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Jesef Williams
jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
A few thousand dollars are being saved in the continued efforts to revitalize the Brooklyn Avenue area.
At its Tuesday, March 27 meeting, City Council unanimously approved a change order pertaining to the sewer rehabilitation for phase II of that area’s revitalization efforts.
The change decreases the amount of money spent after two sewer line segments were removed from the project, said City Administrator Helen Sowell.

Traumatic brain injuries can happen at any time to anyone at any age.

To raise awareness of the impact these injuries can have, March was designated as National Head Injury and Disabilities Month. 

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow, jolt or bump to the head or penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain function.

Joyce Davis, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of South Carolina, said TBIs are the No. 1 cause of death for people ages 1 to 44 in South Carolina.

Two Lancaster County men were hospitalized after sustaining injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday night, March 28.

Doug A. Fells, 29, of Kershaw was driving a 1988 Ford Mustang with Christopher Adam Hunter, 32, of Lancaster as the front-seat passenger, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Fells was traveling north on Farmbrook Road at 8:40 p.m. when he came upon a right-hand curve. The car ran off the right side of the road and collided with a tree, said Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Billy Elder.

More college students than even before will have a chance to work for the city of Lancaster as a summer intern. 

The city is now accepting applications for its annual internship program, which will run from May 29 to Aug. 6. This year, the ten-week program will include five students – two more than had been involved in years past. 

Shelia Thompson, the city's human resources assistant who helps organize the program, said she's pleased City Council approved the two additional positions this summer.