Editorial

We Need You


Drew keeps telling me not to bury the lede. So here goes … If you see news happening, call or text us at 717-460-3803. And … If you want to give us advice, email me at business@thesunontheweb.com. Now, to explain … Seventeen years ago, when Debbie and I bought The Sun, we never imagined that The Sun would someday be […]

Could Have Been Much Worse


I knew last Friday was not going to be an ordinary day. Something seemed off, and it felt like something bad was going to happen. It did. But it could have been much worse. I was on my way to work, playing classic rock, enjoying my freshly-made cup of Dunkin’ Donuts, driving through downtown Elizabethtown when I saw a car […]

You Get What You Pay For


As a resident of Elizabethtown, I’m now paying for my EMS service – about $90 a year – following the formation of the Municipal Emergency Services Authority of Lancaster County (MESA). It is a move that has ticked a lot of people off. But it was a move that had to be made. And will we see a similar move […]

Perception is not Reality


I had an interesting conversation with a teenager recently who admitted to me she very intentionally posts pictures on her social media platforms that aren’t necessarily representative of who she is, where she’s been or what she’s doing. In fact, in one case, the photo of an afternoon outing in Philadelphia was lifted from a relative’s page, who had recently […]

Not Forgotten


It’s crazy to think that 300 years ago if you didn’t have any money to your name, or family to handle your affairs when you died, you were buried without a grave marker in a corner of the cemetery. I actually didn’t believe it, until I literally saw it this week when a company with ground penetrating radar unearthed, so […]

Going Up



At every newspaper everywhere, editors constantly badger writers not to “bury the lede,” not to hide the most important news deep into the story. Except when the newspaper is the story. On Feb. 11, the Lebanon Daily News ran a story about itself, waiting until the 10th paragraph to get to the most important news: So, effective Feb. 13, the […]

Stern, Not Brady


On his radio show this past week, Howard Stern rhetorically asked his audience why he has never been very marketable. Particularly, why he hasn’t ever been considered for a Super Bowl commercial. In response to his own question, Stern said, “I’m famous, but I have the kind of fame … you heard of me, but it’s not good what you […]

Thank You, Gary


In last week’s “Outdoors in Sun Country,” our Jerry Feaser highlighted the many accomplishments of Dr. Gary Alt, whose research efforts as a biologist with the Pennsylvania Game Commission made hunting in the Keystone State much more fruitful. Alt began his work with the game commission in the late ‘70s as a bear biologist at a time where the black […]

Long Live Legion


It was the perfect pairing. An organization comprised of war veterans and the sport of baseball. What’s more American than that? But now it’s no more, at least in Lebanon County, after the seven members of the American Legion baseball league voted to disassociate themselves from the league and go independent. Before you get upset at the teams for parting […]

A No-Brainer


I can’t imagine what was going through Cindy Weatherholtz’s mind when she decided to run back into a burning house to try and rescue two family members who were still inside. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 21, tragedy struck when a home caught fire on Patton Road in North Londonderry Township. Four of the family members escaped […]


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