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  • Glen Laurel residents waiting for County Council’s decision on roads

    At least a dozen Glen Laurel residents waited to hear some good news about their neighborhood’s roads at Lancaster County Council’s meeting on April 6.

    But despite their presence, council decided to table a request to add their roads to the county’s system.

    Residents from the Indian Land neighborhood had hoped council would incorporate their roads, allowing them to be maintained by the county.

    But with the absence of documentation from the owner of the roads, council unanimously decided to table the issue until its April 27 meeting.

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  • Community Playhouse to stage ‘Gypsy’

    Whether he’s sewing an evening dress for a lead character, or getting on stage to show child actors how to make a scene perfect, Eric Grace holds the musical “Gypsy” close to his heart.

    “Gypsy,” considered to be one of the greatest American musicals, will be performed by the Community Playhouse of Lancaster County on April 24 and 25 and May 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. in Stevens Auditorium at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.

    A matinee will be performed at 3 p.m. April 26.

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  • Call center could bring 600 jobs

    More than 600 call center jobs could become available in Lancaster, but only if the local workforce meets specific criteria.

    Keith Tunnell, president of the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp., said a call center company is interested in relocating to the city of Lancaster.

    The company, which has not released its name, is comparing Lancaster’s available workforce with two other cities in consideration. The other cities have also not been named.

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  • Student pursuing his dream

    INDIAN LAND - As he prepares for an upcoming performance in downtown Charlotte, Tyler Mitchell remembers how his life as a musician began.

    It all started singing in the background as his father, Robert, played guitar. His father gave Tyler his own guitar when he was about 3. That’s when Tyler first discovered his calling.

    “I was just a young kid singing with my dad. It was great,” Mitchell said. “I’ve been around music my whole life.”

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  • City seeks college students for intern program

    A paid summer internship may be waiting for you.

    The city of Lancaster is looking for three college students to work for 10 weeks during the summer.

    Interns from previous summers have worked with the city’s courts, building and grounds and at City Hall with the human resources and finance departments.

    Shelia Thompson, the city’s human resources assistant, said where an intern is placed depends on the students’ interests.

    Each participant gets paid $7 an hour.

    This will be the fourth year for the summer internship program.

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  • Roy Hardin Park swap gets first OK

    Councilman Jack Estridge raised several concerns about plans to relocate Indian Land’s Roy Hardin Park at Lancaster County Council’s meeting April 6.

    The plan, requested by York Development Group, LLC, would move the park from near Collins Road to an area one street over, near Shelley Mullis Road.

    There are only 2 acres of usable park space at the current park, out of a total 9.9 acres, and the company has requested moving the park in order to develop the land in another way. The new park would have 4.9 usable acres of space.

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  • Police reports - April 24, 2009

    According to Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office reports:

    - A Lancaster man was arrested April 2 after a traffic stop on York Street.

    Carl Nicholas Hall, 26, 105 Hunter St., was charged with driving under the influence, driving under suspension and resisting arrest.

    According to the report, an officer stopped Hall because he knew Hall was driving under suspension. The officer turned on his blue light and siren after Hall did not stop for him on Springdale Road, the report said. Hall turned into a driveway on York Street, got out of the car and ran.

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  • Run for Ryan event different this year

    Donna White sits peacefully on a bench as she watches young athletes run around the racing track at Lancaster High School.

    For White, those runners help keep her son’s memory alive, as they energetically engage in the activity he loved but was too ill to do in the last months of his life.

    White’s son, Ryan McKinney, died in February 2006 from Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS). He was 19.

    KLS is a rare neurological disorder that may result in altered behavior and a need for excessive sleep.

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  • See Lancaster announces winners of Trivia Trek

    The Lancaster Downtown Business Association and See Lancaster have announced the winners from the city of Lancaster’s newest event, the Red Rose Trivia Trek.

    Children and their parents strolled through the historic downtown area in search of participating businesses identified by clusters of red balloons in front of the stores at the April 11 event.

    Answers to specific questions were identified at each location and recorded on each child’s personal answer sheet.

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  • Two arrested in Rope Lane home invasion

    Two men have been arrested in connection with a home invasion on Rope Lane on Sunday night in which a man and woman were tied up.

    Reuben Timothy Curry, 24, of 1177 Shiloh Drive, and Tyrone Johnson Jr., 19, of Rock Hill, were arrested by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and were in possession of two stolen vehicles, said Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office attorney Tom Holland.

    Warrants from Lancaster County are pending, Holland said. The men will be charged with first-degree burglary and armed robbery.

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