• Four municipalities are taking MESA to court: Columbia, Mount Joy boroughs, Rapho, West Hempfield townships filed an action Thursday in Lancaster County Court, in an effort to stop the Municipal Emergency Services Authority of Lancaster County from billing them when it provides emergency medical services to their residents. According to the complaint, the four municipalities want a judge to tell MESA that it has no legal authority to bill them for services and that they do not have to pay bills that have been sent to them, which total $117,300. MESA coverage includes Conoy, East Donegal, Mount Joy and West Donegal townships and Elizabethtown and Marietta boroughe. MESA is different from other companies because it charges a fee to residents rather than relying on voluntary support, guaranteeing yearly funding. The fee last year and this year is $85. (Source: LNP)
• Lancaster Library pushes back reopening: The Lancaster Public Library has delayed its reopening to at least another week following a Feb. 22 sewer blockage that flooded the first floor of the library. The library intended to open on Monday but has pushed back the date to March 17. Library spokeswoman Leigh Kaliss said that timeline could change again. Staff will provided limited services Monday when the library stations its outreach van outside the North Queen Street building in Ewell Plaza. (Source: LNP)
• Lower Paxton Township Supervisor set to resign: Supervisor Chris Judd, elected in 2017, cited health concerns for his resignation from the board. Judd served on Lower Paxton Township’s Public Safety Committee, was a member of the 2004 Lower Paxton Township Long Range Planning Committee, and served on the Central Dauphin School Board. Judd’s resignation comes less than a month after Supervisor Chairman Robin S. Lindsey resigned on Feb. 12. (Source: CBS 21)
• Protest gather at Lancaster County courthouse over puppy death case: A group of 12 to 15 women rallied outside the Lancaster County Courthouse Thursday to bring awareness to the prosecution of an Earl Township man accused of killing four puppies in late 2023. According to police John S. Stoltzfus Jr., 47, is accused of illegally putting four puppies to sleep after he was unable to sell them. Lancaster County breeders have been placed on the Humane Society’s “Horrible Hundred” list multiple times. The list recognizes breeders and puppy mills cited for health and safety violations. The county had three breeders on the national list in 2024, five in 2023, two in 2022 and four in 2021. (Source: LNP)
• Nation/world: 26,00images set to be removed in Pentagon’s DEI purge (Source: AP News) SpaceX Starship test flight ends in explosion (Source: AP News) Ukraine and U.S. to meet again (Source: NBC News) Severe violence in Syrian since Assad fall (Source: BBC News)
