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(Jeff Falk)
Does anybody really care? ?
– Chicago
Time is precious, but we still need pastimes. As we consume time, time consumes us.
We mark time arbitrarily, with seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years and with age and calendars. Today, our phones and countless other devices serve as a reminder that time is fleeting (and difficult to manage). These digital clocks fill a need that society once met in a much more public way.
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‘Hey buddy, got the time?’
In downtown Lebanon, there are at least three public clocks, none of which work if indeed keeping time is still their collective goal.
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LebTown file photo. (Cheyenne Tobias)
The Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce has elected a new slate of officers for 2021 – and, with an eye to COVID-19, is gearing up to do what it can to help local businesses survive the pandemic.
“This year, our focus is not only on economic recovery, but entrepreneurial growth and workforce development,” Chamber president and CEO Karen Groh told LebTown, noting the Chamber “will continue its strong advocacy with the our legislators, to make sure we are representing the voice of our members and addressing the issues most impacting their operations.”
Chamber board chairman Brett Holland said the goal for 2021 “would be to continue to support our local community, work forces development, be a point of contact for information regarding help that is available and assist towards helping our neighbors and friends get back to a healthy place, especially on their balance sheets!”
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December 18, 2020 6 min read
A snowplow clearing out a Cornwall driveway in the President s Day Blizzard of 2003. (Karen Groh)
From the President’s Day Weekend Blizzard of 2003 to 1993’s “Blizzard of the Century,” these snowstorms prove that weather, if severe enough, can be a historic and long-remembered event. Here are just a few of the most memorable blizzards to hit Lebanon County over the years.
1888
It’s difficult to find information on blizzards in the area prior to the 20th century, aside from general guesses as to the conditions of the county during larger, recorded regional storms.
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When the Great Blizzard of 1888 hit the East Coast in mid-March of 1888, it halted trains, shut down communication lines, wrecked ships, and resulted in the deaths of hundreds. To date, it is still considered one of the worst snowstorms in the country’s history.