FAC ES OF LANC AS TER
Urban Forestry of Pennsylvania
For over a quarter of a century, Fox Country Sheds has built a reputation for quality hand-crafted backyard sheds The Kontis family – Adam and Jeannie Kontis and their son Alexander – have continued this tradition since 2008, manufacturing backyard storage sheds and prefabricated garages from their facility in the Brickerville area.
Fox Country Sheds is not only a supplier to wholesale dealers, but also sells directly to homeowners through their website or in person at their manufacturing facility. Truckloads of sheds depart daily for local deliveries, as well as to homeowners and dealers throughout the Mid-Atlantic area.
Sheds and prefab garages in popular and attractive styles, sizes and colors are available to meet your storage needs while matching your property for a complementary look. Specialty buildings include Pool Houses, Two-Story Garages, and Modern Studio Sheds.
Customize and view your shed in 3D right on their online shed design software from the comfort of your living room Better yet, use the Augmented Reality feature and “view” your shed right in your backyard before placing your order You are always welcome to visit “Face to Face” for a personal experience.
Stop in and meet the Fox Sheds crew in person. For more information and inspiration you can check out their website, as well as social media such as Facebook and Instagram.
537 E. 28th Division Hwy. Lititz, PA 17543 717-626-9560
www.FoxSheds.com
For the past decade, helping clients keep their properties safe and beautiful has been a family affair for Dan and Bekah Cunningham, owners of Urban Forestr y of Pennsylvania. Dan is head of operations for the Lititz-based company that specializes in tree removal, tree trimming and stump grinding. Bekah does double duty as a homeschooling mom of three who also runs the office, scheduling jobs, invoicing, handling payroll and more. They employ a full-time climber who also ser ves as a second foreman as well as several employees who work on the ground. In addition to tree work, Urban Forestr y of Pennsylvania also offers 24/7 emergency storm ser vice, small land
clearing and forestr y projects, along with landscaping ser vices that include planting, spring/fall cleanups, mulch, lawn regrades and seeding. Their crew is always professional, respectful and courteous. “We get a lot of compliments on their great job cleaning up, sometimes leaving properties even cleaner than before we came,” Bekah says. “We strive to leave a lasting impression, and the majority of our business has been built by word of mouth.” For more information, or to get a quote on a residential or commercial project, visit urbanforestr ypa.com, contact urbanforestr ypa@gmail.com or call 717-693-9126
In 1975, Oregon Dair y founders Ear l and Mar y Hurst and their son George began bottling the milk produced on their farm and selling it, along with ice cream, out of a simple dair y store.
Over the next half-centur y, the Hurst family and business would grow The dair y store would become a full grocer y store. Ice cream would lead to a restaurant and ice cream shop with a playground. Tours of the farm would evolve into an entire agritainment venture, called the Farmstead. Today, Oregon Dair y includes The Mar ket and Restaurant, Milkhouse Ice Cream Shop, a playground, and The Farmstead that hosts year-round events.
Through it all, family has been at the center, with the second generation, George, Willie, Cur vin and Victor Hurst, recently selling the business to the third and four th generations The restaurant and store are now owned and operated by Willie’s son, Jon Hurst, George’s daughter, Kr ista Mar tin, and her son, Konrad Mar tin. The Far mstead is led by George’s children: Tim and Mar ia Forr y, Dalena Baer, Chad and Nicole Hurst, and Gar y and Kr ista Mar tin.
“Family business can be difficult, but I think we as a third and four th generation have had a good example from the first and second on how they’ve handled working together in many situations,” Kr ista Mar tin says
It takes more than the Hurst family to run Oregon Dair y. The business has about 375 employees
“We thank them for their par t in making Oregon Dair y a success,” she says “Their hard work and dedication to the business is appreciated!”
Mar tin says her family is also grateful for 50 years of communit y suppor t. They appreciate the dedicated customers who patronize their business and consistently vote for Oregon Dair y as a favor ite in LNP | LancasterOnline’s Readers’ Choice Awards The third and four th generation of owners look forward to continuing to ser ve the communit y for years to come
Fox Country Sheds owners Jeannie and Adam Kontis, and their son Alexander, welcome you to stop by their sales office.
Confidence Starts with a Smile
Orthodontics is about more than fixing crooked teeth. For the doctors at smilebuilderz, it’s a unique combination of art, science and personal interaction that can not only improve smiles but transform lives.
The smilebuilderz orthodontic team includes Dr Silke Cummings, Dr Serban Nicolaescu and the newest member of the practice Dr Jonathan Shue.
A Penn Manor and Millersville University grad who also served five years as a general dentist in the U.S. Air Force, Dr Shue says he enjoys the complexity of his specialty.
“The orthodontic journey is about more than just straightening teeth,” he says “It’s also empowering people and setting up lives for hopefully the best future possible.”
And while some dental issues are straightforward problems with straightforward solutions, such as a filling for a cavity, the art of orthodontics is far from formulaic. It’s working with a medley of variables from facial balance to jaw position to the patient’s personality to craft a smile that’s unique to the individual.
