Glatfelter's is closed this afternoon

IT'S OPEN!

The 200 block of Locust is now open. Workers have removed barricades.

Ups and downs, downs and ups

 What comes down . . .

. . . must go up?

Yesterday, workers took down the brick facade at 208-210 Locust Street and today installed plywood in preparation for installation of a new facade.

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Schools rely on local funds as they await state budget

Public school districts have two principal sources of revenue: their state subsidy and local funding. The latter comes primarily from property taxes.

In Lancaster County, the state share of district funding ranges from a low of about 17 percent for Manheim Township School District to 45 percent for SDL and 48 percent for Columbia Borough School District, the two highest.

MORE:
http://lancasteronline.com/schools-rely-on-local-funds-as-they-await-state-budget/article_ff29174e-41fd-11e5-9647-0f30aa55d3e5.html

Town reacts to a fight that started over the Confederate Flag

GO HERE:
http://fox43.com/2015/08/13/town-reacts-to-a-fight-that-started-over-the-confederate-flag/

It's down!

Well, mostly anyway.  Workers toiled all day today removing the facade at 208-210 Locust, brick by brick. Only side bricks remain.  A foreman on the scene said the project could last into Saturday, although today's endeavor moved along faster than expected.

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The facade is about to come down