Bird’s-Eye View

Sittin’ at Prince Street Cafe right now sippin’ a cup of the Prince Street Blend, an excellent full-bodied dark roast that combines beans from “all Arabica” regions. Arabica beans are considered the best kind of coffee bean because it grows in humid areas which get cold at night (like Central American mountains) and has a […]

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Hot cup of newsroom brew with a splash of hazelnut Splenda. Delish! What’s in your mug? 
 
The bartender’s signalling last call. Today is the deadline for Willow Valley Associates to gather 2,205 signatures and place on the primary ballot a referendum to overturn West Lampeter Township’s alcohol sales prohibition. Willow Valley needs this to establish a 184-room Doubletree […]

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The Year: 2005
The issue: Two attorneys want to plop a bizarre-looking casino into downtown Lancaster, what could have been former Mayor Charlie Smithgall’s final fingerprint on the city he loves so much.
Remember how this could have appeared along North Queen Street?

Ah, the good old days of 2005. A seminal year for your coffee-lovin’ journalist of […]

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Contemplating this afternoon about a three-bean mix of Sumatra, Costa Rican and Kenyan beans and how beans from these three regions mix wonderfully with a dash of mocha-flavored Spenda.
I’m also interested in something David Brooks of the New York Times wrote about recently. Brooks cited a Pew Research Center study about trends in where Americans prefer to […]

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Tomorrow’s print edition will have a story about whether or not West Lampeter Township, which hasn’t seen a legal alcohol drink sold within its borders since Prohibition, should reverse course. Patrick Burns, the Intell’s biz reporter, has the story.
And who’s driving the beer truck to overturn West Lampeter’s alcohol sales ban? Why, Willow Valley, duh. […]

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John McCain, in an apparent slip of the tongue, pledged to veto every pork-barrel-filled “beer” that arrives at this desk. From CNN:

“I will use the veto as needed. I will veto every single beer — bill with earmarks,” he said, as rumblings from the crowd could be heard. “And every single bill that we have […]

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I can hear a lot of people saying, “Finally!” I also can hear groaning about how this would make alcohol more acceptable and this may lead to underage drinking and so on and so on.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is seeking applicants to carry one of 100 statewide kiosks that would distribute wine in places […]

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