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Mount Joy Township supervisors voted to tell Northwest Emergency Medical Services that they intend to increase funding from the current $15,000 a year to $49,875 a year by the year 2023. Northwest EMS has asked Mount Joy Township for $49,875 using a formula based on the number of ambulance calls the township has and the […]

A candlelight vigil was held at Elizabethtown Community Park to mark a year since a teenager was fatally beaten there, not only in his memory but to help all who are healing from the loss of a loved one. “There is no time limit on grief and there is no manual for handling it,” Stacie […]

Things are really hopping at the Elizabethtown Fair this year. The Elizabethtown Fair offers something for everyone from Monday, Aug. 19, through Saturday, Aug. 24. The fair’s frog jumping contest takes it cue from Mark Twain and his story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog From Calaveras County.” The Calaveras County Fair & Frog Jumping Jubilee is […]

A candlelight vigil is planned in honor of Blake Shearer, the teenager who died last year from injuries sustained in a beating in Elizabethtown Community Park. The vigil is to start at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11, in the park’s amphitheater and is expected to last about half an hour. All people who have […]

Three auctions will be held as part of the 46th annual Elizabethtown Fair, which begins Monday, Aug. 19, on the fairgrounds between East High Street Elementary School and the Elizabethtown Brethren In Christ Church. The first auction will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, on Stage 2. At this time, all the baked […]

The Elizabeth Hughes Society has awarded its annual Women for Women scholarship to Valerie Belmont. Belmont has been a resident of Elizabethtown for the past 22 years. She and her husband have five children. The entire family has participated in many Elizabethtown community activities. Belmont has volunteered for Girls Confidence Conference, Arm of Hope fundraiser, […]

The following local students were recently recognized by colleges and universities: Damien Albury of Elizabethtown, an actuarial science major at Elizabethtown College, was named to the dean’s list. Stephanie Arnold of Elizabethtown, a member of the Eastern University women’s lacrosse team, was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference’s academic honor roll. Delphi Aubry of Mount […]