Lancaster County population tops half a million

by Daniel Klotz on March 19, 2009

New data out today from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that Lancaster County’s population officially topped the half-million mark last year. The county grew by 4,415 between July 2007 and July 2008, bumping it from 497,955 residents in 2007 to (…)

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Lancaster, PA tweetups are on a roll

by Daniel Klotz on March 11, 2009

Twelve of us had a second successful breakfast tweetup this morning at Prince Street Cafe. Thanks for reading about it on this Lancaster PA blog! Lancaster, PA tweetups are on a roll The twelve of us were Jeff Geoghan, Kate (…)

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Creative Writing in Lancaster

by Daniel Klotz on March 8, 2009

Here’s a poem fragment that merits reflection on a spring Sunday. It’s Franz Wright, reflecting on his baptism That insane asshole is dead I drowned him and he’s not coming back. I’m trying to write more like him—spare and contemplative (…)

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