Plans to open the new school replacing the former Dominican monastery in Manheim Township have been pushed back again – this time with an added $5 million cost to the building renovation project.

With just over two weeks to meet a self-imposed Aug. 1 deadline to complete a draft home rule charter for Lancaster, three members of the commission writing that document are making a last-ditch effort to change how City Council members are chosen.

A bright red thermometer fundraising sign off North Railroad Avenue in New Holland serves as a reminder of how a community has come together to support a common good, but some residents’ temperatures are rising as the payoff continues to be delayed.

More likely than not, somewhere near you is a battery that has the power to set a relentless fire that can’t be extinguished with water alone.

Driving along New Holland Pike in East Lampeter Township you can expect to see the usual scenic homesteads, woodlands, the Conestoga River … and a shabby-looking school bus.

Catherine Delacruz likes living in the Waterford at Sterling Place apartment complex in Lancaster Township, but she says that its trash area can often leave her feeling disgusted.

In a humble brick house tucked away on East Marion Street in Lancaster, Porchlight Recovery celebrated a soft opening earlier this month.

Utility poles are such a common part of our landscape that your Watchdog rarely notices them. Our brains are so trained to filter them out that the only time these ubiquitous pieces of modern communications and electricity delivery are seen is when something is wrong.

Peeling paint, clogged gutters and accumulated trash have long plagued a rundown property at 704 W. Vine St. in Lancaster. Now, the city’s stepping in.

Orange Street residents might have recently noticed a cracked segment of sidewalk, overgrown with weeds, that is actually a sinkhole that extends below street level.

Trish Murphy said she was surprised when Universal Athletic Club notified her it was dropping SilverSneakers, the popular program that offers free gym access and fitness classes to eligible older adults.

The Lancaster Home Rule Study Commission wants to be ahead of the curve.

Sitting in the living room of their East Hempfield Township home, Purnima Chetry and Tulashi Chouhan recalled the events of May 5. 

The Jefferson Square housing development off Millport Road in West Lampeter Township is less than a half-mile wide, but residents are far apart in terms of their feelings about the proposed expansion of a local raw pet food business.

The Watchdog has navigated the roads with handlebars and behind a steering wheel, two skills essential to writing about this week’s topic: Bicyclist-motorist interactions.

Manheim Township High School parent Noel Crawford stopped driving her 16-year-old daughter to campus every day because of concerns over motorists who she says are running stop signs and speeding on campus roads.

Lancaster County Sheriff Chris Leppler wanted a reception area in his courthouse office, so he had one built.