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Ephrata native has bird's eye view of town
EPHRATA - Ephrata native Jeffrey Root has found a job that he truly loves: working with Microsoft in the Virtual Earth business unit.
In his role with Microsoft, he has helped to create maps online that offer unique 3-D and 45 degree views not offered by anyone else on the Internet.
Root discovered ...

Memories fill Highland air
EPHRATA - Roaming the halls of her alma mater Friday, 96-year-old Carrie Loose was one of two remaining members from the Highland Class of 1928. Loose said that while she was part of the first class to graduate from Highland, it was not the first class to graduate at Highland.
"We didn't have an auditori...

Council wants task force to move forward
EPHRATA - Members of the Ephrata Borough Council expressed Monday night they would like the Emergency Services Task Force to move forward after a recent impasse.
The task force, which is comprised of officials from Ephrata borough and township, as well as the Pioneer and Lincoln volunteer fire companies ...

GSC considers more citizen imput
LANCASTER - The Lancaster County Government Study Commission is still hammering out details on a proposed home rule charter for structuring Lancaster's future.
As they near the 18 months provided for public study, the group is going over the charter, fine tuning it to prepare it for going on the ballot. La...

Clay man sets fire to own property, charged with arson
CLAY - Clay Township Police charged a 74-year-old man with seven arson-related counts after setting fire to his own farmhouse and two other buildings Thursday, April 3 that caused $500,000 in damages.
Ray Eugene Hummer, 165 N. Clay Road, Lititz was charged with three counts of arson, three counts of a...

Will ECH and Lancaster General officially join hands?
Hospitals taking a look at possible formal affiliation
EPHRATA - Is it a match made in heaven or just a case of strange bedfellows (no pun intended)?
The area will soon find out as the courtship between Ephrata Community Hospital and Lancaster General Hospital officially begins with an exploration of "a formal affiliation" between the two biggest healthcare ...

This is 'bound' to be fun
Ephrata Library introduces The Big Read
EPHRATA - "The Death of Ivan Ilyich." The title of this novella by Russian author Leo Tolstoy may now look familiar to some in the Ephrata area as copies of the book have shown up in unassuming places throughout town. What people might not know is that there are hundreds of copies available–free of char...

Final Sweigart estate auction this week
MANHEIM -

The third and final auction of items from the Anne Sweigart estate will be held Thursday, April 3 and Saturday, April 5 at the John M. Hess Auction Service, 1667 Cider Press Rd., Manheim.
Coins are the focus of the April 3 auction, which will start at 5:30 p.m., and personal property will be...

Hunting out of season ...
REINHOLDS - Yes, those are real snow flakes falling at this year's Easter egg hunt at Reinholds. The egg hunt put on by the VFW Auxiliary has been going on for more than 50 years, and the early Easter this year certainly made this one quite memorable. ...

EHS approves lacrosse as 'official' sport
EPHRATA - A change of pace was the first order of business as the Ephrata Area School District School Board came to order at the Fulton Elementary School. Taking a break from the usual setting at the district board room at the high school, this was the latest meeting held in other schools throughout the distr...
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