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The board of directors of the Adams County Arts Council has elected its 2022 officers. They are President, Judie Butterfield, currently a Gettysburg borough council member, 1st Vice President Kim Bond, Executive Vice President of Open Minds, 2nd Vice President Pauline LeVan, managing partner of Battlefield Harley-Davidson, Treasurer Stu Kravits, retired from IBM and Lockheed
County Commissioner Randy Phiel announced on Friday that citizens in Adams County can now send a text message to the phone number 911 for emergency help when making a 911 voice call is not possible or does not seem appropriate. According to Adams County Department of Emergency Services Director Warren Bladen, the “Text-to-911” service was
Family First Health will host its final Let’s Talk Health forum of 2021 on this coming Monday, December 20 at 6:30 p.m. With recent developments related to COVID-19, there is much to discuss – from boosters to pediatric vaccination to variants. Join us as we learn from Dr. Hetal Patel, a Family Practice Physician at
Littlestown has a growing community of unique women-owned businesses. Sacred Willow Metaphysical Center, located at 18 South Queen Street, is a recent addition. Owner Dee Antoinette provides a wide range of workshops and tools to aid her clients on their spiritual journey. Dee is hosting an open house Sunday, December 19, from 11:00 a.m. –
Penn State Extension, Adams County, is seeking a bilingual Nutrition Education Adviser to teach food selection, food resource management, shopping, and other food-related skills to limited income youth and families eligible for public assistance. Applicants should be familiar with the community being served. Applicants should have a high school diploma or associate degree as this
Healthy Adams Bicycle/Pedestrian, Inc. (HABPI) has named Healthy Eastern Adams Rails & Trails (HEART) its Trailblazer of the Year in recognition of the organization’s work to advance the development of the East Berlin Railroad Trail. The pedestrian and bicycle friendly trail is slated to run from the town of East Berlin to Berlin Junction, a
The Gettysburg Community Theatre has announced that the “dark, witty and Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder and revenge set against the backdrop of 19th century London” Sweeney Todd will come to the theater in January. An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous
This Year’s Decorating Contest Will Feature Two Divisions: Residential And Business NEW OXFORD, PA – The New Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that Light Up New Oxford will be held again this year. The decorating contest officially launched in December 2020. This year’s Light Up New Oxford will run from Saturday,
The Adams County Arts Council will be showcasing ACAC member’s artwork at their Arts Education Center, 125 S. Washington Street, Gettysburg, on Friday, December 3, 11:00 a.m-7:00 p.m. The exhibit will feature a collection of hanging artwork by sixteen member artists. The show will remain up through December 17. A variety of mediums and styles
nce more, Music, Gettysburg! marks the beginning of Advent with a service of Evening Prayer at 7:30 p.m. on November 28 at the Gettysburg Chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. The Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg will lead a service including music from the last thousand years, from Gregorian Chant to a prayer set by its founder
Gettysburg Borough is advertising its proposed 2022 budget for public comment. Please click here for more information about the budget. Please click here to view the document. The Borough Council intends to enact authorizing legislation setting the tax rate and fee schedule for 2022 at its December 13, 2021 business meeting. Assuming the Borough Council
The Adams County commissioners approved the following recommendations at its meeting on Wednesday morning: Court Administration- $149,978.30 for a 5 year lease with Cisco Systems Capital Corporation for courtroom audio.video equipment Controller’s Office- $28,883.40 for 3 year agreement and implementation with Visual Lease, LLC for software management solution for the County’s real estate and equipment
The Gettysburg Hospital Foundation continues to respond to the need for important health initiatives in the community, as it will provide $203,261 in grant funding for the 2022 fiscal year to Healthy Adams County and services of WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital. While the essential funding will support efforts including food insecurity, children’s health and education, mental health and mindfulness, and important innovations
December 7 through March 4, 2022 Gallery Talk with student curators: December 7, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Opening Reception: Dec. 7, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Under the direction of Prof. Yan Sun, Gettysburg College students examine diverse depictions of workers and scenes of labor to consider issues of identity, equality, and injustice across cultures and
The Gettysburg Garden Club’s annual Christmas Greens and Gourmet Gifts Sale is on Saturday, December 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., or until sold out, at the Gettysburg Fire Hall, 35 North Stratton Street. Proceeds benefit the Lincoln Square Flower Gardens and scholarships for Adams County students majoring in horticulture-related fields. The widely anticipated
On display at the Gettysburg Majestic Theater Art Gallery through November are a series of works by Gettysburg College Adjunct Assistant Professor Robert Patierno. Patierno is an internationally renowned printmaker, draftsman, and painter whose strongly graphic and powerful works have been exhibited throughout the United States and across Europe. Patierno’s prints, paintings and drawings reside
Leaf collection in Gettysburg Borough will begin the week of November 29 and continue until the end of the year. Please place leaves along the curb (not in the street), or along the alley for pick up. No brush will be picked up at this time. Please call 717-752-0570 for additional information.
