Save the date – the 30th Annual Union Canal Days is setting up soon.
Joshua Groh
Josh Groh is a Cornwall native and writer who began reporting for LebTown in 2019. He continued to regularly contribute to LebTown while earning a degree in environmental science at Lebanon Valley College, graduating in 2021. Since then, he has lead conservation crews in Colorado and taken on additional freelance writing opportunities. His focuses at LebTown include local history topics, outdoor recreation, and aspects of the membership program. You can find him biking out on the Rail Trail in his free time.
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Palmyra students spend a day learning at the lakeside
Students of Palmyra Area School District took to the cool spring waters of Memorial Lake on Tuesday to investigate the quality of their local waterways.
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Rails to Trails moves forward with planned Jonestown-Lickdale expansion
The Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails (LVRT) has reached another milestone in the planning of a trail connection between Jonestown and the Swatara State Park near Lickdale.
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Historical Society to hold Pennsylvania Dutch language course
Instructor and Pennsylvania Dutch expert Alice Spayd will teach weekly classes on the dialect beginning in late April.
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Lebanon Heritage Trail expands to include Cornwall landmarks
As the winter fades away and spring blooms in Lebanon Valley, consider taking a trip along the newly-mapped Cornwall Heritage Trail.
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Lebanon’s historic Perseverance Band warms up for a summer of performances
The 162-year-old Perseverance Band of Lebanon is ready for another year of making history and playing music.
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Taking a few laps back into Lebanon’s little-known racing history
The city of Lebanon was a respected name in motorsports’ heyday.
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Free Historical Society program planned on “Terror in the Tulpehocken”
The Lebanon County Historical Society will host speaker and historian Lynn Otto this weekend, who will present a history of the Tulpehocken Valley during the French and Indian War.
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Gretna Theatre scouting for young Oliver! actors
Gretna Theatre is looking for local child actors to star in its upcoming production of the Oliver! musical.
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Wish you were here: Lebanon County postcards of decades past
These postcards from the World War II and postwar era are a beautiful reminder that there’s a lot to appreciate around us in Lebanon County.
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ELCO students vote on next year’s cafeteria selection
Democracy has finally arrived in one of the least-expected places—the school cafeteria.
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Union Canal volunteers work to repair tour boat for upcoming season
Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park, an all-volunteer organization, has been hard at work repairing the park’s tour boat this winter.
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ELCO students get up close and personal with sharks
Light snow flurries didn’t stop almost 300 students and family members from taking part in a Family Science Night at ELCO Middle School on Friday night.