Southern York County Life

AT LAST!!!!!  After years of phone calls to Penn Dot and numerous emails to our state rep, Stan Saylor, 24 south of S-town is going to be repaired and repaved!!!!
I was promised that it would be started by April....looks like the state is keeping it’s word!

bikertrash - 11 March 2010 09:32 PM

do ethiopean resturaunts really exist??  last i heard we shipped them their food.

Haha!  Sorry, I enjoy ironic humor . 

While I understand some people enjoy different ethnic foods, Stewartstown is not really the place to try such a specialized restaurant.  You’ll probably never get more than basic vegetarian options (there are basic ones, just order something without meat in it) because, again, it’s too specialized for a small town like this to support it.  You need a lot of new age yuppy city slickers to keep those restaurants alive.  I feel sorry for vegetarians, they’re missing out on all the good stuff!

Is this road project part of the federal reinvestment act spend-a-thon?  I guess if it is at least we get something out of all the wastefulness.

Mitler - 12 March 2010 10:20 AM

While I understand some people enjoy different ethnic foods, Stewartstown is not really the place to try such a specialized restaurant.

From what I’ve seen open and close around here, I would imagine something as specialized as Ethiopian or Indian wouldn’t fly. 

Cause you know, this area is ALL ABOUT being “new and different”

Just sayin…

bikertrash - 11 March 2010 09:32 PM

do ethiopean resturaunts really exist??  last i heard we shipped them their food.

there’s something in a name

Chris_McGraw - 12 March 2010 11:00 AM

Cause you know, this area is ALL ABOUT being “new and different”

Just sayin…

yyyyep…

Peppercorn’s over in Shrewsbury was the last “new and different” place I remember around here, it was a unique locale, had unique sandwiches and good food, and Mark and Penny were good folks...I miss that place.

I miss Peppercorn’s too!  We’d just found it about 3 weeks before it closed.  So disappointing. I especially loved their outdoor tables.  I feel like most stores and restaurants around here forget about ambience.

Mitler - 12 March 2010 10:20 AM

While I understand some people enjoy different ethnic foods, Stewartstown is not really the place to try such a specialized restaurant.  You’ll probably never get more than basic vegetarian options (there are basic ones, just order something without meat in it) because, again, it’s too specialized for a small town like this to support it.  You need a lot of new age yuppy city slickers to keep those restaurants alive.

name of website = ”Southern York County Life”

eEL - 12 March 2010 01:24 PM

Mitler - 12 March 2010 10:20 AM

While I understand some people enjoy different ethnic foods, Stewartstown is not really the place to try such a specialized restaurant.  You’ll probably never get more than basic vegetarian options (there are basic ones, just order something without meat in it) because, again, it’s too specialized for a small town like this to support it.  You need a lot of new age yuppy city slickers to keep those restaurants alive.

name of website = ”Southern York County Life”

Original post was regarding the MTS building, which is in Stewartstown.  But, maybe there is a gutsy entrepreneur in southern York city that would be willing to give Ethiopian or Indian a try.  Hats off to anyone trying to start up a business this year.

AT LAST!!!!!  After years of phone calls to Penn Dot and numerous emails to our state rep, Stan Saylor, 24 south of S-town is going to be repaired and repaved!!!!
I was promised that it would be started by April....looks like the state is keeping it’s word!

The only reason why the state is keeping its word is because this is a major election year, i.e. the terms for gubnatorial, state senate, state representtive, congressional seats expire at the end of this year. Many are seeking re-election. In the case of gubnatorial in PA, Rendell is out, and the stage is set for the battle to begin as to who wins the primary election in both parties for this seat.

There is also a major battle in PA for U.S. Senate seat of Arlen Spector that expires this year and Spector “wants one more term.”

I’m so tired of his using that “one more term” line it makes me want to barf. He’s been in office longer than the office itself has existed. He never did squat for York County and always catered to Philadelphia his home stomping grounds and Pittsburgh because those two areas hold the vast majority of voters. He kept using the line that he was in a senority position and could do so much for PA. Oh please spare us that line of hogwash! It’s like a broken record. This time he can’t use that line because he is in a minority position because he switched his political party from republican to democrat. He sees the writing on the wall for him, especially since he has a democratic opponent this coming primary.

Spector used to be a democrat and then switched his political affiliation to republican so he could run for district attorney in Philadelphia and win. Well he won that seat and went on to run for U.S. Senate which he won. Now his own party has turned their heads the other way and he came crawling to the democratic party to let him in. Well he switched his political affiliation and I’m still waiting to see what he is going to do for York County, especially the southern end of the county. He has yet to do squat!

Ask Spector how many town hall meetings he has held in southern York County or even in York County itself during his decades of being in office? Tom him York County is out of sight and out of mind and always has and will be.

Several years ago when his brain cancer resurfaced he submitted an article to the YDR mentioning what a great invention the MRI is and how most people should get them. Well that’s all fine and dandy for him who has 100% medical coverage, but what about the average Joe who doesn’t even have medical coverage and couldn’t afford to purchase medical insurance? What about the few average Joes who have medical coverage and have only 80% of any medical claims covered and they have to fork over the other 20% plus a co-pay up front? MRI’s are not cheap! 