The Adams County Farmers Market has a special gift for all the great farmers market fans. Join Adams County Farmers Market the first two Saturdays in December – December 4th & 11th – for two festive pop-up markets, complete with a big cast of farmers market vendors as well as many new faces, too! These pop-up markets will be in
The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s system for funding its public schools. Petitioners and state officials will make opening statements Friday. First witnesses are expected Monday. A historic lawsuit filed seven years ago, challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s school funding system, will go to trial in Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg this morning. Opening statements
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — A close race for one of two open seats on a key Pennsylvania appellate court has triggered an automatic recount. Unofficial election results show
The 60th Annual Fairfield Artisan Gift Festival and Rug Event will continue through Saturday at the Mennonite Church. Discover handcrafted gifts and home decor from thirty third world countries. Items include jewelry, toys, musical instruments, holiday decorations, and hand- knotted Oriental rugs. Come and explore the large selection of Tribal, Bokhara and Persian rugs. From
WellSpan Health and Johns Hopkins Medicine today announced plans to fight cancer together in South Central Pennsylvania. The comprehensive collaboration will combine the expertise of WellSpan cancer physicians and programs with the innovative clinical, research and educational capabilities of Johns Hopkins Medicine. WellSpan patients across South Central Pennsylvania who have cancer will benefit from a collaborative approach between
On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, acclaimed stage and screen actor, playwright and author Stephen Lang will hold an in-person book signing for his book The Wheatfield in the Museum Book Store at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center. As part of the events surrounding the annual Dedication Day and Remembrance Day weekend, Lang will sign copies of
WellSpan Health is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the nation’s “Digital Health Most Wired” health systems by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). WellSpan is honored with the Quality Award in two categories: domestic ambulatory and acute care settings. The Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively health care organizations use advanced technologies
The 14th annual Foothills Artists studio tour will be held November 20 and 21, the weekend before Thanksgiving, at five locations in and around the western Adams County (PA) communities of Fairfield and Cashtown. Eleven artists and artisans will open their homes and studios in a special pre-holiday show and sale from 10 a.m. to
Again this year, the Salvation Army is active in its annual bell ringing campaign at Walmart. Every year over two hundred volunteers help, and the money donated is used by the Salvation Army throughout the year in providing outreach and assistance to people in Adams County: help with fuel and electricity, school clothes for children
The Adams County Arts Council will celebrate the exhibitions of Warren Tracy Davis, Marti Yeager and Diana Llauget with an opening reception on Friday, November 5, 5-7:30 p.m., at the Arts Education Center, located at 125 S. Washington Street, Gettysburg. The reception is free and open to the public. Due to the increase of CO-VID
The Rotary Club of Gettysburg will hold an Octoberfest celebration at the Adams County Winery in Orrtanna on Saturday Oct. 30 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Music will be provided by Egerlander, “The best German music dance band in Central PA.” Enjoy Beer, Brats, Kraut, and more. All food sales benefit Rotary Youth Programs serving
The sponsors of the 2021 Gettysburg Halloween Parade have announced the winners of the many contests. All winners will receive an email on Monday and checks will be mailed in the next few weeks. The winners are: Musical Marching Category:1st – Gettysburg High School Marching Band – $2502nd – Gettysburg College Bullets Marching Band –
The First Annual Community Trick or Treat Trail will be held today at the Gettysburg Rec Park from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00. p.m. at the Biser Fitness Trail. Local businesses and nonprofits will line the Biser Trail to pass out candy to Trick or Treaters and provide information about their organization. The trail was originally
