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April 2023

Meet the 2023 SCORE Small Business Award Winners

Kaylee Rex | Photos courtesy of SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon
The annual SCORE Small Business Awards recognize five local businesses that demonstrate resiliency, leadership and excellence. SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon provides free business advice to entrepreneurs with future business ideas, small businesses ...Read More

Mediterranean-Style Gardens: What is (Very) Old is New Again

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Edward Babiarz: The Paper Artist

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Ramping Up for Spring

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Lancaster From Above: Green in So Many Ways

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Lancaster From Above: Green in So Many Ways

Photography by Jordan Bush | Written by Sue Long 
Photographer Jordan Bush’s assignment was to capture Lancaster County from above. Using his quadcopter drone, he visited a variety of sites across the county from late August to early December ...Read More

Ramping Up for Spring

Text and Photographs by Jordan Bush
Often called “wild leeks,” ramps are delicate, cool-weather vegetables similar to chives or onions. This ephemeral plant is easily over-foraged, which has led to ramp patches – including a few ...Read More

Mediterranean-Style Gardens: What is (Very) Old is New Again

By Dr. Richard L. Bitner
It appears that European gardeners – even the English – discovered the allure of Mediterranean-style gardens last season. Now the trend is crossing “the pond” and will be making an ...Read More

Edward Babiarz: The Paper Artist

By Michael C. Upton | All photos by Kevin Brett with permission of the artist
Edward Babiarz dips his hand into a 10-gallon bucket filled with a bright-red slurry. It is almost comforting to watch the texture move as his hand becomes the agitator. He ...Read More

Support a Local Author & Bookstore

By Kaylee Rex
Finding contentment with what one has can be difficult, especially for children. In an often materialistic society, many kids experience the pressure to fit in with peers through possessions such ...Read More

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It’s Wedding Show Time!

Yes, winter tends to be a slow time for wedding-related venues and vendors, but that doesn’t mean they go into

It’s December!

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

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,

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