Denim Coffee, a Chambersburg-based coffee roaster that opened a Lancaster coffee shop in 2024, is buying the Columbia and York locations of Prince Street Cafe for an undisclosed price.
The sale is expected to be finalized Sept. 16, and the coffee shops will subsequently be rebranded as Denim Coffee, according to a news release from Commons Co., owner of Prince Street Cafe.
The original Prince Street Cafe in Lancaster, which debuted in 2006, will remain owned by Commons Co., which also owns Passenger Coffee and Merrymaker Catering. Commons Co. is owned by Kyle Sollenberger and Crystal Weaver.
Denim Coffee will be making minimal changes at the York and Columbia coffee shops, although both will be closed briefly for the transition, Denim Coffee co-owner Tony Diehl wrote in an email.
Security camera footage shows destruction from Thursday’s EF1 tornado in the area of Church Avenue (towards Holy Trinity) and Avenue K (towards the Union Station parking lot). [Videos by Kyle Strassmann]
Date: The open house will be on Thursday, August 27th
Time: From 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: At the Columbia Borough Council Chambers, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA 17512
Activity: Kittelson will provide a presentation at the beginning of the meeting to provide folks an overview of the project (existing conditions, crash data, concept design highlights, etc.). We will also display large posters of each of the twelve PA 0462 segments that folks can provide comments on. There will also be water and snacks!
Online Input Activity: From 08/27 – 09/03, the open house materials, including the presentation slides, and a comment form will be available on our website for those looking to learn more about and comment on the project, but are unable to attend the in-person meeting. The Online Input Activity will be featured on the Complete Streets webpage on our website here: Complete Streets | Lancaster County Planning Department, PA.
Elizabethtown Area School District’s new superintendent, Tom Strickler, is taking a different approach to the role than his predecessors took.
Strickler, who has a deep background in finance, will continue to direct his expertise there and leave the art of overseeing district curriculum to newly installed Director of Curriculum Megan Moffett.
Typically, he said, a superintendent will rise through the ranks from teacher to principal to top administrator having developed the expertise to focus on continuously developing curriculum.
Strickler is the first to admit that’s something he can’t do.
The board’s decision to appoint its chief financial officer as superintendent, without filling the CFO role, has drawn skepticism from some community members who worry it will be difficult to adequately serve the 3,400-student district in both areas.