Time to get your waders on and your shovels out folks and clean the barn out! Adios Spector, don’t let the door hit you in your you know what!

When John was Stewartstown’s post master 20+ years ago John was looking for a spot for a new post office. I had recommended to him at the time MTS which used to be Houston’s Supermarket. He checked it out and said it was an ideal spot for a new post office. He submitted the info to the higher up chain of command and they really liked his proposal. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the USPS in that they were forced to cut their budget, and yep you got it right..... the new post office for Stewartstown was given the axe.

Like most folks I’ve read where there are plans to build a new post office down at Bailey Springs. I don’t think this is a good location and I told the current post master so. First of all 851 is too heavily traveled by vehicles. Secondly, residents in the borough enjoy being able to walk to the post office to obtain their mail, especially the elderly. By erecting a post office at Bailey Springs, the life of the elderly will be placed at great risk. Actually the lifes of a lot of residents will be placed at great risk!

I have contacted the current post master and suggested MTS again which he plans on submitting to the higher ups. He probably did it already as this was almost a month ago when we discussed this.

MTS is perfect because it removes heavy traffic off Main Street in the borough. MTS also provides ample parking and large mail delivery trucks can easily access it from the rear of the building. MTS is also perfect in that it is large enough plus it is located in a shopping center and near the district justive office and across from homes that can keep an eye on the post office which has been vandalized far too many times over the past two decades.

The current post office is located in a dimly lit area and there aren’t windows all around it so that people can see what is going on where the counter area is located.

Several years ago another postal patron and I happened to stop in the post office and noticed a horrible odor. We both retrieved our mail and while I was skimming through the mail deciding what to trash like the other patron, I happened to turn around and notice what was causing that horrible odor! Some scum bag, yes folks sorry for using that term but that is how appalled I was over what I saw-- right out in the open next to where the entrance door is for postal employees was a pile of human feces! How disgusting! The other postal patron and I almost barfed! I drove home and called the post master at the time and told him. He said he was aware of it and that he had asked another employee to go down and clean it up which they did. That repulsive act forced the post master to lock the lobby for two weeks to prevent another recurrence.

Bottom line is, in my opinion MTS needs to be the next location for Stewartstown’s Post Office.

Well, the plans were all done but not finalized for the post office that would have been on the empty lot next to the MTS parking lot, I can remember seeing them and really liking the plans.  At the time, It was a plan that folded in upgrade of the current older MTS shopping center area into the new post office construction, I believe at the time they were also trying to handle all the drainage concerns to tie into the Fypon upgrade below as well.  Of course, this was all pre-Rutters while Stanley Lloyd was still alive and controlling all those locations. That I recall, it was not all the USPS’s doing that the move to that site never happened, there were issues on Mr. Lloyds side as well.  Yes, it’s a shame, the location and plans looked nice.  Now that open lot can’t be used, not enough room, not sure if they could use the actual MTS building or that footprint to build a new post office or not.

I doubt there will be any new post office for Stewartstown or any other small towns in the future. We missed our chance. If anything, postal service will be closing small post offices and merging. We may have to go to Shrewsbury or Fawn Grove or ? for a post office in a few years.

I read recently that to save money the post office was considering closing down the smaller post offices and having a postal kiosk or something in a local store for mailing things and buying stamps and such.  I suppose that would be less expensive than renting a whole building.  But presumably your daily mail delivery would be handled by a larger post office in another town…

I read recently that to save money the post office was considering closing down the smaller post offices and having a postal kiosk or something in a local store for mailing things and buying stamps and such.  I suppose that would be less expensive than renting a whole building.  But presumably your daily mail delivery would be handled by a larger post office in another town…

Right now that larger post office is in Lancaster where they have state of the art mailing equipment. Check out the postal post mark for cancellation.... it will say Lancaster. All mail leaves our local post office and eventually goes to Lancaster for processing. Same for incoming mail. This is most likely the reason why I’ve heard people complaining to me about their mortgage payments, car payments, etc. not arriving in ample time before they hit with a late fee. I keep telling them that mail does not leave here and go its original destination as there is a layover in Lancaster.

A previous state rep. from Lancaster county saw to it that he got his constituents a new post office at taxpayers expense! First he comes into the area buying up farms left and right with the sole intention of applying sludge on the farmland. You don’t see his personal farm having sludge applied. Lancaster farms can’t have sludge applied to them because of the liquid manure they use on their farmlands, the PH level is too high. York county farms PH levels are just right. Sometimes the PH level isn’t right which requires lime to be applied to the farm land to bring the PH levels within the acceptable range for applying sludge.

This is a topic on the activity going on with the roads and the old MTS site. Now it is about sludge and who knows who and who recommended to who to do whatever.

Good grief - stay on topic a bit. It is no wonder people can’t follow threads after a bit. They go beyond meandering. Sludge application (while a problem) is not the topic of discussion.