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Get Composting with Lancaster Compost Co-Ops!

By Sue Long
And you thought composting was just for people who have large yards and/or expansive gardens. Think again! Composting is for everyone. After all, we all eat and mindlessly throw organic ...Read More

The U.S. Women’s Open is Returning to Lancaster!

By Sue Long
May 28-June 2 at Lancaster Country Club Golf fans, the ladies are making a return trip to Lancaster and the timing couldn’t be more apropos: the Lancaster Country Club (LCC), ...Read More

No Foolin’, April Has Arrived

Spring has sprung! It’s time to get out and enjoy all that the season has to offer. Best Kept Secrets Tour   April 4-20 Lancaster County How many times have your driven ...Read More

So Many Choices … So Little Time:
Lancaster City Restaurant Week,
March 4-10

By Sue Long
It was apropos that the preview of Lancaster City Restaurant Week was held at a restaurant named Decades. The annual celebration of food and hospitality is marking its 10th anniversary ...Read More

Oh, Henrietta!

By Sue Long | Photography by Nick Gould 
Henrietta Heisler is one of the talented women who Eliot Sefrin, the founder of Kitchen & Bath Design News, credits for bringing a new point of view and aesthetic to ...Read More

Cherry Blossom Time

By Sue Long
Mention cherry blossoms and visions of Washington, D.C., immediately come to mind. However, you don’t need to travel to the nation’s capital to see the clouds of pink blossoms. East ...Read More

Cheesecake Revival

Text and Photographs by Jordan Bush
Have you noticed? Cheesecake is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. From grocery stores and bakeries to specialty shops such as KelSas SweetBox, the dessert is once again enjoying must-have status ...Read More

Be Gracious, Be Generous, Be Gregarious: Your Guide to Successfully Navigating Fundraising Events

By Jill Brown
Those perennial signs of spring are just around the corner: daffodils, robins, golfers and, in Lancaster County, fundraising events! Whether you’ll be attending your first or your 50th fundraising event, ...Read More

A Path to Genealogy

By Michael C. Upton
I never expected to “get into” genealogy. I had a pretty good grasp on my heritage … I thought. Then a genealogy librarian at the Allen County Public Library in ...Read More

CoffeeCo: 40 Years of Coffee, Food & Community

By Rochelle A. Shenk | Photos courtesy of CoffeeCo
Forty years is a long time for any business to both endure and succeed. CoffeeCo achieved that milestone in December.  “It’s amazing,” says current owner, John Smucker, of CoffeeCo’s achievement. “Chuck ...Read More

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Two Weddings, Lancaster-Style

There’s nothing quite like a summer wedding, and the two we are presenting are quite different, as are the stories

Savannah Graybill and Chris Strup: Sliding Into Marriage

A winter Olympic sport known as skeleton led Savannah and Chris to become members of Team USA. While they didn’t

Jill Distler and Zachary Weire: Opposites Attract

When Jill met Zach, she lived on a farm; doted on her horses, dogs and cows; worked for a veterinarian

Dan Wecker: A Dutchman at Heart

In 1989, Dan and Donna Leigh Wecker took stewardship of an historic iron forge property that consisted of decaying buildings and 16

Growing Fruit With Climate Battery Technology

Greenhouses are magical places, as they envelop you in warmth and provide visuals of lush plant life. This is what

Lincoln Shoe Co: A Reimagined Event Venue Gets

Like a spunky old man, the building that was home to the Badorf Shoe Company worked hard in its day,

Decades: A Mix of Food, Fun & Events

“This space has so much history,” says Jonathan Yeager, who is a partner in the venture along with Chris Trendler

Scouting Out Mount Joy’s History

Tristan Bair may only be a high school senior, but of late he’s been thinking about people and places much,

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