Marianne Clay: Writer and Editor

Eberts Lane You can spend your whole life in and around York, and never notice Eberts Lane. Never think you have reason to notice this street that originates on East Market Street between Albemarle and Lehman and ends in the hills of Pleasureville?But Eberts Lane will surprise you. Though the lane runs less than two miles, it's a jumble of contrasts. On Eberts Lane, you find well-tended houses. Most were built in the housing boom following World War II and you find a junkyard and an asphalt plant.You can order parts in a machine shop, buy orchids in a greenhouse, and if you're a member, have lunch, eat dinner or listen to the bands play at VFW Post #556. Certainly Eberts Lane endures much. Route 30 cuts it in two. Route 83 crosses under it. Railroad tracks cross over it.Even more serious, it falls under the jurisdictions of three governing bodies Spring Garden and Springettsbury townships and York City.In the city, most of Eberts Lane runs one-way.But you may not know how rur...