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Conestoga River Named River of the Year
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Malinda Harnish Clatterbuck, executive director of the Conestoga River Club, speaks next to the poster design for the 2026 River of the Year.
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volunteer and take action to clean and protect them. Historically, the Conestoga River was highly polluted, and many tributaries are still considered impaired. However, the river has become a source of increased recreation and enjoyment for local communities. It received 2,510 votes for River of the Year. “How L ancaster has rallied around the Conestoga River has been nothing short of inspiring,”
t’s not every day you get to be on TV. For Manor Township resident Marty Molitoris, it was a remarkable experience. Marty appeared on the fourth hour of the show “Today With Jenna and Sheinelle,” which airs on NBC stations at 10 a.m. on weekdays. He was nominated, interviewed and selected for a Father’s Day makeover segment. “I don’t use the term life-changing very often,” he said. “But what I went through, and seeing how an individual can come in and impact my life and open my eyes to things that I was blind to before ... it was something I will never forget.” Marty’s daughters, Claire and Charlotte, heard of the makeover challenge from their mother, Cathy, Marty (second from right) and his wife, Cathy (second from left), were joined
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A Classic Rivalry Cowboys and Eagles, a classic rivalry. But this game doesn’t take place in Philadelphia or Dallas, Texas. It hails from the Manheim Brethren in Christ Church. The Chuckie Magee Flag Football and Cheerleading League, a Lancaster-based nonprofit that offers a competitive avenue for individuals between the ages of 18 and 40 with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is set to kick off its sixth season in July. The league offers two teams, the Cowboys and the Eagles. T he two teams w ill pl ay a 10-game season that will begin on Saturday, July 25, and run through Saturday, Oct. 17. All games will be played on Saturdays, and most will be played at Manheim Brethren in Christ Church, 54 N. Penryn Road, Manheim. Select games (Aug. 22 and 29) will be played at Lancaster Brethren in Christ Church, 1865 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster. “It’s like sandlot football,” said league founder Randy Samuels. “We show up and we play. There’s always shenanigans going on, a lot of fun and sneaky stuff being done. ... They come out, they have fun and get to exercise.” Naturally, most of the league’s participants are fans of the Eagles. Samuels, who coaches the Cowboys, is a diehard Dallas fan - drawing the ire of many of his players. The league’s cheerleaders are referred to as “Lancaster’s Sweethearts,” a registered trademark owned by Samuels. The term references the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, who are known as “America’s Sweethearts.” “I get booed so much, and I egg them on,” Samuels said.
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Officials recently honored the Conestoga River as Pennsylvania’s River of the Year for 2026. The ceremony was held in Lancaster County Central Park and was a part of Lancaster Water Week, an annual celebration of the 1,400 miles of streams and rivers in Lancaster County, hosted by Lancaster Conservancy. This week of events encourages people to enjoy and learn about the waterways throughout the county and to
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