Palmyra News

The Palmyra Area School District is trying to entice students who are enrolled in for-profit cyber charter schools to switch to the district's alternative program.

At Borough Council's meeting Tuesday night, Susan Verhoek and Raymond Sheetz presented their proposal.

Zachery W. Kampmann, 22, 225 E. Guilford St., Lebanon, son of Randy and Kim Kampmann, Elkton, S.D., and Julie A. Dreisbach, 22, 387 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, daughter of Todd Dreisbach, Jonestown, and Michele Dreisbach, Fredericksburg.

The Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a public affairs briefing featuring Sen.

John Plummer, co-owner of Rita's Water Ice in Cleona served free water ice to students in seventh, eighth and 11th grades at Annville-Cleona High School recently in recognition of their efforts on this year's Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests.

Palmyra is gearing up for the 2012 Palmyra Veterans Carnival next month, marking the second year for the carnival at Fireman's Park, Spruce and Grant streets.

Richard "Dick" Winters, the Easy Company commander whose World War II exploits were made famous by the book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers," died last week in central Pennsylvania.

Hershey Theatre on Sunday evening hosted the fourth annual Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards, a program that recognizes outstanding performances in area high-school play and musical productions.

The Palmyra Area Heritage Association will hold a Memorial Day parade and service from 8:45 to 10 a.m. Monday.

After intense fighting with American soldiers on one front and Soviet soldiers on another, Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

Almost every day after school, sixth-grader Makenzie Cuthie and her friends head over to the Phoenix Youth Center in the basement of the Palmyra municipal building, about a block from the middle school.

Hershey Theatre on Sunday evening hosted the fourth annual Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards, a program that recognizes outstanding performances in area high-school play and musical productions.

Representatives of a pair of ambulance companies presented their cases to the North Lebanon Township supervisors this week, each hoping to be chosen as the municipality's first provider.

On Nov. 11, 2011, Glenn Kohr placed 300 small American flags in the shape of a cross on his lawn in the ShadowStone Village development.

Chatting with Lebanon Valley Small Business Person of the Year Award winner Cindy Heisey, center, are, from left, event sponsor Rodney Royer of LYLAB Technology Solutions; Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce board member Willie Erb; and Tiffany and Anthony Miller, owners of Just Like Family Home Health Care Services, winner of the Leon Hoover ... (more)

A compromise appears to have been reached between Palmyra Heritage Association and Palmyra Area School District regarding usage fees for a Memorial Day program in one of the schools.

An online contest could be the key to Palmyra moving forward with the first dog park in Lebanon County.

Alvin E. Wise, 36, Harrisburg, son of Faye Wise, and the late Calvin Wise Sr., and Jenna M. Gingrich, 22, 116B E. Main St., Palmyra, daughter of Tamela Hartman, and the late Joseph Gingrich III.

Palmyra is gearing up for the 2012 Palmyra Veterans Carnival next month, marking the second year for the carnival at Fireman's Park, Spruce and Grant streets.

A representative of Members 1st Federal Credit Union met with Palmyra Borough Council last week to discuss sinkhole issues around its branch at 960 E. Main St.