Today's News

When the Andrew Jackson High School Class of 2012 graduates in just a few short weeks, it will not only mark those students’ farewell to AJ High, but also an end of an era in public education.
AJ Principal Mary Barry recently announced she will retire from her post at the Lancaster County Class AA high school.
Barry had hoped to work one more year, but her decision was based on the care needed by her elderly mother in Detroit.
Barry’s retirement ends a wonderful career in public service.

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
An organization known for helping local families in need is suddenly in need itself, as authorities investigate a recent theft at HOPE in Lancaster.
The 501-(c) 3, non-profit group, which provides assistance with food and utility bills to area families, announced the theft in a press release sent Friday, May 4.
“(HOPE) recently experienced a breach in the data stored on its computer through the theft of computer equipment,” according to the release.

Reece Murphy
rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
INDIAN LAND – By now, clashes between industry and upper-Panhandle residents as a result of the area’s uneven zoning are well documented; and now there’s another, this time between residents and an Indian Land recycler.
As part one of a two-part series this week and next, we’ll look at the tensions between the two parties and examine some of the issues behind it.

By now, you have probably read the story  on Page 1A about the investigation of the missing money and a missing computer at HOPE in Lancaster.
If that wasn’t bad enough, there is another pressing issue, too.
The annual Stamp Out Hunger! food drive set for Saturday, May 12, is a godsend for the agency, but you don’t have to take my word for it. Somebody a lot smarter than me once said a picture is worth a thousand words and I had to see it for myself.