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Courthouse Fire By Jenny Hartley-Senior Reporter The Lancaster News August 5, 2008
Blackened roof beams hovered like a skeleton above the
brick walls of the Lancaster County Courthouse on Tuesday.
The beams and a few slate shingles are all that’s left of the roof of
the historic building, built in 1828.
The courtroom was set on fire early Monday morning by an arsonist. The
building’s original judge’s bench is a charred shell. Water dripped from
the ceiling of the courtroom and sunlight shone on burned case files and
stacks of arrest warrants on Tuesday afternoon.
“Whoever did this, they need to be strung up by their toes at the
courthouse by one of those rafters that survived,” County Councilman
Fred Thomas said.
The arsonist apparently got into the building through a front window and
left through the back door on the bottom floor. The fire likely burned
for some time before it was discovered, Lancaster Fire Department Chief
Chris Nunnery said.
A restoration company worked Tuesday to salvage files from the bottom
floor.
The bottom floor’s plaster ceilings bubbled in the heat of the blaze,
and water trickled down the walls from the second floor. Industrial fans
blew through the rooms Tuesday afternoon to dry soaked carpets and wet
documents.....more
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As See Lancaster closes its third operating year we look back and realize
just how much has been accomplished and how Lancaster County is developing
its own tourists and visitors attractions. We began July 2007 with the
announcement that See Lancaster had been awarded the monies for researching
and inventorying the cultural/heritage assets throughout the county. This
research was to be part of a three step process in developing the Lancaster
County Tourists Action Plan. The Cultural and Heritage Tourism project is
now complete as is the National Main Street Assessment of our three
municipalities. The third part, a new Charrette or strategic plan, is
expected to be accomplished sometime in the future.
We also became involved with Carolina Thread Trail, a regional initiative
involving 15 counties in NC and SC. The plan is a long range regional
network of trails and greenways for walking, biking, commuting and simply
enjoying. It will create a permanent legacy of conservation by linking
communities and attractions across both Carolinas. Best of all the Carolina
Thread Trail will be free and accessible to all. The planning grant to help
organize and make the public aware of the potential trails within the county
will be submitted during the next 12 months. ...more
City
ponders clock tower funding By Johnathan C. Ryan - Reporter The Lancaster News March 30, 2008
Lancaster
City Council is moving forward on a project to create a monument
to Springs Industries’ Lancaster Plant and the employees who
worked at the plant for many years.
While the mill is now gone, its tower clock has been refurbished
and the city is now hoping to place it inside a monument that will
stand somewhere in downtown Lancaster.
City Administrator Helen Sowell said the majority of council wants
the monument on the island in Elm Street that faces Main Street
from the west. That would be part of an effort to beautify the
southern part of downtown, she said....more
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