Strengthening Organic Certification Oversight

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) have introduced the bipartisan Risk-Based Oversight for Integrity Act, legislation that would modernize the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight of organic certification by focusing...

Man Arrested For Furnishing Alcohol To Minors

EPHRATA – The Ephrata Police Department have arrested, Joseph Zisa, 27, of Stevens for Selling/Furnishing Alcohol to minors, Public Drunkenness, Scattering Rubbish, Restriction on Alcoholic Beverages, and two Ephrata Township ordinance violations. On May 29th,...
Appliance Theft In Lancaster Township

Appliance Theft In Lancaster Township

LANCASTER TOWNSHIP – On June 25, the Lancaster Township Police Department responded to the 100 block of Dickens Drive in the Hawthorne Gardens community for a reported theft. Officers learned that during an apartment renovation, kitchen appliances had been temporarily...