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Exploring York County dive bars and a column on the ‘pie party’

Posted on November 9, 2012 | Leave a comment

Another day on the job.

Remember that time I ate pie and made new friends in a rural neighborhood? 

That column finally made it in the paper. I used Dickey’s fruit pie recipe as a breakout.

Hyperlocal fun!

You can check it out here. Continue reading →

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Boyer after hours: Halloween adventures at the Hex House. Also, I stubbed my toe in a cemetery.

Posted on November 1, 2012 | Leave a comment

A Boyer family Halloween circa 1992. I have gangrene on my face, and my sister Casey, the provider of this photo, looks like one miserable pumpkin. Those were the good old days. ©

I love ghost stories. In fact, I dedicated an Sunday enterprise piece to a few local ghost hunters and the business that could be brought to several in-need historic sites, if they only marketed themselves as “haunted.”

Last night, the partner-in-crime and I had tickets for a historic ghost tour of downtown York. I couldn’t wait.

When we got there, the tour was, more or less, a history lesson with a few “…and this place might be haunted” statements tossed in. Continue reading →

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Today in mobile reporting news: Someone punched my car

Posted on June 26, 2012 | 1 Comment

Today started like this and ended with a punch in my car.

This morning was lovely.

I had a pleasant walk from my house to the OffCenter Grill at the Yorktowne Hotel, where I planned to sip coffee and put the finishing touches on a story for the business page.

On the walk home, I stopped at the market and ran into Nuts About Granola employee Kenny Brown, who recommends a piano bar in this oh-so-awesome video I made at my last mobile reporting at the venue.

I bought some fresh vegetables. I went home and ate lunch. Continue reading →

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In case you missed it … A YDR Insider Q&A with yours truly

Posted on June 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

Can’t get enough of me?

Check out this Q&A in the York Daily Record’s YDR Insider blog.

The blog itself is where we discuss cool stuff, like what’s going on inside the newsroom.

In this post, I examine tidbits of my oh-so-exciting existence, including the time I got meningitis and the future of journalism.

Read it.

That is all.

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The #ideaLab office last week: Martin Memorial Library

Posted on May 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here’s the office last Tuesday. Martin Memorial Library in York city.

It’s been a while. Took some vacation recently, and I’m just starting to catch up with all my work.

I figured a library would be the perfect place to do that.

My co-worker and I are working on a long-term project, and I needed to focus.

Exhausted, I rolled out of bed Tuesday morning and walked to Martin Library, just a few blocks from my house, ready to put my ideaLab project in overdrive. Continue reading →

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Journalism After Hours: Woman wearing surgical booties saunters into York bar

Posted on May 29, 2012 | Leave a comment

Woman wearing plastic surgical booties.

The funny thing about journalism: Even when you’re not at work, you’re still at work.

To be clear: I carry my iPhone and a notepad EVERYWHERE. It’s the digital journalist way.

You never know when a story — or a very peculiar woman — might cross your path.

Early Friday evening, I was responsibly enjoying a refreshing adult beverage with some associates in the White Rose City when a woman, clad in what appeared to be blue surgical booties emerged from the darkness. Continue reading →

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Stoopin’ in the city: No one is safe from the Boyer CreeperCam

Posted on April 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

Tis the season to be stoopin'! I snagged this gem with my iPhone and posted it on ydr.com's York City Limits blog.

To be clear, I have never in my life owned an iPhone.

So, when I was chosen for Digital First Media’s ideaLab team, I was thrilled with the prospect of having a high quality digital camera (as well as the Twitters) at my disposal at all times. Continue reading →

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Primping for my close-up: New year, new reporter headshot

Posted on March 23, 2012 | Leave a comment

This is my new reporter mugshot, taken by the lovely Kate Penn, YDR photographer extraordinaire.

I know, I know. I just spent an entire column making fun of executive glamour shots.

But I couldn’t resist taking a new reporter headshot on Thursday after finding out I’d need to send one in for Digital First Media’s ideaLab.

I mean, really? What’s a girl to do?

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Wrote this story after attending local tweet-up, ThinkDrink in #iloveyorkcity

Posted on January 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

Originally published on the Money & More cover of the York Daily Record/Sunday News on Sunday, January 30, 2012.

***For more on ThinkDrink, check out this Storify of a November event, which paired cupcakes and beer together for a unique tasting.

Sarah Lanphier, right, owner of Nuts About Granola, tweets about her presentation at ThinkDrink. To her left is Mandy Arnold, founder of ThinkDrink, a group of people who gather once a month to talk about improving downtown and learn about ongoings in the city. © 2012 York Daily Record/Sunday News -- Jason Plotkin

By LAUREN BOYER 
Daily Record/Sunday News

A pint of foam-capped fermented beverage isn’t always the hallmark of high-level cognitive performance.

It all depends on who you are.

For one pack of York County philosophers, the brewskie flows freely as they tackle the issues of what’s what and who’s who in the place they call, affectionately, #iloveyorkcity. Continue reading →

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From music to real estate ventures — an interview with Live

Posted on January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

From the left, York City Councilman Michael Helfrich with Live band members Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey and Chad Taylor in the former Bi-Comp building in York. © 2012 York Daily Record/Sunday News -- Paul Kuehnel

Originally published on Page A1 of the York Daily Record/Sunday News on Tuesday, January 24, 2012.

By LAUREN BOYER 
Daily Record/Sunday News

No one at the Lyndon Diner made a passing glance Tuesday morning at the three middle-aged men sitting around a table of orange juice and coffee.

Then the fourth, Chad Taylor, arrived almost an hour later.

Still, no one requested an autograph. Maybe no one recognized them.

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