Community

The Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce awards seven different scholarships to prospective business leaders in the community throughout each year. The chamber most recently awarded scholarships to three local students. The winners and their families were treated to lunch at the June 12 chamber luncheon where they were also recognized as 2019 scholarship winners. The […]

Abraham C. Treichler Lodge No. 682 Free and Accepted Masons, sponsored the eighth annual Honor Roll Challenge Night as a reward to those members of Elizabethtown DeMolay who finished the 2019 school year with a 3.0 or better grade point average. Held on Sunday, June 23, six members of Elizabethtown DeMolay were treated to a […]

The 2019 Elizabethtown Fair opens to the public at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, at the fairgrounds on East High Street between East High Street Elementary School and the Elizabethtown Brethren In Christ Church. It runs daily through Saturday, Aug. 24. Admission is free; there is a $5 charge for parking. There are several […]

The section of the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail between Bainbridge and Falmouth is scheduled to be paved this summer, Conoy Township Supervisors Chairman Stephen L. Mohr Sr. said. When asked for an update on the trail’s progress, Mohr emailed the Advocate on Monday, June 24, to say that the section north of Bainbridge is […]

Five Elizabethtown Area School District students were recently recognized as “Do the Right Thing” recipients. Recipients are Dillon Ernst, a sixth-grade student at Bear Creek Intermediate School, recognized for helping a student with a head injury; Nolan Ernst, a fourth-grade student at Bear Creek Intermediate School, recognized for encouraging classmates at the school’s field day; […]

Milanof-Schock Library is celebrating 20 years of community service at its current location, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road in Mount Joy. The success of the library would not be possible without the need shown by residents of Mount Joy and the surrounding communities, so as a big thank you, this 20th Birthday Bash will be free […]

The Rotary Club of Mount Joy and The Donegal Rotary Club recently sent eight Donegal High School Juniors to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference. RYLA is an intensive leadership experience organized by Rotary clubs in the local district where students develop leadership skills while having fun and making connections. The Rotary District 7390 conference […]

Robert H. Forney Jr. grew up in Elizabethtown and celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday, June 9, with family at the Masonic Heath Care Center. While growing up in Elizabethtown, he helped his father run the Chrysler-Plymouth dealership he ran on North Market Street, just north of the Conoy Creek. One notable sale that Forney […]

Seth Oltmans has been volunteering with what is now known as the Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown since he was in middle school. When he started, people with food to donate could only do so when the office was open. There was a bin left indoors for donations, but it couldn’t be left outside because there […]

Elizabethtown Area High School class of 2019 graduates Mayelin Ebersole and Erik Webb were named the Elizabethtown Rotary Club’s students of the month for June. Ebersole and Webb were honored for their high academic achievement and extensive involvement in school and community service activities. Ebersole is the daughter of Jeff and Nancy Ebersole of Elizabethtown. […]