The Power Packs Project has expanded its program to feed in-need students on weekends to all Lebanon School District schools.
Business & Nonprofits
Lebanon Countywide Clean Water Action Plan holding slogan and logo contest
Lebanon’s Countywide Clean Water Action Plan is seeking submissions to a slogan and logo contest. Submissions are due May 30.
Jigger Shop opens for season May 15 with relaxed COVID restrictions
Mount Gretna’s iconic eatery struggled to get by with all the pandemic-related restrictions of 2020, but 2021 is looking up for the Jigger Shop.
Women’s Health Center of Lebanon joins WellSpan Health
The Women’s Health Center’s eight physicians and two advanced practice providers, along with their staff, became part of the regional health care system April 26.
Lebanon Hispanic radio station Cámara 809 adds television station to its lineup
Over the weekend, Cámara 809 FM cut the ribbon on a new local Hispanic television channel, which joins their existing radio station to form Cámara 809 TV/FM.
Visit Lebanon Valley giving away postcards for National Travel and Tourism Week
In celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week and Postcard Week, Visit Lebanon Valley is giving away free postcards to people who fill out an online form.
Another rebranding for the old Treadway Inn – Hammock Hotel replaces Clarion
The Rodeway Inn/Clarion Hotel at Quentin Road and Poplar Street (625 Quentin Road), Lebanon, has been rebranded as Hammock Hotel Lebanon Hershey.
Champ’s Barber School to open in Lebanon
Champ’s Barber School will open in May in downtown Lebanon. It will be located at 37 South 8th Street; the former location of Edible Arrangements and Cedar Book and Card Shop.
Mount Gretna Craft Brewery refreshes menu, brews with focus on fundamentals
There’s a lot new right now at Mount Gretna Craft Brewery (MGCB) – a new executive chef, new brewers, new beers, and new partners – and it’s all part of a spring refresh that has folks at the “Corner” very excited right now.
Quentin Riding Club wants to dissolve, distribute leftover cash to members
There’s still no plan announced for the former Quentin Riding Club property, but while the memories will stick around with the community for a long time, the organization itself is not long for this world.
Bayer Myerstown hiring, sees growth continuing beyond pandemic
Bayer’s Myerstown plant is adding good paying, permanent jobs with benefits, and expects demand for its iconic healthcare products to keep growing.
Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce announces vice president hire
The Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce has brought on Lori Brandt as Vice President.
Massive Hershey warehouse in S. Annville nearing completion
Construction of the one million square foot Hershey Company warehouse in South Annville Township is nearing completion, and the company expects the $178 million project to be complete and operational by the end of the year.
APR Supply acquires four branches in western Pennsylvania
Lebanon’s APR supply adds four Western Pennsylvania locations, expanding its plumbing supply business to 39 locations in three states.
The history behind the Lebanon Valley Craft Brewery, which survived a century of ownership changes – and Prohibition
Lebanon Valley Craft Brewery, 840 North 7th Street in Lebanon, is set to reopen, more than 60 years since the last beer was brewed at the address. The address’s history as a brewery, however, begins over 160 years ago, at a time when breweries in Lebanon were a significant local industry.