the lower parking lot of the Lebanon County Fire Training Center at 833 Metro Drive, which will be open until Wednesday, Oct. 28.
🔗 Latest Mariner East violation in Lebanon County could draw penalties against Sunoco
State environmental regulators are hitting Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline project with its sixth violation in Lebanon County since mid-August.
🔗 60-year-old man dead after van crashes into Lebanon building, police say
A 60-year-old man is dead after his van crashed into a building in Lebanon, police say. The crash happened at 11:21 a.m. Tuesday. Police said the driver was traveling on North 8th Street and failed to stop at a stop sign for an unknown reason.
🔗 Annville man heads to trial for allegedly killing son
Almost a dozen people rallied outside the courthouse yesterday in support of Max Schollenberger and hope to prevent future cases like this.
🔗 Annville-Cleona to add varsity girls wrestling to athletic program (Paywall)
A-C became just the seventh school in Pennsylvania to recognize girls wrestling as a varsity sport Monday night when the Annville-Cleona school board voted to add it to its winter sports offerings beginning with the upcoming 2020-21 season.
🔗 Lebanon County man accused of sexual assault could be on the run: police
Lebanon County investigators believe a man who went missing nearly two weeks ago staged his disappearance to avoid a sexual assault allegation.