Snowedon,
Snewedon ⦠its changed spellings are a march through history) is thought to have been bestowed by Saxon sailors, for whom it would have been a notable landmark as they navigated the channel from Traeth Mawr. (The etymology explains why the newspaper favourite âMount Snowdonâ, in other words âmount snow hillâ, is so egregious.) As the Guardian country diarist Jim Perrin notes in his book Snowdon: the Story of a Welsh Mountain,
Snawdune was written down in 1095, while Yr Wyddfa appeared in 1284. The name of the nearby peak Cnicht is also said to come from Old English, being derived from the word for knight â it is shaped like a helmet â though a Welsh origin has also been claimed.
When: Pequea Valley school board meeting, April 15.
What happened: The board approved moving forward with tentative plans for Union Community Care to erect a health care site at Pequea Valley Intermediate School.
Background: Earlier this year, Lancaster and Welsh Mountain health centers merged into a sole health care provider, known as Union Community Care. This nonprofit organization offers accessible and comprehensive oral, substance abuse, physical and mental health services to underserved communities across Lancaster and Lebanon counties.
Why itâs important: Although the district has access to dental and vision coverage, administrators recently met with Union Community Care representatives and discussed tentative plans to establish a school-based health care site that would provide medical and behavioral health services for students districtwide. These on-site health professionals, according to director of student services Kathy Koenig, would collaborate with school perso
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Authorities have located human remains while searching for 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos, an Amish woman from Pennsylvania missing since last summer, according to FOX43.
After police forensically process the scene in a rural area in the eastern part of Lancaster County, the remains will be sent to the coroner to be identified and to determine cause and manner of death.
It’s unknown if the remains belong to Stoltzfoos, who was last seen walking home from church June 21 in the Bird-in-Hand area.
A Lancaster County judge ruled early last month that prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence to bring a case to trial against 34-year-old Justo Smoker of Paradise in the disappearance of Stoltzfoos, LNP newspaper reported.
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On the afternoon of Thursday, July 31, 1980, 14-year-old Evelyn Fisher left her parents New Holland home wearing a white T-shirt with yellow stripes, blue jeans and faded blue-and-white sneakers.
She walked across the family s yard toward a nearby vacant house, which she had been asked to clean.
She was never seen again.
Two days later, the hunt for the missing teenager was front page news. Fire company volunteers, police and other community members mobilized for the search.