Published June 29, 2009, 10:42 AM EST

Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:I'm happy to see that everyone is overjoyed with the price of gasoline. I hear nothing about the spiraling price of $2.69 a gallon. It may or may not keep going up. It is only a matter of time that you will see $4 per gallon again. Our so-called friends will get that $200 per bar...

Published June 29, 2009, 10:38 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:I would like to take a moment to recognize a very worthwhile program held on June 24 throughout Lancaster County.The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Lancaster County Office of Aging have provided PA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable vouchers to our older citizens for several y...

Published June 29, 2009, 10:37 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:During our June borough council meeting, it was made abundantly clear that the Marietta fire chief has appointed himself the new "czar" of Marietta.He had demanded that the borough council impose a fire tax. (Silly me, I thought the council did the tax levying.) Now he has ...

Published June 29, 2009, 10:36 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:On Tuesday afternoon, I stopped at the Turkey Hill on Harrisburg Pike to get gasoline.I unknowingly dropped my credit card and did not realize it until after I returned home. When I called Turkey Hill, I was informed that it was turned in.A special thank you to the young lady who tur...

Published June 29, 2009, 10:33 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:In February 2009, Verizon, without asking us where our water line is, drilled into it to move a utility pole farther away from the road.At another place, they tore our proposed sewer line, which Strasburg Railroad put in at our expense.After many phone calls to plead with Verizon, th...

Published June 28, 2009, 12:04 AM EST

Sunday News - CONVENTION CENTER, HOTELA new gemMy second career provides me the opportunity to speak in many venues around our country, so I was eager to see the new downtown convention center. Without a doubt, it is magnificent. As a longtime supporter, it was exciting to see the facility and fellow citizens enj...

Published June 27, 2009, 10:24 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:Question: What is a bigger threat to marriage and families? Same-sex couples? Or, politicians engaged in adulterous affairs?Answer: Adultery and divorce are the biggest threat to marriage and families.Perhaps the righteous individuals who claim to be family-values politicians (on bot...

Published June 26, 2009, 2:59 PM EST

Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:While I find it amusing that letter writer Joanne Hershey advises drivers traveling Route 272 to slow down because of a police presence, while rejoicing the end of an underpass that did the same thing with no cost to the taxpayer, the much greater emotion I feel is that of sorrow.I f...

Published June 26, 2009, 2:58 PM EST

Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:Farewell to what was and hello to what is coming.This Monday will end a 32-year friendship I have had with the New Era newspaper.I remember moving here in 1977 and beginning to read the New Era. Over the years, I have seen cub reporters advance to having their own columns. I have see...

Published June 26, 2009, 2:57 PM EST

Lancaster New Era - Editor, New Era:"Growing old is in your imagination," some say. "You're as old as you think," remark others. "Who are you trying to kid?" say others. Still, others say, "My arthritis is killing me. Never grow old. It's no fun."Yes, all this is true, bu...