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OUR TOWN G-7 SUMMIT

Trump
A special LNP series

aides
fault
France
Say meeting too focused
on ‘niche issues,’ not
global economic hurdles
MICHAEL D. SHEAR
NEW YORK TIMES

BIARRITZ, France — Lunch-

ing on a patio overlooking the Bay
of Biscay at the Hôtel du Palais on
Saturday, President Donald Trump
gushed over Emmanuel Macron, the
French president and the host of the
weekend’s annual Group of Seven
meeting, held this year in the quaint
beach town of Biarritz in the south
of France.
BLAINE SHAHAN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOS AND FILE PHOTO
But even as Trump bragged about
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The sign at Newport and Sadsbury avenues welcomes those entering Christiana. Tim Wanner what he called “a special relation-
competes in the All American Soap Box Derby in 2007. Grave markers for Korean War veterans are made at All Quality Alu- ship” with Macron, saying they have
minum Foundry in the borough. The Christiana Freight Station, 10 Railroad Ave., hosts the Lancaster chapter of the National
Railway Historical Society’s regular meetings and has a viewing platform where visitors can watch passing Amtrak trains. “been friends for a long time,” mem-
bers of Trump’s administration were

RAILS & RESISTANCE

publicly and privately dumping on
the French president and his team.
They complained that the focus of
the summit was more on “niche is-
sues” than the global economic chal-
lenges facing their nations.
Senior administration officials
said the agenda would center too
much on issues designed to play
Christiana, Lancaster County’s smallest borough, well with Macron’s domestic audi-
ence — like climate change, income
was shaped by transportation, early Civil War strife and gender equality, and African
development — and was engineered
to highlight disagreements with
Trump’s administration.
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With just over 1,100 residents, Christiana is the smallest bor- THINGS TO DO PEOPLE TO KNOW
ough in Lancaster County, hugging the county’s eastern boundary. n Several community n Five notable They accused Macron’s aides of
While this largely residential town is off the beaten path today, events throughout the year people who play ignoring pleas by Trump adminis-
it lays claim to a rich history of industry, technological innova- showcase the borough’s crucial roles in tration officials to focus the sum-
rich history. Find out fostering the
tions and a violent defense of escaped slaves that many consider what to do while visiting Christiana community mit, which runs through Monday,
the first conflict of the Civil War. Christiana. Page A11 spirit. Page A10 on national security and a loom-
“It was one of the first stands for freedom,” Dar- ing economic slowdown. And they
lene Colon, president of the Christiana Histori- PLACES TO VISIT HISTORIC FACTS said Macron was purposely trying
cal Society, says of the Christiana n The Christiana Library n From the to fracture the G-7 by veering away
Resistance, sometimes called the contains an Civil War to the from its long-standing mission of
Christiana Riot. actual vault as development of the ensuring that the strains on other
The initial settlements in the remembrance rail line, Christiana economies do not spread globally.
area that would become Chris- of when the is rife with history. “France, this year’s host, wants the
tiana began in the 1770s around building used More facts about the Group of 7 to stay silent on these
mills set up along the banks of to be a bank. county’s smallest core economic issues,” Larry Kud-
Page A13 borough. Page A12
the north branch of the Octor- low, the director of Trump’s National
CHRISTIANA, page A10 Economic Council, wrote in an opin-
ion piece in The Wall Street Journal
n “Our Town” is an occasional as Trump arrived in Biarritz. Kudlow
This historic marker stands on Sunday series that tells the stories
Lower Valley Road, Sadsbury of one Lancaster County town’s accused the French of focusing on
Township, near the site of the people, businesses and community “politically correct bromides” and
Sept. 11, 1851, Christiana Resistance. each edition. SUMMIT, page A7

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STATE GOVERNMENT

Libraries coping with less funding

Increase this year still short of 2009 level; Ephrata location gets creative
ED MAHON stuffed animals, linens from and receives a fee for each one.
PA POST
room rentals, and a variety of This year, the library expects to
The passport office at Ephrata other things that get dirty on any derive more than 20% of its near-
Public Library isn’t very big or given day. ly $1 million budget from pass-
fancy. But the unassuming room is port application and photo fees.
There are some coloring pages, really important to this library, “This is how we keep our doors
crayons and craft supplies kids which houses between 80,000 open,” Penny Talbert, executive
can use while they wait for par- and 90,000 items on its shelves director of the Ephrata Public
ents to finish their paperwork. on any given day and is visited Library, said outside the office. ED MAHON | PA POST
A washing machine and dryer more than 263,000 times a year. “The income from this is what Penny Talbert, executive director of the Ephrata Public
sit behind a clerk’s desk. Library The library handles about 4,000 keeps us going here.” Library, left, and Jane Hershberger, president of the library’s
workers use the machine to clean passport applications a year — LIBRARIES, page A6 board, stand July 31 in the new fiction section of the library.

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