Monthly Archives: June 2009

From the city: Rebuild York, a three-year project aimed at paving several streets in the city, starts Monday. The first streets scheduled for work are: Linden Avenue, from Penn Street to Roosevelt AvenueMadison Avenue, from Newberry Street to Roosevelt AvenueButler … Continue reading →

Tonight’s free summer movie at Kiwanis Lake has been canceled because of the weather. “Hotel for Dogs,” which was supposed to be shown tonight, will instead run on Aug. 5. The movie series continues next week, with “Kung Fu Panda” … Continue reading →

This tip made its way through the newsroom to me, so I thought I’d share it here. City Church, which is a new church effort started by Pastor Aaron Anderson, is working with the YMCA to provide a basketball program … Continue reading →

I have been anti-Twitter for quite some time. I’ve lobbied against it, arguing that I don’t have time to get everything done much less update people about it all the time. I had made an account some time ago, after … Continue reading →

When I pulled into a parking space in front of my apartment building Thursday, one of the parking meters was covered with a McDonalds bag.I assumed someone was just creatively littering, but when I pulled the bag off the meter, … Continue reading →

The Olde Towne East neighborhood is looking for volunteers to help with its first Ice Cream Festival, to be held July 11. It looks like they need help with set up, clean up, food, games and more. For information, contact … Continue reading →

The York Historic Farmers Market Association will meet at 6 p.m. June 10 at Union Lutheran Church. They’re also holding a “work party” starting around 9 a.m. on June 11 at the market. They’ll need help painting and doing other … Continue reading →

As I was driving out of town Sunday, I noticed a sign on the sidewalk on Carlisle Avenue, between Philadelphia Street and Linden Avenue. “Please fix this road,” the sign pleaded, pointing to the nearby bumpy street. I drove by … Continue reading →