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 […]
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New Nonprofit Group Aims to Help New Park in Mount Joy Township
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 […]
Read MoreElizabethtown College Announces New Dual Admission Program
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 […]
Read MoreCollege Gets New VP for Student Life
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 […]
Read MoreLocker Medals Twice, Qualifies for States at the District 3 Track and Field Championships
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 […]
Read MoreE-Town Rugby Blues Fall to Kiski Valley in Semifinals
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 […]
Read MoreTen More EAHS Student-Athletes to Play on College Sports Teams
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 […]
Read MoreWhy I Am — And You Should Be — Excited About Scott Wagner
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 […]
Read MoreEditorial: Public Input at Meeting Leads To Excellent Idea for Town
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 […]
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