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All photos are courtesy of John Wengert.
Requiring funding, collaboration, and various levels of planning, the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail has been – and continues to be – a huge undertaking. But now, almost a quarter of a century into it, the completion of the project is taking shape like a beacon of hope on the horizon.
Sure, plenty of work still remains. But the Rail Trail’s current leg – Phase Six – is a crucial connector, linking the northern and southern sides of the county, while providing a new vision of “the end.”
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Phase Six is so vital that it has been broken down into four distinct sub-phases, for the purposes of this article, A, B, C, and D. Phase Six is one of the Rail Trail’s most urban stretches, a fact that provides its own unique set of challenges.
Group of participants in 2020 at The Important Thing.
Visit Lebanon Valley, the Destination Marketing Organization in Lebanon County has commenced a second county-wide Java Journey. The Java Journey is a self-guided trail that features nine locally-owned coffee shops. The Journey will take place from January 14, 2021 until February 27, 2021.
The rules of the Java Journey are similar to last year. To participate, a customer can purchase a mug and passport for $7 from any of the participating businesses; Timeless Cafe, The Important Thing Cafe, Ancestor Coffeehouse & Creperie, 3J’s Coffee, The Porch and Pantry, Baked Sweet, Sydney Coffee Roasters, and Swatara Coffee Company. Once the participant has purchased these items, they will make their way to the ten shops where they will have the opportunity to purchase a secret menu item that is only made available to those on the trail.
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H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $43 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Lipari Foods (“Lipari” or the “Company”), a leading distributor, manufacturer, and importer of perimeter-of-the-store, specialty, and branded food products, has acquired the assets of Tut’s International Export & Import Co., Inc. (“Tut’s International” or “Tut’s”).
Located in Dearborn, MI, Tut’s International has been importing and distributing high-quality Middle Eastern and Eastern European foods in North America for nearly 50 years. The company imports more than 4,000 products from approximately 80 countries, proudly serving over 3,000 grocery retail customers. Tut’s International offers multiple brands including Dobrova, Shahia, and Lebanon Valley across a broad product portfolio including olive oils
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Chase Boyle
This shortstop heading to Delaware State on a baseball scholarship lost his junior season during the pandemic spring. Chase was on the Milton majors team coached by Rusty Rauch that went to the Eastern Regionals when he was 12. Last winter, the 6-foot-2 versatile athlete with great hands and serious ups stayed fit by playing basketball for the Golden Knights of Sussex Central. During last Friday night’s football game at Smyrna, with his team trailing 34-32 with five seconds remaining, Jon Boat Johnny Wells elected to throw the fading fly to Chase in the corner of the end zone. Chase caught the ball in stride with no bobbles or wobbles for a 38-34 Sussex Central victory and a berth in the Division I state finals Saturday, Dec. 19, against Middletown. Chase’s older sister Rylee Shockley is a senior at Lebanon Valley College. Younger sister Mckenna Boyle plays field hockey, basketball and softball at Central. He has an older sister Gabrielle who is 24. H
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December 17, 2020 6 min read
The last Bologna Fest and Winter Carnival, which took place on Jan. 25 at the Lebanon Ex. (Will Trostel)
It’s utterly tasty and delicious.
It’s steeped in tradition.
It possesses the power to bring people together.
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Bologna is Lebanon.
It’s hard to keep a good bologna down.
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Last month, the Lebanon Bologna Fest and Winter Carnival was cancelled due to concerns related to the COVID-19 crisis. But the organizers of the popular local event, the Lebanon Rotary Club, recently vowed to continue staging it after the pandemic relents, hopefully in 2022.
“We in Lebanon, we’re proud people,” said Patrick Freer, a Lebanon Rotarian and the chairman of the Bologna Fest committee. “But we sometimes live in the shadow of Hershey and Lancaster. Bologna is a product that’s delicious and well-known, and it’s sold all over the country. We’ve got something special here. We should celebrate