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Domestic abuse: How a York County couple ended violence and saved their marriage
Their high-school romance led to marriage and family. But Dusty Troshak began controlling and verbally abusing his wife April. She eventually sought divorce. Dusty reacted with violence. In 2001, he entered a domestic violence program, convinced it would prove that April was the problem. He was wrong. He soon realized he had to change to save his family. → Read More
York Fire chief: No more negotiations scheduled with union
With time running out before a scheduled vote on York Mayor Kim Bracey's budget proposal Tuesday, York Fire/Rescue Chief David Michaels said that the city and firefighters union have no more formal bargaining sessions scheduled. → Read More
With York budget deadline looming, city council nears vote
After concluding budget hearings at 10 p.m. Wednesday night, City Council members had just five days to pore over the more than 400-page document that details plans for how York will spend about $96 million next year. → Read More
York City Council continues to wrestle with public safety costs
During a budget hearing Wednesday night, York city fire officials explained that if personnel cuts go through, firefighters could be asked to work more shifts in succession. → Read More
York council, public wrestle with possible budget cuts
"What would happen if —" was the refrain York City Council members echoed many times as they convened their first night of budget hearings at city hall and began their search for more ways to trim the government's price of doing business. → Read More
Council, public begin task of wrestling with possible budget cuts
"What would happen if —" was the refrain York City Council members echoed many times as they convened their first night of budget hearings at city hall and began their search for more ways to trim the government's price of doing business. → Read More
#GivingTuesdayYork nets $20,000 for nonprofits
Local nonprofits who joined #GivingTuesdayYork — the grassroots effort to boost holiday donations through online and in-person campaigns — are counting the day as a success, said Meagan Feeser, Downtown Inc marketing director and organizer of this year's event. → Read More
Opinions vary on how York should climb out of fiscal hole
Approve the proposed budget. Cut police and fire. Enter Act 47. Then, apply for bankruptcy. That's the route Better York, an organization that represents more than 60 businesses and nonprofits around the county, believes will help the city stabilize its dire financial position. → Read More
York signs interim contract with third-party for tenant-occupied inspections
York has contracted with QDot Engineering LLC to carry out its tenant-occupied inspections after transferring the work out of the city's fire department this summer. → Read More
Fire union files civil lawsuit against York City
York's fire union filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the city, claiming a breach of contract and seeking to put a halt legally to the looming layoffs of four active duty firefighters, according to documents filed with the York County Court of Common Pleas. → Read More
Fire union files civil lawsuit against city
York's fire union filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the city, claiming a breach of contract and seeking to put a halt legally to the looming layoffs of four active duty firefighters, according to documents filed with the York County Court of Common Pleas. → Read More
York City Council grants extension of amnesty period for $250,000 loan
York City Council members granted a 15-year extension of an amnesty period on a $250,000 federal loan made to the operators of a low-income housing building on Penn Street. → Read More
Developer plans two high-end restaurants in York
Alcohol will be poured again at the former Allison's Bar, thanks to a vote by the York City Council to approve the transfer of a liquor license to Royal Square Development. → Read More
Healthy Pennsylvania insurance network opens to light activity in York
Healthy Pennsylvania — Gov. Tom Corbett's answer to Medicaid expansion — was rolled out Tuesday, offering more than 300,000 Pennsylvanians who fell through the cracks of the federal marketplace a chance to find insurance coverage. → Read More
For local shop owners, Small Business Saturday is a day to build connections, customers
"Bring this down. Now, scoop," Cherie Anne Mansberger told Claudia Hill as she pulled thread through Hill's fingers, helping her to understand how to make a stitch. → Read More
For local shop owners, Small Business Saturday is a day to build connections, customers
"Bring this down. Now, scoop," Cherie Anne Mansberger told Claudia Hill as she pulled thread through Hill's fingers, helping her to understand how to make a stitch. → Read More
Firefighters' union, York mayor hope for deal
The York fire union is prepared to fight for the jobs of eight firefighters — but union President Fred Desantis says he hopes it won't come to that. → Read More
#GivingTuesday in York: Nonprofits team up, join national day of giving back
Donations are instrumental to Family First Health. They cover the gap that's left when the primary medical and dental care provider, which sees 25,000 people a year, treats a patient and doesn't get compensated, said Courtney Lewis, director of development. → Read More
York City asked to delay loan payments owed by low-income housing developer
The operator of an affordable housing complex in York is asking the City Council to extend the amnesty period on a $250,000 loan so that the company can continue to offer housing to low-income residents. → Read More
York City budget: Parties scramble to find solutions
York's budget woes have set off a scramble to find ways to save positions in the departments that could face the deepest losses — police and fire — and triggered a whirlwind of questions about what will happen if a balanced budget comes at the cost of cuts to public safety. → Read More