That’s especially satisfying and fun when working with younger patients, says Dr Silke, who fell in love with orthodontics as a kid when she had the opportunity to shadow her own orthodontist as he treated others.
“I usually see my patients as they’re beginning their transition into adolescence,” she says “Some of the change I see is just born of the familiarity of seeing each other every month for a couple years, but I still love seeing them open up and smile more and share more of their lives with us.”
At smilebuilderz, Shue, Cummings and Nicolaescu are part of a larger dental team that integrates many specialties under one roof, including general dentists, periodontists, endodontists and pediatric specialists. What began with one dentist is now a practice that employs over 250 at four locations: a main campus off Oregon Pike and three primary-care offices in Ephrata, at Route 30 and Rohrerstown Road, and on Lititz Pike.
The unique practice model offers the best of both worlds: comprehensive care with a small-office feel. And it benefits both the practitioner and patient.
“If at any point in treatment I have a question about something outside my specialty I can collaborate with others in the office, I can refer and follow up, communication is easy and that just makes for a special comprehensive package,” Dr Shue says “You may not be seeing all the specialists at all times, but you have the expertise of all the specialists backing you.”
At the same time, patients still get the personalized attention that comes from seeing the same doctor and staff.
“For patients, I think that means the world,” Dr Shue says “They get continuity of care; they get to build the relationship and feel comfortable. If they have questions they’re talking to the person that’s been managing their care from start to finish. It’s pretty unique and cool.”
To learn more, visit smilebuilderz.com.
- Dr Serban Nicolaescu
- Dr Jonathan Shue
- Dr Silke Cummings
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DID YOU KNOW?
Shopping in Lancaster not only means getting to see the same friendly faces each time you patronize a nearby business, it also means keeping money in your community. A 2018 study from American Express, the company that founded Small Business Saturday (which is celebrated the day after Black Friday), and the National Federation of Independent Business found that roughly twothirds of every dollar spent at a small business ultimately stays in the Lancaster community. That boils down to 67 cents out of every dollar.
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Fo r more than 80 ye ars, Jo hn We idm an & Sons, Inc. have always va lu ed thei r cu stom ers. This has le d th em to be known fo r bei ng one of the mo st dependable heating and cooling sal es and s er vi ce bu siness in Lancaster, Be rk s and Lebanon cou nties No matte r what seas on it is, yo u can count on Jo hn We id ma n & So ns, Inc. to prov ide outst andi ng s er v i c e to both re sidential and com me rc ial custome rs
Jo hn We idman & Sons, Inc wa s st a rted by Jo hn We id ma n in the mid -193 0s as a coal deliver y bu sine ss Afte r W W II , his sons join ed their fa ther as the com pany cha nged to an oil and H VAC bu si n es s. Jo hn We id ma n & So ns, contin ue s to be a tr ue, gen uine fa mi ly-ow ned bu siness to day. Al ong wit h thei r em pl oyee s, yo u will se e fa mily members ins ta lling and ser vicin g thei r equi pm ent, del iver in g fuel oil, answe ri ng th e phones and wo rk ing all di vis i ons of the com pany. Gr anddaughter Ca ro l We idman Hill , along w i th Pa ul Hi l l, Sr., Pa ul Hill, Jr and Davi d Hill, contin ue to carr y on the fa mi ly bu si nes s.
They ser vice, re pair and i nst al l al l ty pes of equ ipm ent including Br ya nt air co nditioners, heat pu m ps and ga s fur naces. Oil fur naces are from tr usted man ufacturers like Wi lliams on and Ther mo pr id e. Bo iler br ands include Bu rn ham , New Yo rker and System 2000. Jo hn We idman & So ns, In c. also offe rs sal es, s er vice and deliver y of heating oil, ke ro se ne and diesel fuel at com petitive pr ices
Front Row (L-R): David Hill, Paul Hill Jr., Tad Hill. Back Row (L-R): Paul Hill Sr., Kyle Hill, Carol Hill, Shane Hill, Carey Olson, Bryn Olson
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The Lititz Record Express covers hyper-local news from the Lititz and Manheim regions as the sole weekly newspaper dedicated to local coverage in those areas. The Lititz Record Express began as two publications that were town rivals until the Lititz Record and Lititz Express merged into one weekly newspaper in 1937
The Ephrata Review covers hyper-local news from the Ephrata and Cocalico regions as the sole weekly newspaper dedicated to local coverage Founded in 1883, this paper was formerly known as both the Saturday Review and the Ephrata Ensign.
Both publications focus on coverage that includes government, entertainment, business, church, school, and sports. Local residents turn to the Ephrata Review and the Lititz Record Express for their news, making it the best place for your business to advertise No one can reach this community and your potential customers better than these publications, whose subscribers eagerly await each issue Benefit from our variety of advertising products including print and digital advertisements and special sections on pages where your customers turn.
