Published May 12, 2008, 12:15 AM EST

by TOM KNAPP, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Horns started blowing a little after 1 p.m. Sunday, blasting across the parking lot at Burle Business Park.By 1:20 or so, it was a cacophony that continued with such tireless joy, you knew there were children — or at least some very enthusiastic and kid-friendly truck drivers —......

Published May 12, 2008, 12:03 AM EST

by JENNIFER TODD, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Jennifer Foster loves to get her hands dirty."It feels good. It feels right," she said. "There's something very soothing about running your fingers through the soil ... . In a sense, it's a lot like art."But Foster is not an artist.She's a rest......

Published May 12, 2008, 12:01 AM EST

by JOHN DUFFY, Correspondent

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Manheim Central School District will lease the remainder of its old middle school to Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 beginning this fall and likely sell three vacant elementary school buildings.At a special meeting May 6, the school board approved the final version of a contract wit......

Published May 12, 2008, 12:00 AM EST

by LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff

LANCASTER, Pa. - While many Lancaster County residents enjoyed the horn-blaring, diesel-engine-roaring Make-A-Wish truck convoy that snaked its way north from the city suburbs to Ephrata and back, a few found a more peaceful way to spend Mother's Day in the Sunday quiet of historic downtown Lancaster.T......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:21 AM EST

by JON RUTTER, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - June Wesbury strapped on a pair of goggles, lowered herself into the water and splashed down the lane. Colorful fishes painted on the wall of the Willow Valley Retirement Communities pool gazed watchfully. Wesbury emerged dripping from her crawl. She was exactly where she wanted to be....

Published May 11, 2008, 12:20 AM EST

by GIL SMART, Associate Editor

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Dianne Mousley's had enough. Every day, she drives the Fruitville Pike from her home in Manheim Township to her job in Lancaster. Every day it's the same: Start. Stop. Red light after red light along one of the county's busiest corridors — a corridor that, she thinks, might be......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:19 AM EST

by CHIP SMEDLEY, Staff

LANCASTER, Pa. - Cesar Rodriguez doesn't even live on Christian Street. But there he was Wednesday morning, raking up trash in Seventh Alley, which runs off Christian between the 500 blocks of Green and Woodward streets. Rodriguez, who lives on the first block of Howard Avenue, owns a storage garage ha......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:18 AM EST

by SUZANNE CASSIDY, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Millersville University's graduating students marched into Biemesderfer Stadium Saturday morning under leaden skies. Umbrellas and rain ponchos were sold outside the stadium to those worried about the weather. But it wasn't until some three hours later, as the new graduates filed out of......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:16 AM EST

by JON RUTTER, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - When former Arizona residents Stu and June Wesbury were picking a retirement community, one of the things they scrutinized was the institutions' financial health. They ended up choosing Willow Valley Retirement Communities, the county's largest continuing care retirement community (CCRC......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:15 AM EST

by JEANNETTE SCOTT, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Nothing can replace mom. She has no competition when her children have boo-boos, lost shoes, nasty math problems, or broken hearts. She's quick to provide a ride to soccer practice, find the perfect prom gown, or serve as cooking instructor. Moms cry at our weddings, rock our new ......