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Author Archives: Lauren Boyer
Is I-83 cracking again? One reader thinks so.
You know ‘the strip?’ That nasty patch of asphalt in the middle of I-83 that once ran 26 miles from the Maryland line to just south of the Strinestown exit? PennDOT repaired it just last year, but I met with … Continue reading
Posted in Lauren Boyer, travel
Tagged 83, maryland, penndot, Pennsylvania, pennsylvania roads, the strip, transportation, York County
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Want Facebook stock? A local broker says there’s plenty of interest in York.
Just checked in with Russ Allen at Edward Jones in York Township. He said he’s been getting loads of serious inquiries from dozens of local clients about Facebook’s initial public stock offering. According to the Wall Street Journal, the IPO … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Lauren Boyer, Stocks, Your money
Tagged edward jones, facebook ipo, facebook stock, investing, Lauren Boyer, may 18, questions, russ allen, stocks, York
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Rutter’s hopefuls: A conversation with two applying for work at the York County chain
Met some cool cats hanging out at Rutter’s in Jacobus Thursday during the convenience store chain’s job fair for the new location in Loganville. I tried to yap with the prospective employees and put their minds at ease as they … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Lauren Boyer, Rutter's
Tagged applications, digital first, ideaLab, job interview, journalism, Lauren Boyer, Loganville, meet-up, meet-ups, Rutter's
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Three months after the story, ‘Cleaning from the Heart’ is thriving, founder says
The fun part about working outside the office isn’t always meeting new people. Sometimes you bump into old ones. On Tuesday, I was setting up “office” at the Panera Bread in Springettsbury Township when I ran into Joel Copp, a45-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Banks, Lauren Boyer, On the job
Tagged business, cleaning, Cleaning from the Heart, Joel Copp, Lauren Boyer, maid services, maids, small businesses, York County
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Vote for York to receive money from Walmart’s “Fighting Hunger Together” initiative
Heard from a Walmart rep the other day. I frequently heart the ‘Mart, and previously created this video asking people what’s to love about saving money and living better, as the slogan says. The ‘Mart man wanted to let me … Continue reading
Posted in Lauren Boyer, Retail, Shopping
Tagged $2 million, fighting hunger, fighting hunger together, grant, hanover, initiative, Lauren Boyer, Pennsylvania, walmart, York, York County
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Company to reporter: Nobody talks to our CEO. He’s ‘like God.’
So, I called a company yesterday. (A company I’m not going to name, because, well, I don’t want to let anyone know what I’m working on.) So, yeah, I called a company — a company in York — and I … Continue reading
Posted in Lauren Boyer, The working world
Tagged business, CEO, company, ego, egotistical, god, god complex, Lauren Boyer, Pennsylvania, receptionist, Snobby CEOs, York, York County
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Yearning for some learning? Join Penn State York OLLI.
Going to school AS AN ADULT? “Wasn’t it bad enough the first time?” I thought to myself, a recent college graduate, sitting in Central Market last Thursday, listening to Sandra Cooley talk about the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Penn … Continue reading
Suggestions for the city: Making Central Market my “office” last week
Maybe you saw this, or maybe you didn’t: Last week, I made York’s Central Market my office.
Posted in Lauren Boyer, Retail, Social Media
Tagged Central Market, Lauren Boyer, office, trader joe's, video, wegman's, what is york city missing, York, york city, York County
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Today, I talked to an American Pickers’ producer. York is “rich with history,” she said.
Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jodi Friedman, a producer for the History Channel show ‘American Pickers.’ When the show — featuring Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz — announced they’d be be visiting somewhere in Pennsylvania, the York … Continue reading
Posted in American Pickers, Lauren Boyer
Tagged American Pickers, antiques, frank fitz, frank fritz, history channel, junk, Lauren Boyer, mike wolfe, Pennsylvania, picking, show, taping, visit, York, York County
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Toilets for two? Readers explain the phenomena of the double-seater outhouse.
I wrote this column for Thursday’s paper about a trip I took through Gary Richardson’s aunt and uncle’s estate in West Manchester Township. During the tour — designed to lure the attention of ‘American Pickers’ — I found something peculiar. … Continue reading
