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Celebrate Lancaster is Friday; no fireworks this year

Activities run from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

By One United Lancaster - June 23, 2022

June ‘Conversation About OUR Community’ to examine LGBTQ+ issues

The free event takes place on Zoom from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 28.

By United Way of Lancaster County - June 22, 2022

High-rise proposed for Gallery Row

The former Teachers Protective Mutual Life Insurance Company Building would anchor the southeast corner of the project.

By Tim Stuhldreher - June 22, 2022

Pride Fest celebrates LGBTQ+ community (photos)

The annual festival aims to shine a light on the progress made by the LGBTQ+ community towards visibility, acceptance, and equality.

By Madeline Seiler - June 22, 2022

‘Preacher’s Kid’: Bright Side founder Rev. Louis Butcher Jr. on his life, career and decades of social change

“I grew up as a ‘P.K.,'” says the Rev. Louis Butcher Jr. That is to say, a “Preacher’s Kid.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - June 17, 2022

Celebrations planned for Juneteenth weekend

Last year, President Biden signed a law making Juneteenth a federal holiday.

By One United Lancaster - June 16, 2022

Lititz restaurant Tied House no longer hosting ‘Christian state’ forum

News of the plans led to an intense backlash on social media.

By One United Lancaster - June 16, 2022

Locally based Migrant Education Program graduates 150+ students

More than 150 participants in Millersville University’s Migrant Education Program graduated from high school this spring, the program’s director said. Millersville’s program serves students in Lancaster, …

Lancaster to celebrate Haitian culture with weeklong residency by band Lakou Mizik

The band Lakou Mizik promises to introduce Lancaster to the richness of Haitian culture during its visit here June 12-18.

By One United Lancaster - June 7, 2022

Selebrasyon eritaj ayisyen nan lakou Lancaster

This article on the band Lakou Mizik’s upcoming visit to Lancaster was written by Haitian born journalist Herve Dorsainvil.

By One United Lancaster - June 7, 2022