Archive for ‘Lancaster History’

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Jan27

History of Fairfield County

by crabby on January 27th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Posted In: Lancaster History

Here is an on-line book I found regarding the early history of Fairfield County… Click Here

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Nov12

What Grinds Beaker’s Gears

by crabby on November 12th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

Beaker sent this email to me: With the city claiming they are doing away with the curb-side leaf pick up to save money, here is what ticks me off. On Monday, I saw the street sweeper go down my street actually sweeping AROUND the piles of leaves that have been placed there for the “one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug08

Gas Rates Compared

by crabby on August 8th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

Current price of Natural Gas per 100 Cubic Feet (Cost Recovery Only) Lancaster Municipal Gas $.80 Columbia Gas $.52 Need I say more – that’s 53.8% more than Columbia! Source – City of Lancaster website and PUCO website. Update: Come back every day from today until the 12th from a complete series comparing Lancaster’s municipally […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul17

Finally a Good Use for an Obama Sign…

by crabby on July 17th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

Submitted by Zeusifer…. WHAT IS YOUR CAPTION TO THIS PHOTO?

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Mar23

Alert Notification

by crabby on March 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

** Notification Alert: ** Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions – The Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off. **We apologize for the inconvenience**

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Feb22

Walking the Streets of Lancaster

by crabby on February 22nd, 2009 at 12:00 am
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues, What Grinds Crabby's Gears

Over the last couple of months Crabby has been participating in an employer-sponsored walking exercise program. The goal is to walk at least 10,000 total steps in a day. There are obvious health benefits to a program like this. It would also seem that you do learn a lot about your town when you walk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb16

Did I Hear That Right?

by crabby on February 16th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

From a chunk of stimulus money Governor Strickland will build more toll roads in Ohio. WTH? The money to build these roads will be taken from taxpayer money and we will be paying for the stimulus money for GENERATIONS and Strickland has the nerve to charge us to drive on the new highways that we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb10

So how much has been allocated and spent…so far

by crabby on February 10th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

All of the bailouts are very hard to keep track of. CNN.com had a nice summary that you should take a look at… Click here.

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Jan28

LPT Closed

by crabby on January 28th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues

If you have a reservation to go to work or shopping on the Lancaster Public Transit you won’t get there today. They closed at 11:00 AM. I hope too that not too many people were expecting a ride home from work! Want to know why people don’t ride LPT?  How many riders would COTA have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan07

Now is Our Chance!

by crabby on January 7th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Posted In: Lancaster History, Lancaster Issues, What Grinds Crabby's Gears

President-Elect Barack Obama has requested that mayors from around the United States to submit projects that could be funded (Read Wall Street Journal article here). It would appear to me that this is the chance that we have been waiting for – The Lancaster Brewery. The brewery would provide employment for LOCAL citizens and would […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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