Good to see you again, Lancaster! ain,
Stop in Framed by James, a recently opened optical shop at 301 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster, and you may end up with more than new eyewear. Owner Jim Albright will happily invite you to sit down for a glass of wine and some friendly conversation too all on the house, of course.“It’s like a neighborhood bar that sells glasses,” he quips. The boutique-style setting of Framed by James is far different from his former business, Albright Opticians, which his father opened in 1965 and where Albright worked for 55 years before selling it in 2022. His intention was to ride into the sunset of retirement, but he got bored after about two years. Framed by James is an opportunity for Albright, 74, to go back to doing something he loves but on a much smaller, more intimate scale
There are no eye exams and no additional employees. It’s just him, fitting people with attractive and affordable prescription eyewear.
Albright offers a nice selection of frames, including brands with styles and colors you may not find elsewhere in Lancaster County. Since opening in March, he’s been welcoming new customers by word of mouth, including a Philadelphia-based actress who admired someone’s glasses at a Prima Theatre after-party and found out they had gotten them at Framed by James
And he’s been reconnecting with old customers too.
“A lot of customers I had from the past are coming in and we are reacquainting ourselves and telling war stories about what happened over the last two years,” he says.
“It’s more fun than retirement.”
Framed by James is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Other hours by appointment. For more information, visit framedbyjames.com or call 717-875-8812.
From Café Cabarets to Cultural Catalyst
Prima Theatre Marks 15 Years of Bold Joy — Led by Founding Executive Producer, Mitch Nugent
LANCASTER, PA What began as a cabaret in a café has become a cultural force. Prima Theatre, founded and led by Mitch Nugent, celebrates its 15th Anniversary Season with a lineup of bold performances designed to do one thing: crack open joy.
Fifteen years ago, Prima was just an idea scribbled on a napkin in Prince Street Café Mitch asked “What if a theatrical experience made you feel more alive?” That very café became the venue for Prima’s earliest cabarets intimate performances packed with talent from Broadway and regional theaters, where locals sipped lattes just feet from world-class artists. It was raw, unpolished, and electric. And it worked
In the years that followed, Prima became a nomadic company, performing in vintage car garages, historic warehouses, film studios anywhere art could thrive. The company staged immersive concerts, modern rock operas, and reinventions of beloved classics.
Then in 2018, Prima established a home in the former Hamilton Watch Company executive offices, transforming a stark industrial space into an intimate black box theater that now hosts thousands each year A building once devoted to precise timekeeping now pulses with bold performance and human connection.
All of it is rooted in Prima’s mission: to invigorate lives through fresh theatrical experiences. Whether it’s a soul-stirring concert, a boundary-breaking play, or a joy-filled evening with friends, every show is designed to spark something real to lift, to connect, and to wake us up to the wonder possible in our lives.
And the numbers tell the story. While regional theaters shutter at record rates with national attendance down 27%, according to the NEA Prima is growing. Under Mitch Nugent’s leadership, the theatre has seen 32% audience growth since 2019, draws audiences 25 years younger than the national average, and has generated over $146 million in local economic impact.
“Joy is a balloon. And life has pins. But we can refill it together.” Mitch Nugent, Founding Executive Producer
ABOUT MITCH NUGENT
Mitch Nugent is the Founding Executive Producer of Prima. For 15 years, he’s redefined arts leadership not just creating performances, but building a movement. He’s brought Broadway legends like Billy Porter, Stephen Schwartz, and Shoshana Bean to Lancaster and now serves as the developmental partner for Rob Bell’s theatrical works, including the acclaimed We’ll Get Back to You.
Honored with the Innovation in Nonprofit Leadership Award, Jefferson Award for Public Service, and Pursuit of Equity Award, Mitch has served as a trusted collaborator to organizations like Adobe, Willow Valley Communities, and Pfizer
A recent interview with NPR described him this way:
“What sets Mitch apart isn’t just his creative vision it’s the way he transforms culture, builds connection, and moves a community forward.”
THE VI SI ON
Mitch’s vision? Experiences that act as a jolt of life. As he puts it:
“Meetings. Errands. More scrolling repeat.
And then it hits: Is this really it?
Prima’s 15th Anniversary Season is an invitation to step out of the routine and into something electric.
To gather
To laugh.
To get that jolt of life.
These aren’t just shows.
They’re moments that crack open joy.”
THE 2025–2026 SEASON
The full lineup is live now with early access, savings, and flexible exchanges for subscribers.
DISENCHANTED
A sassy musical comedy where fair y tale princesses rewrite their own stories. PG-13, subversive, and wildly funny.
ILLUMINATION
Prima’s signature candlelit holiday concert an immersive experience of peace and joy during the busiest season.
THE 70s EXPERIENCE
A high-energy immersive retro concert adventure with nonstop hits from Queen to Stevie Wonder
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA
(Abridged)
Three actors, 90 minutes, and the entire histor y of the U.S. told at warp speed with irreverent, whip-smart comedy.
THE MOTOWN CLUB
An original soul concert that transforms Prima into a swanky, live music lounge. Pure heart. Legendar y sound.
“This season is your chance to make room for joy” says Nugent.
Tickets: primatheatre.org/season