The Crowds Turned Out for This Year's Gordonville Auction While the Strasburg Spring Auction two weeks ago started with drizzle and colder temperatures, today’s weather for the Gordonville Mud Sale was absolutely gorgeous - sunny skies and temperatures approaching 50 degrees. And the warm … [Read more...]
Strasburg Spring Auction & Mud Sale
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2013 Mud Sale Season Begins in Strasburg The 2013 Mud Sale season began today with...well, mud. The day began with a constant drizzle and temperatures in the mid 30's. It didn't take long before the grass became covered in mud. But otherwise the 39th Annual Spring Auction at the Strasburg Fire … [Read more...]
Lititz is Voted “Coolest Small Town in America”
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Lititz, PA Wins National Voting - Beats 14 Other Towns Well, it's official. As the national public voting finished, Lititz, Pennsylvania was voted the "Coolest Small Town in America" for 2013. Needless to say, Lititz residents, fans, and all of Lancaster County were excited to learn the results. … [Read more...]
40 Days For Life – Lancaster Style
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The nationwide 40 Days For Life campaign started anew February 13th, including here in Lancaster. This afternoon about 25 people gathered in front of the Planned Parenthood office 1t 13 S. Lime Street in Lancaster today to begin this local campaign. Over the next 40 days (until March 24th) … [Read more...]
Lititz is an “America’s Coolest Small Towns 2013” Finalist
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Lititz in the Headlines - Lititz residents and fans are all excited about the latest news about their favorite town. Lititz has qualified to be one of the 15 finalists for the online contest “America’s Coolest Small Towns 2013”. This contest is hosted annually by BudgetTravel.com. The picture above … [Read more...]
The Mud Sales are Coming!
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The Spring mud sale schedule is coming for Lancaster County fire companies. "What is a mud sale?", you ask. Well, these are fund raising events for many of the regional volunteer fire companies throughout Lancaster County - Gordonville, Strasburg, Bird-in-Hand, Quarryville, and many more. They … [Read more...]
Christmas Season Shopping Hours in Lancaster
Posted in Happenings on .Lancaster - 2012 The 2012 Lancaster Holiday Shopping Season is Upon Us And with a Bang! On Black Friday the crowds were out in force taking advantage of special holiday sales that traditionally kickoff the Christmas shopping season. Local malls and outlet complexes were hopping. Many … [Read more...]
Man v. Food Nation – Lancaster Style
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The Travel Channel Visits the Pennsylvania Dutch Country One of the Travel Channel’s most popular shows is Man v. Food Nation, a weekly program where host Adam Richman travels the country competing in American food challenges. This Wednesday, November 16, 2011 the show will air footage from … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie – Forgiving the Unforgivable
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Thursday night the Lifetime Movie Network re-broadcast its new movie, “Amish Grace”, loosely based upon the 2006 Amish school shooting in Lancaster County, PA. (See our earlier post from March 30th.) Since I am writing from Lancaster County, there were a few obvious production errors in this … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie on Lifetime Network
Posted on in Amish BlogHollywood has once again taken on story-telling within Lancaster’s Amish community. The Lifetime Movie Network has produced the movie “Amish Grace”, which first aired over the Lifetime Network last Sunday evening to over four million viewers. film is based on the book, Amish Grace: How … [Read more...]
