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The city of Lancaster will celebrate the arrival of Spring on May 18 with the third Annual Red Rose Festival. The 2012 event includes an outdoor concert, arts, crafts, and Kids Zone from 5 to 10 p.m. on May 18 and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on May 19 in beautiful historic downtown Lancaster.
This year’s festival features more than 75 artisans, crafters, food vendors, as well as an A-list of nationally and locally known music artists.

Has there ever been a bigger example of an over-reaching federal government than the recent dispute in Washington over contraceptives?
In February, the Obama administration unveiled a mandate for employers and insurance companies to cover the cost of contraceptives for women. The mandate is part of Obamacare, the sweeping overhaul, or as many people call it, the government takeover of health care.

Jesef Williams
jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
If another entity had to assume control of the city of Lancaster’s wastewater treatment plant, would it still function properly?
With City Council’s most recent action, that answer has a much better chance of being a yes.
Council voted unanimously at its Feb. 28 meeting to adopt a new operating and maintenance manual for the city’s treatment plant off Lockwood Lane.
The previous manual was written in the 1980s.

Reece Murphy
rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
They’re home!
After nearly a week of lonely bleating and standing watch at the pasture gate, Remo the ram has been reunited with his family – the missing Zarrelli goats.
The development is a happy ending to an article that ran Sunday featuring Lois and Neal Zarrelli of Lancaster asking for the public’s help in finding their five stolen goats – a mama goat, named “mama goat,” her two youngest kids only days old, named Tom and Jerry, and their two juvenile siblings.