Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace will not run for a third term after seven years in office.

CLARIFICATION: A previous version of this story misrepresented comments made by Tina Wilson. She did not defend Jay Hynicker in a social media post.

Standing in front of an active work zone Friday, surrounded by concrete blocks on College Avenue in Lancaster city, Magda Miltenberger opened up about how affordable housing changed her life.

Lancaster’s Home Rule Study Commission is nearly done writing a new charter to govern the city, and residents will soon have the chance to share their thoughts on the document.

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.

Lancaster Township officially has a police chief for the first time in 50 years.

Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace on Tuesday said an 8% hike in city property taxes would be needed next year if voters don’t approve a home rule charter expected to be on the ballot this November.

The developers of a proposed Wawa convenience store in Pequea Township were given the green light to tap into well water after an emotional public meeting where residents begged elected officials to reject the project.

Columbia Borough’s former manager violated Pennsylvania’s open meetings law this spring, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said, on the heels of a similar Sunshine Act complaint against the borough.

Last year, Brian Adams threw his name into the mix of candidates for Lancaster’s Home Rule Study Commission, thinking that overhauling the city’s governance was a good idea.

At the center of Lancaster County is a 7-square-mile city that’s long been a hub for commercial, civic and social activity. Lancaster is the focal point of a thriving tourism economy, the county’s legal community, and essential health care and social services agencies.