When’s the last time you saw this many people come to a planning commission meeting?
I had some incredible live tweeting fun the other night in Chanceford Township.
… also known as “the middle of nowhere.”
… also known as “The Brogue.”
You can check out the Storify here.
It doesn’t get any better than this, my friends.
Essentially, the township’s planning commission was considering a plan for an adult cabaret to occupy vacant space in a strip mall (pun totally intended!) Continue reading
Wanted to post this quick this morning.
I’m pretty tired from a crazy (and it was CrAzY) St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
Here’s my story that ran this weekend about the potential shutdown of lines at the local BAE Systems factory.
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We got a note from the students over at Central York High School that just made my day Friday.
As you recall, wle did a NewsVroom presentation for two journalism classes a couple weeks ago.
Anywho, you can read it for yourselves.
A lot of them seemed SUPER enthused about getting out of the cubicle.
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Horrible picture. These were taken the day my mom gave me Penn State footie pajamas.
Click here to read my story on the adult footie pajama trend that’s sweeping the nation.
As some of you know, I’m a huge footie pajama advocate.
In fact, I blogged about the topic not too long ago for YDR.
Ever since then, I’ve been scouring York County in a search for my fellow footie brethren.
One day last month, I had the hankering for a light-hearted story. Continue reading
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The stage of the Strand all decked out for Think Loud’s after party on Feb. 28. Later in the night, the curtains opened and Live played with a backdrop of empty seats.
The past couple weeks, for me, have been about music.
First, there was the lack thereof.
Last week, we broke this story about Harley-Davidson removing radios from its plants as a matter of safety and productivity protocol.
I know what you’re thinking. (Some people even emailed me to share their two cents.)
“Why is this a story?”
“What are you going to write about next? The contents of Harley’s vending machines? The employees’ bathroom breaks?”
Truthfully, this isn’t really a story about Harley at all. Continue reading
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Just wanted to share this story that ran last Sunday on the front page.
It’s about naked people.
A few months ago, via Facebook, a man I didn’t know messaged me on Facebook about doing a story on nude models. I kind of giggled.
Let’s be real. Nudity is hilarious, and I can — at times — be the most immature human on the planet. Continue reading
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So, last night was super fun.
I joined co-workers Brittany Wilson and Sarah Chain to kickoff the NewsVroom’s yearlong initiative of visiting York County libraries.
We traveled to Dover Area Community Library, where I had the opportunity to present my ideaLab project to Girl Scout Troop #20195.
Before a mock press conference, I discussed basic apps (QuickVoice, iMovie, Notability, 360Pano, etc.) and I got to play this video of this old man with his funny cane.
The best part: One of the girls recommended I go set up my “office” at Chuck-E-Cheese.
Loves it.
Here are some photos from the event:
I had to drive the NewsVroom van, because — let’s be honest — everyone else was scared to.
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This is me and fellow business reporter Stephanie Reighart being awesome.
I spent Saturday morning hanging out with my coworkers, the NewsVroom and a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Boy Scout Troop 94 pancake breakfast in the Shiloh Fire Hall.
Trust me, anyone who was anyone and was on social media between 7 a.m. and noon that day knew without a shadow of a doubt that A PANCAKE BREAKFAST WAS GOING ON.
Why? Because we covered the crap out of it using ScribbleLive.
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Future home of Johnson Controls? We’ll just wait and see.
Last week got pretty wild.
For months, we knew a Fortune 500 company was looking to relocate within York County to Hopewell Township using a tax incentive program that needed approval from the school board, township and commissioners.
If they didn’t get what they needed, they’d likely go to Maryland — or so we’re told.
Not knowing who it was frustrated the hell out of me. Continue reading
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This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for Penn State’s win in overtime against Wisconsin … and these awesome seats!
If you’re looking for a warm fuzzy story this Thanksgiving weekend, I have two.
The first belongs to our Thanksgiving package where we highlighted what Yorkers cherish this holiday. (Hint: It’s difficult to fit this theme for the Money & More section. Most people, I hope, won’t say, “I cherish money.”)
I met Amanda Danuski through through Twitter and wrote this story about her cherishing the ability to start a new job while coping with osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease.
Today, a story I wrote about Chandra Illarza appeared on the front of the Sunday News . The York city woman recently quit her job and purchased a house to shelter homeless men.n Continue reading
