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The Elizabethtown Child Care Center has been encouraging the young members of our community for nearly 50 years. On Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., ECCC will be celebrating its golden anniversary with a 50-year anniversary celebration; the group is inviting the community to join in the celebration. The celebration will be […]

A major challenge in construction of the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail was how to get the trail across railroad tracks about 2½ miles south of Bainbridge. “We were at a standstill,” Conoy Township Supervisors Chairman Stephen L. Mohr said on Thursday, April 11. “We had no clue. There was talk of burrowing under the […]

  Elizabethtown Area High School seniors Katherine Bomboy and Amos Kollie were named the Elizabethtown Rotary Club’s students of the month for April. Bomboy and Kollie were honored for their high academic achievement and extensive involvement in school and community service activities. Bomboy is the daughter of Andy and Lori Bomboy of Elizabethtown. She is […]

By DAN ROBRISH The Elizabethtown Advocate In most parts of Pennsylvania, it’s perfectly legal for businesses to fire employees because they are gay. Unless there’s a local law saying otherwise, it’s perfectly legal for Pennsylvania landlords to refuse to rent to prospective tenants because they are gay, or to refuse to renew leases because their […]

Brent Erb   Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the appointment of Elizabethtown native Brent Erb as manager of Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, an increasingly popular Bureau of State Parks facility on 665 acres near Reading, Berks County. “Brent has displayed a wealth of enthusiasm and commitment to our […]

By ART PETROSEMOLO Special to the Advocate Just secured to its trailer in the dim light of a storage shed, the 19th century Leviathan locomotive looks immense and impressive. It is a representation of the 1865 Lincoln Funeral Train engine (Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive 331) that transported Abraham Lincoln’s body from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Ill., […]

The first Aubs’ Lucky Fin event will be held on Saturday, April 27, at Melhorn Manor and will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Profits made from vendor fees, raffles, and vendor donations will be given to the Lucky Fin Project at the close of the event. The Lucky Fin […]