May 24, 2018 - Elizabethtown Advocate

School Board Asked for More Bus Service

Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

A Bainbridge parent expressed concerns to the Elizabethtown school board about the Elizabethtown Area School District’s redistricting plans, which include eventually ending bus transportation to and from child care centers that are outside an elementary school’s attendance zone. With the re-opening of Bainbridge Elementary School this coming school year after a yearlong renovation, the district has been […]

Community Featured News

New Nonprofit Group Aims to Help New Park in Mount Joy Township

Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

If Lance Koons’ vision comes to fruition, the Old Trolley Line Park now taking shape along Beverly Road in Mount Joy Township will have a pavilion with a facade resembling a trolley car next summer. Koons is the owner of the Rails to Trail Bicycle Shop on Hershey Road (Route 743), Elizabethtown, next to the […]

E-Town College Featured News

Elizabethtown College Announces New Dual Admission Program

Dan Robrish Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

A dual enrollment agreement was signed Tuesday, May 22, in The Yocum Library at Reading Area Community College by (left to right) Betty Rider, Elizabethtown College senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty; Carl J. Strikwerda, Elizabethtown College president; Anna Weitz, RACC president, and Susan Looney, RACC senior vice president of academic affairs/provost.

Beginning this autumn, students attending Reading Area Community College can transfer academic credits directly to Elizabethtown College via a dual admission agreement between the two institutions. The agreement was signed Tuesday, May 22, in the Yocum Library at RACC by Carl J. Strikwerda, Elizabethtown College president; Betty Rider, Elizabethtown College senior vice president for academic […]

E-Town College Featured News

College Gets New VP for Student Life

Dan Robrish Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

Elizabethtown College has named Dr. Celestino Jose Limas as vice president for student life; he begins the position July 1. A former vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash., he replaces vice president and dean of students, Marianne Calenda, who retires from Elizabethtown College on June 30. Limas brings […]

EAHS Bears Featured Sports

Locker Medals Twice, Qualifies for States at the District 3 Track and Field Championships

Kyle Morgan/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

The Elizabethtown Area High School track and field team had a number of athletes in the field at the District 3 Track and Field Championships, which took place on Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19, at Shippensburg University. While only one EAHS competitor wound up medaling, she did it in impressive fashion. Sophomore Katie […]

Featured Sports

E-Town Rugby Blues Fall to Kiski Valley in Semifinals

Kyle Morgan/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

After an extremely productive season, the Elizabethtown Rugby Blues fell short of a state title, narrowly losing to the Kiski Valley Titans 19-15 in the Division 2 semifinals at Cumberland Valley on Saturday, May 19. It was an extremely tight game in the first half, with both teams struggling to advance the ball downfield. Kiski […]

EAHS Bears Featured Sports

Ten More EAHS Student-Athletes to Play on College Sports Teams

Kyle Morgan/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

Back in February of this year, 21 senior student-athletes from Elizabethtown Area High School signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. Three months later, 10 more have joined them. The school district held a second collegiate athletic recognition event in the high school auditorium on Tuesday, May 22, to […]

Op/Ed

Why I Am — And You Should Be — Excited About Scott Wagner

Dan Robrish Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

By VAL DiGIORGIO Regardless of where I go, I will always be a South Philly kid at heart. I loved growing up there, and I was saddened as I watched our neighborhood decline. Schools got worse, crime increased and taxes went up and up. I asked my father at a young age: Why do we […]

Op/Ed

Editorial: Public Input at Meeting Leads To Excellent Idea for Town

Dan Robrish Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

The meeting of the Elizabethtown Borough Council on Thursday, May 17, was a nice change of pace. Frequently, the elected officials outnumber the private citizens who show up to observe them. But at this meeting, so many private citizens showed up that there weren’t enough chairs for everybody and some of them had to stand […]