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Small towns have it tough. Even tourist towns. Earlier in the year, the Gettysburg Borough Council raised the parking meter rates in hopes that it would increase revenues for the borough to use for other things. In part, though, raising rates had something to do with a parking challenge, namely, lots of vehicles and few [...]

Yes, a local college professor is proposing a stock exchange for the local area and proposes Lancaster as the location of that stock exchange. Is it passable?
The proposed name of the stock exchange is Lancaster Sustainable Enterprise Stock Exchange, or as is the nature of the exchanges, an acronym: LanX. Sounds like an airport.
The stock [...]

I saw the story online in the Cumberland County Sentinel. The National Apple Harvest Festival, which takes place in Arendtsville Pennsylvania every year, saw a great turnout this past weekend and people were spending money. It seems they aren’t that worried about the economic downturn at all.
Does that mean John McCain is right when he [...]

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Gettysburg Borough and several downtown Gettysburg Pennsylvania businesses are the target of Americans With Disabilities Act complaints due to noncompliance with the 1990 federal law that makes handicap accessibility a civil right. This is a real double-edged sword because many of these businesses have been around a lot longer than 1990. Gettysburg itself predates 1990 [...]

Every now and then I read a heartwarming story of courage and commitment. Recently, it was in the Gettysburg Times.
Daniel Kyle is 8 years old. He released 30 balloons on his grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary with a note attached for whoever finds them to let him know where they landed. A man in Gettysburg, Bill Anders, [...]

I just want to use this blog post to say thank you to our current and future sponsors. We’ve been writing about interesting things to see and do in and around Gettysburg since early in the summer and we’ve had a handful of local merchants who are great supporters.
A sponsor does not necessarily need [...]

Local businesses on Gettysburg’s tourism row are due some revitalization and area leaders are ready to give it. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rep. Todd Platts presented Main Street Gettysburg, the local revitalization group, with a $70,000 check this past Wednesday. The check represents a portion of grant money to be used to revitalize [...]

Gettysburg took a tourism season hit this year despite record breaking numbers. Gettysburg Bike Week was well attended and reenactment weekend hit an all-time record for attendance as well. Yet, spending among tourists was down. A recent article in the Hanover Evening Sun, which does a better job of covering Gettysburg than the Gettysburg Times [...]

Gettysburg’s Harley man is positioning himself for another run for a casino in Adams County. According to an article in the Hanover Evening Sun, David LeVan says he can do it. His plan, however, hinges on whether another operation planned for Western Pennsylvania is successful or not.
If the other race-track/casino is denied its application [...]