The Elizabethtown Fair plans to host the annual talent show on Tuesday, Aug. 22, at 6:30 p.m. on the Main Stage. The contest is open to any amateur from the greater Elizabethtown Area. No full bands area allowed. There will be four divisions: adult amateurs, youth amateurs (up to and including age 18), lip sync […]
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New Mount Joy Township Municipal Building Nearly Ready for Occupancy
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Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate
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Mount Joy Township supervisors got word that their new municipal building is nearly complete, with only a few punch-list items remaining to be done and furniture already delivered. “Your project is well into the home stretch,” John Eck of the construction management firm Fidevia told supervisors at their meeting on Monday, July 17. Eck said […]
Read MorePlanned Dog Adoption Center in Conoy Township Makes Progress
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In a 3-to-1 vote, Conoy Township supervisors approved the use of holding tanks for waste water disposal for a planned dog adoption center. A group called Almost Home Dog Adoption wants to build an adoption center on a 17-acre plot of land along Route 441 just south of Scuba Drive. The land, which is zoned […]
Read MoreBainbridge School Progress
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Construction is in progress at Bainbridge Elementary School, which is closed for the 2017-18 school year so it can get a thorough renovation without classes being held there. Work on tearing up old blacktop was in progress as this photo was taken on Friday, July 7.
Read MoreW. Donegal Paying Contractor Less Than Invoice for Road Work
West Donegal Township supervisors agreed to pay a contractor less than the invoiced amount for a road improvement project because of a dispute in the amount the township should pay for base repair. A construction firm sent the township an invoice for $173,545.16 for work on Bossler Road, including a 4-foot-wide repair of the road […]
Read MoreBorough Must Reduce Stream Sediment by 10 Percent
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Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate
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The Elizabethtown Borough Council heard a presentation about reducing pollutants in streams to comply with a mandate from the state Department of Environmental Protection. During a period starting in 2018 and ending in 2023, the borough must reduce sediment by 10 percent to comply with the mandate. The borough also must reduce phosphorus by 5 […]
Read MoreElizabethtown Prepares for Fair in August
The 44th annual Elizabethtown Fair is coming up in late August and many old favorites are returning to the agricultural show and community gathering. Among the contests returning this year are the baby photo contest and pet photo contest. All pets are eligible for the 22nd annual pet photo contest. Photographs should be dropped off […]
Read MorePerdue Plant in Conoy Township Nears Completion Amid Pollution Hearing
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Ad Crable/LNP Staff Writer
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Even though its $59 million soybean-processing plant is mostly constructed in Conoy Township, Perdue Agribusiness still has to clear two hurdles related to the plant’s air pollution. In Harrisburg, testimony is in progress over three residents’ appeal of the air-quality permit issued to Perdue by the state Department of Environmental Protection. In a related matter, […]
Read MoreThe Star Barn at Ironstone Ranch in Elizabethtown
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Jean-Paul Benowitz
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By JEAN-PAUL BENOWITZ It is July and a time to celebrate. We celebrate the birth of the United States, on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted for the Thirteen American Colonies to separate from Great Britain. We celebrate the ratification of the “Declaration of Independence” on July 4, 1776. According to […]
Read MoreIn Mount Joy, Child’s Act of Friendship Starts Backpack Donation Program
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Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate
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Several years ago, a boy attending a summer reading program at Rainbow’s End Youth Services in Mount Joy drew the attention of the staff. Children earned points for their reading and could trade in those points for rewards. But one boy was holding on to his points all summer. It turned out that he was […]
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