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Top 10 March To-Dos

By Kaylee Rex
Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Festival March 11-12 | Millersville University Student Memorial Center This festival will feature exhibitors displaying their woodcarving and wildlife art, live demos, door prizes, presentations, a silent ...Read More

Sounds Like Home: Some Other Lancasters

By Michael C. Upton
We’ve all heard it before, the verbal butchering of our city and county name, Lancaster. Emphases on the wrong syllables. Strangely hard consonants and irregular drawn-out vowels. Defense of our ...Read More

Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation: Nature Calls!

By Sue Long | Photography by Nick Gould
Rehabilitating nature’s smaller creatures – squirrels, rabbits and groundhogs – is the driving force behind the nonprofit organization that took root in 2010, when Betsy Shank discovered a squirrel that ...Read More

Lititz Fire & Ice Festival

By Kaylee Rex | Photos Courtesy of Amy Spangler Photography
Get ready to bundle up and hit the streets of Lititz because the Fire & Ice Festival is back from February 17-26. The 10-day festival features ice sculptures and live ...Read More

American Music Theatre

If you are looking for an opportunity to get out of the house this winter, American Music Theatre boasts a stacked performance lineup for the start of 2023.  The 1,600-seat theatre ...Read More

Holiday Home Tours Return

By Sue Long
After canceling home tours and offering alternative activities such as outdoor lighting displays due to the pandemic, local organizations are once again hosting this favorite holiday activity.  Strasburg Holiday Home Tour  When: ...Read More

Learning About the Amish … With a Side of Christmas Cookies

Text and Photographs by Jordan Bush
Last December, I set out on a tour sponsored by The Amish Farm and House to learn about how the Amish celebrate Christmas. Eager for the opportunity to delve into ...Read More

The Terrace at Longwood Gardens: Dine Amidst Garden and Holiday Splendor

By Rochelle A. Shenk 
Longwood Gardens is filled with all the things that make the holidays special – festive trees, sparkling lights, magical water features, miniature trains, music, botanical splendor and opportunities for friends ...Read More

Rockin’ and Rollin’ with The Nomads

Text and Photos By Michael C. Upton
Tommy Marion is a snowbird. The 74-year-old front man for The Nomads takes flight for Florida every October and usually will not peek his head north of the Mason-Dixon line ...Read More

Columbia Makes A Super-Natural Connection to Halloween

By Sue Long 
Thanks to several organizations that sponsor Halloween-related events and the fact that spookiness seems to be synonymous with Columbia, it only makes sense that this river-town is putting its trademark ...Read More

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The Next Generation of Holiday Décor

With Thanksgiving coming so late, no doubt the turkey might find itself surrounded by glistening ornaments, greenery and even disco

It’s December!

Regarded as the most wonderful time of the year, December is packed with events that celebrate this season of holidays.

Brenda and Lloyd Jacobson’s Memory-Filled Home

In working on our annual Senior Living advertorial (September-October issue of Lancaster County Magazine), we met residents of local retirement

Time to Decorate for the Holidays!

Now that Halloween is in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to think about decorating for the holidays. ’Tis the season

Casey Kaufhold: Olympian

What a difference three years made in Casey Kaufhold’s Olympic experiences In Tokyo and Paris. Success (a bronze medal) and

Vintage Wonderland

Elaine and Glenn Pottberg’s home in Lancaster provides the perfect backdrop for the holiday decorations they’ve collected over the years.

Christmas at Stone Gables Estate

Imagine spending the holidays in a cozy cottage or a beautiful mansion, with more than 1 million lights glowing in

Chef Greg Gable: Cheese Lover

Chef Greg Gable, whose résumé includes high-profile positions at The Restaurant at Doneckers and the heralded Le Bec-Fin in Philadelphia,

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