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Weekend robberies may be connected
EPHRATA, PA - Two knife point robberies occurring in two Ephrata businesses this weekend are being investigated as connected incidents, police said.
On Aug. 17, a white male allegedly entered the Movie Gallery Video Store in the 300 block of North Reading Road at 3:15 p.m. The clerk was reportedly in the bac...

Local fiddler touring with Nashville group
EPHRATA, PA - Over dinner at the Raw Hide, Tim Craven, a local pastor, told his son, "Oliver, I'm going to be sad to see you go, but you need to go."
At 21, Oliver Craven left Temple University, where he took classes for three years, unsure of why he enrolled in the first place. His love was mu...

Council sets plans in motion to find new chief
Shumaker appointed to lead force during search
EPHRATA, PA - Ephrata officials have appointed Lt. Thomas Shumaker as the acting police chief, effective Saturday, at Monday night's borough council meeting and have begun the process of choosing a permanent chief as well.
Shumaker, who has worked as a police officer for 16 years, said that he will continue ...

Ephrata alumna, cancer patient seeks the help of community
EPHRATA, PA - In America, one in three women and one in two men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. The uncertainty of becoming a statistic may loom in one's mind.
But, Lori Drybread Hopkins, vice president of her high school class and a 1973 Ephrata graduate, has become one of those statistics....

Bardell prepares for upcoming roles at EASD
EPHRATA, PA - Throughout the years that Stacie Bardell has walked the halls of several buildings in the Ephrata Area School District, this year is the first time she has been called to the principal's office– and she couldn't be happier.
Bardell is settling into her new role as the assistant principal ...

Borough has no plans to close pool
EPHRATA, PA - Ephrata officials said Monday night they have no plans to close the borough's public pool.
The three-pool complex, which is located in Tom Grater Park at the corner of King and Oak streets, however, is showing signs of age. The council voiced concern last month that repairs to the pools have be...

'Night out' on the town
EPHRATA, PA - Sgt. Raymond Burns of the East Cocalico Police Department shows 7-year-old Christian Nichols, Manheim around his police cruiser at the first ever Reamstown Night Out Tuesday night. The event drew 200 people from the surrounding areas that celebrated in conjunction with the National Night Out events ...

Bardell named first principal for new intermediate school
District also seeking assistant superintendent position following Dr. Maloney's resignation
EPHRATA, PA - As fifth graders anxiously await the transition to the new Ephrata Intermediate School in the 2008-09 school year, Stacie Bardell will be preparing for her role as principal.
Bardell, who this school year will act as an assistant principal at the Ephrata Middle School, will be the first princip...

Persistence pays off for local author, mother of two
EPHRATA, PA - Writer and artist Jill Althouse Wood collected rejection letters in the mailbox she painted purple for luck.
A resident of Reinholds, she received more than 30, and every time, she knew she had "really put herself on the line" for something she wanted.
Sitting in her living room ...

The search for a chief
EPHRATA, PA -

While everyone is debating who will be the next Ephrata chief of police, borough council is debating how it will go about finding one.
There is no official timeline set to hire a new chief, as the process is now in its infancy stages with Ephrata Borough Council gathering information.
U...

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