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4.25.2010
Safe! Barnstormers successful in bringing people back to city
It doesn't matter if it was a run or a pass; the result was still a touchdown, right? view entire story

11.01.2009
Among the survivors
By DENNIS LARISON, Business Editor - Getting a small business off the ground and keeping it afloat can be a daunting task in the best of times. view entire story
01.18.2007
Minor league team plans to benefit local rehab facility
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Lancaster residents have shown a real appreciation for professional sports in recent years, and this spring they will have a new minor league football team to follow. view entire story
06.23.2006
Stadium parking plan means a walk for fans
Similar arrangement has posed problems for some residents in Lancaster

York Dispatch - Jose Quiros can see Clipper Magazine Stadium from the front porch of his Lancaster City townhouse.
On game days, he can also see the cars lining West New Street in front of his home.
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06.23.2006
In the ballpark
Experts, public officials at odds on the economic benefits of baseball in York
York Dispatch - Eric Perrone grew up on Lancaster's North Prince Street and remembers the aging commercial and industrial buildings that used to be where Clipper Magazine Stadium now sits. view entire story
02.03.2006
Pizzerias prepare for blitz
For local eateries, Super Bowl Sunday is the long-awaited big game
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This Sunday -- Super Bowl Sunday -- pizza shops around the county can expect a rush of activity, so they're preparing their defense. view entire story
WITF Monthly February 2006
The Stadium Effect
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - The Lancaster Barnstormers’ inaugural season is over. Inside Clipper Magazine Stadium there’s only a ghostly silence. view entire story
09.24.2005
Winning season
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Call it a solid single, not necessarily the long ball Chris Ditzler hoped for, but the type of base hit around which rallies are built.Ditzler owns Slugger’s Pizzeria on North Queen Street, a few blocks from Clipper Magazine Stadium, where the Lancaster Barnstormers play their final game of the season this afternoon. view entire story
09.23.2005
Rookie of the year
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Two women left Slugger’s Pizzeria on North Queen Street just after lunchtime one day this week, a tall cathedral-like building dominating the cityscape from more than a block away. view entire story
02.11.2005
Merchants, residents excited about new neighbor
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - It’s not hard to see the spires of the baseball “cathedral” when you stand on the front steps of Chris Ditzler’s new pizza and sub shop in Lancaster, just as it’s easy to see the baseball cap on his head.  What you can’t see, but what you can measure by talk of the growing ballpark, is all the excitement with Lancaster’s new baseball team, said Ditzler, owner of the new Slugger’s Pizzeria on North Queen Street. view entire story

01.28.2005
New Ballpark Hits on Businesses' Hopes
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Chris Ditzler remembers the disappointment he felt two decades ago when Lancaster's minor-league basketball team left the city. "There hasn't been anything to fill that void of professional sports," said Ditzler, 32. view entire story

12.23.2004
Slugger's will Cater to City's Ballpark Crowd
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Build it and we will open a business.
That's what a Lancaster couple said before buying the property at 701 N. Queen St., home of Slugger's Pizzeria. view entire story

 

 

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