Palmyra News

Beginning tomorrow, a Kindle Touch 3G will be raffled off at the library. Tickets will be sold for $2 each, or three for $5. The raffle will continue until Monday, Feb.

Drivers who use Royal and Louser roads as an alternate to busy Route 422 between Lebanon and Palmyra have encountered numerous headaches in the past several months.

The Conservative Political Action Conference isn't endorsing anyone for president, but Rick Santorum clearly has a huge amount of support here this year.

An 18-year-old Palmyra man has been charged with firing a pellet gun at vehicles traveling on West Main Street and holding a witness to the shootings in his apartment last month, police said.

The Humane Society of Lebanon County has been scrambling to complete the first phase of its expansion and renovation project since the contractor went out of business in October.

A Lebanon police officer speaks with the driver of one of two cars involved in a crash at North Fourth and Lehman streets at 5 p.m. Monday.

After celebrating 100 years in the same place, the congregation at the Palmyra Brethren in Christ Church is looking forward to a change - moving to a new church in North Londonderry Township where it can expand its ministry.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has announced it will invest in 73 watershed protection projects - including three in the Lebanon Valley - intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs.

Habitat for Humanity volunteers Joe Clark, left, of Lebanon and Cal Gingrich of Palmyra put up drywall Wednesday at 1015 Orchard Ave.

Great news from Ross Eisenbrey and Daniel Costa at the Economic Policy Institute -it turns out that the State Department is taking action against the labor recruiters who placed foreign students into the Hershey plant to work for peanuts in unsafe conditions.

Signaling a sharp change of course in the country's largest international cultural exchange program, the State Department has banned a leading sponsor company from bringing foreign students to the United States for summer jobs and will add new restrictions to protect students from labor abuse, officials said Wednesday.

A Harrisburg bond counsel is putting together a proposal for a $5 million loan for Palmyra Borough.

Michael Burdge of Palmyra, left, and Cole Witmer of Campbelltown, both employees at Triangle Car Wash in Palmyra, dry a car owned by Kristie Guyer of Hummelstown, shown inside the vehicle, on Monday.

A pair of Palmyra teenagers missing for nearly two weeks were found safe and sound in Derry Township on Friday night, Palmyra police reported Saturday.

An 18-year-old man traveling with a 16-year-old runaway girl who left her Palmyra home Jan.

The Palmyra Area School District will soon send out a survey to gauge interest in a Spanish Immersion program, in which students are taught in the language from first grade to high school.

The Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank will hold a blood drive at the Jubilee Ministries store, 103 N. College St., Palmyra, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb.

The additional funding will allow more economically disadvantaged Palmyra-area children to participate in recreational programs and sports camps, according to recreation director Tina Manoogian-King. "Last year, the company donated $5,500 and will provide the same level of funding again this year," she said.

State police said they have filed charges against a Lancaster County man accused of committing 30 burglaries during a six-week crime spree late last year.

Borough Council passed a rental registration ordinance with a 6-1 vote Tuesday night after about a year of discussion, with landlords opposing the measure.