Three or so small eateries in a highly visible corner space.Â
An outdoor pool and a clubhouse for tenants.Â
These are part of the Hankin Groupâs vision for the former Lancaster Family YMCA property, a 3.5-acre site bounded by North Queen, West Frederick and North Prince streets, a company executive disclosed Monday.Â
There the Exton-based developer plans to construct apartments, medical offices for Lancaster General Health and space for other uses, as LNP | LancasterOnline previously reported last June.Â
âOur goal is to create a project thatâs going to activate this area and be of benefit not only to the city but to Lancaster General as well,â said Neal Fisher, Hankinâs vice president of development, at a city Zoning Hearing Board meeting.Â
A longtime police horse will be retiring this Saturday, Lancaster police announced.
Duke, the 22-year-old Percheron, will be clopping down from his position as a police mount after 18 years of service at Saturdayâs âCoffee With a Copâ event at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Art Park at North Prince and West Chestnut streets at 10 a.m., the police department stated in a post on social media.
The equine officer will be retiring to a private farm âwhere he will be able to enjoy his golden years,â police said. He will retire as the longest-serving police animal in Lancaster police history.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as additional information is gathered.
A small group of demonstrators gathered at Chestnut and North Prince streets in Lancaster city late Tuesday night, after a Minneapolis jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd.
âGuilty AF,â read the sign held by Jess Mohring, 33.
âI think (the verdict) means justice for all Americans, hopefully,â said Mohring, of Lancaster, who took part in social justice protests last year after Floydâs death.
Mohring said they were âhypedâ about the verdict when they learned about it at work, and took to the streets shortly after to express their excitement.