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updated: Thu Jul 03, 2008 05:40 pm

Ephrata News

Local news for Ephrata, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

20 hrs ago | LancasterOnline

Doneckers eatery closes

The future of Doneckers - blurry for the past month - has come slightly into focus.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

WHTM-TV Harrisburg

Bike Race across Pa. Could Delay Local Traffic

Motorists can expect delays on some local roadways beginning Wednesday morning as a 420 mile bicycle race across Pennsylvania makes its way through the area.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Hershey, PA, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, PA, Downingtown, PA

The Ephrata Review

Perfect day for a Relay ...

George Walter is a survivor. Having experienced colon cancer, this was his third year of conquering the disease, and he celebrated with hundreds of others at the Relay for Life event at Cocalico High School ...

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The Ephrata Review

Festival brings Slavic culture to forefront

Mountville resident Greg Barton came to Ephrata for a specific reason Saturday. No, it wasn't to shop at Doneckers for its store-wide sales or to visit the Cloister for a tour.

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Related Topix: Mountville, PA, Lancaster County, PA

LancasterOnline

Sunday drive saved three from house fire

After purchasing a new car, Barbara and Greg Sammet decided to take it for a drive around the neighborhood Sunday night.

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Related Topix: Lititz, PA, Rothsville, PA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

LancasterOnline

Suicide victim is suspect in home-invasion robbery

The Terre Hill man who killed himself in South Carolina over the weekend is a possible suspect in last Wednesday's home-invasion robbery in Earl Township, New Holland police announced late this morning.

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Related Topix: Terre Hill, PA, New Holland, PA

LancasterOnline

Stiff jail term for choking grandma...

Stiff jail term for choking grandma, 88 By JANET KELLEY, Staff 2008-06-25 11:07:00 Lancaster New Era A man who attacked and robbed an elderly Ephrata woman was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in prison Tuesday ...

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Related Topix: Lancaster County, PA, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA, Death Penalty

Sat Jun 28, 2008

LancasterOnline

Four men honored for aiding police

As he was dining with his family in the late afternoon of May 10, Wayne Kisela glanced out the window of Old Country Buffet.

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Related Topix: Lititz, PA, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA, Landisville, PA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

LancasterOnline

Stiff jail term for choking grandma, 88

A man who attacked and robbed an elderly Ephrata woman was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty in Lancaster County Court.

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Related Topix: Lancaster County, PA

Tue Jun 24, 2008

LancasterOnline

90-year-old robbery victim dies

A 90-year-old Martindale woman who was robbed at gunpoint in her home last week died Saturday of an unspecified cause.

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Related Topix: New Holland, PA, Lancaster County, PA, East Earl, PA

Sun Jun 22, 2008

LancasterOnline

2 drivers flee cops; 3 arrested, cited

Police apprehended two motorists and one passenger following vehicle pursuits in Ephrata and Lancaster.

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Related Topix: Stevens, PA, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA, Mount Joy, PA

Fri Jun 20, 2008

LancasterOnline

Doneckers' mystery remains

Doneckers Inc. continues to decline comment on the status of the company, despite a partial shutdown of its restaurant and aggressive sales at its store.

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Related Topix: Leola, PA

Wed Jun 18, 2008

LancasterOnline

Ephrata board responds to criticism

Ephrata school board president Robert Miller had a lengthy response Monday night to a letter to the editor appearing in a local paper which was critical of the board and superintendent.

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Related Topix: Lancaster County, PA, Education Etc., Lititz, PA

Mon Jun 16, 2008

The Ephrata Review

Green Mountain Cyclery expands

ROCHELLE SHENK Review Correspondent Green Mountain Cyclery is in the midst of an expansion that will double the size of its showroom and create a larger repair area as well as more storage.

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Sat Jun 14, 2008

The Ephrata Review

Ephrata council OKs obesity study

Ephrata officials will go ahead with funding for a study being conducted by the borough's recreation center to determine the incidence of obesity among residents.

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Related Topix: Lancaster County, PA

Thu Jun 12, 2008

LancasterOnline

West Earl gives OK to study

West Earl Township supervisors on Monday gave the go-ahead for an important engineering study concerning a medical facility that has been proposed for the area.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA

Tue Jun 10, 2008

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Car hits school bus

Some Lancaster County children got a scare Monday on their way home from school when a car rammed into their school bus.

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Related Topix: Lancaster County, PA

Sun Jun 08, 2008

LancasterOnline

Driver faces charges after near-accident

A 29-year-old county woman faces several charges, including possession of marijuana, after almost causing a head-on crash near Mount Joy, Ephrata state police said.

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Related Topix: Mount Joy, PA, Lititz, PA, Reinholds, PA

Fri Jun 06, 2008

LancasterOnline

Ephrata senior immerses herself in school at 3 ...

Heather A. Groome loves school so much that she would go to three in one day. First, she reported to her own school, Ephrata Senior High.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Wed Jun 04, 2008

ABC News

Grocery Woes: High Food Prices to Continue

World food prices are set to fall from current peaks in the coming years but will remain "substantially above" average levels from the past decade, a report said Thursday.

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Related Topix: New Holland, PA, Lititz, PA, Agriculture, Science

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