The M&T Bank branch in downtown Elizabethtown was closed the afternoon of Monday, Dec. 9, and multiple police cars were parked outside it. Police Chief Ed Cunningham stepped out of the bank and told the Advocate that he did not have any information to release at the moment. Signs on the bank said the branch […]
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Elizabethtown Borough Raises Property Tax, Affirms Refugees Are Welcome
The Elizabethtown Borough Council voted to increase property taxes from the current rate of 4.4 mills to 4.6 mills in 2020, an increase of a little over 4.5%. For every $100,000 of assessed value, borough property taxes will go from $440 in 2019 to $460 in 2020. Borough Council President Marc Hershey said at the […]
Read MoreCollege Committed to Peacemaking, New President Says
Although Elizabethtown College eliminated its minor in peace and conflict studies at the end of the last president’s tenure, it remains committed to peace building, new college President Cecilia McCormick said. “We have always has a value of peace based on our Brethren roots,” McCormick said, referring to the college’s founding as a Church of […]
Read MoreElizabethtown Borough Approves Plans for Mars Chocolate Plant
The Elizabethtown Borough Council approved plans for additions to the Mars Chocolate plant designed to make the candy bar factory that has been in place since 1915 more efficient. Although the planned use of the property at 295 S. Brown St. is permitted by right in the general industrial zone, attorney Helen L. Gemmill said […]
Read MoreWrite-In Winner: Conoy Needed Another Option
Justin Risser It doesn’t happen often, but it can be done: A write-in candidate has unseated an incumbent in Conoy Township. Justin Risser, 36, a dairy farmer, got 438 write-in votes in the general election to unseat Supervisor John L. Shearer. It wasn’t a partisan issue; Risser and Shearer are both Republicans. Risser could […]
Read MoreMount Joy Township Raises Taxes, Mostly for Fire Protection
Mount Joy Township supervisors have voted for a budget that includes a property tax increase of slightly over 22%, with most of the new tax going to fire protection. The total tax approved by supervisors at their meeting on Monday, Nov. 18, is going from 2.24 mills ($224 for every $100,000 in assessed value) to […]
Read MoreWrite-In Candidate Appears to Defeat Incumbent Conoy Supervisor
Conoy Township supervisors acknowledged that apparent victory of a write-in candidate over an incumbent township supervisor by voting to send him to supervisor training at township expense. Unofficial results posted by the county show Meadow Vista Dairy operator Justin Risser with 438 write-in votes over incumbent John L. Shearer, who had 263 votes. Shearer was […]
Read MoreWest Donegal Plans for Tax Increase for 2020
West Donegal Township supervisors voted 4-1 to advertise a proposed 12.5% property tax rate increase, with the dissenting vote coming from a supervisor who said he would not support a tax increase and the addition of one person to the public works crew. The increase is from 1.6 mills to 1.8 mills, or from $160 […]
Read MoreElizabethtown Borough Sets Maximum Tax Rate for 2020
The Elizabethtown Borough Council voted unanimously to adopt a proposed budget for 2020 and advertise a maximum tax rate for 2020 of 4.8 mills. The vote taken at the council workshop on Thursday, Nov. 7, sets an upper limit for 2020 taxes. After the maximum tax rate is advertised, the borough can decide later to […]
Read MoreRepublicans Maintain Local Dominance
Republicans maintained their position as the region’s dominant political party as they defeated Democratic challengers in many local races. Republican Randall L. Miller got more than 63% of the vote to defeat Democrat Dan Stephenson in the race for magisterial district judge, one of the biggest local races. Miller and Stephenson, who are both lawyers, […]
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