Gettysburg, Pa. (Oct. 21, 2021)—The Gettysburg Foundation announces a special discount and programming at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center to honor our veterans, on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center is currently open daily, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Gettysburg Foundation invites all U.S. military veterans to
Crossing will be detoured during replacement Harrisburg, PA – Motorists in Adams County are advised a railroad contractor plans to replace at-grade crossings on multiple routes in the county. The crossings will be closed, and detours will be in effect. The schedule is as follows: · Monday, November 1, through Friday, November 5, Hanover Street
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today issued a statement on the Biden Administration’s preparations for the COVID-19 vaccine authorization for children ages 5-11. “In Pennsylvania, the vaccine is our strategy out of the pandemic, and Pennsylvanians are doing a tremendous job of protecting ourselves and our loved ones by getting the COVID-19 vaccine. We should all be proud
ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA: At SCCAP there really are a Million Reasons to Give! David, an elderly veteran had nowhere to go. He was sleeping in his car. SCCAP staff were able to secure a safe place for him to sleep and then began working on all the connections he would need to be
The Rotary Club of Gettysburg has awarded longtime Gettysburg resident, borough council member, and contributor to many borough activities the 2021 Dwight D. Eisenhower Humanitarian Award. According the nomination form, after arriving in Gettysburg in 1990, Judge Oscar Spicer asked her to serve on the newly-formed Citizen’s Task Force for the Adams County Prison System.
Local and state police partner with Collaborating For Youth (CFY), local government and environmental agencies, community volunteers and various health organizations to sponsor Adams County’s Medication TAKE BACK at locations throughout Adams County. Each medication TAKE BACK provides an opportunity for Adams County residents to dispose of unused or expired medications safely. The
It’s Halloween time in Gettysburg, and the celebrations begin with tonight’s parade. Gettysburg Police Chief Robert Glenny said concrete security barriers will be installed beginning in the afternoon and that the Gettysburg Square will be closed to all traffic by about 5:00 p.m. Police will be on hand to help direct traffic through the detour.
View the documentary anytime beginning Friday, October 29th at 8 p.m. until Saturday, November 6th at 12 a.m. October 13th, 2021 – LIKE achieves the impossible: actually getting kids and teens to put down their phones for a few minutes. From Friday October 29th to November 6th Healthy Adams County will hold a special virtual
Philadelphia and Gettysburg, PA – For immediate release The Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin will be installed as President of United Lutheran Seminary and Ministerium of Pennsylvania Chair and Professor of Reformation Studies on October 16 at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lancaster, PA. The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gettysburg Borough has announced that Borough Manager Charles R. Gable has been awarded the prestigious Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs’ Distinguished Service Award. The award, presented at the October Fall Leadership Conference in Erie, recognized Manager Gable’s proactive response to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic to the municipality and for taking appropriate and proactive
Experience the history of Gettysburg like never before! The Adams County Arts Council and Adams County Historical Society are teaming up to present a special outdoor “projection” of historic photographs in front of the wall of the ACNB Bank Building in the square. ACHS Executive Director Andrew Dalton will host the program, featuring rare images
Storm Lake, the new documentary film about an independent newspaper’s fight to serve their small Iowa community, will be shown at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater on Sunday, November 14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $9 each and are now on sale at the Majestic Theater Box Office, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art
Saying it had closely monitored many indicators including the “consistently low” campus positivity rate, and based on the favorable trends observed and guidance of medical experts, Gettysburg College has loosened its mask guidance. The new policy states that for vaccinated students, employees, and visitors, masks will only be required In classes, official meetings and events,
The Gettysburg chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites the public to attend their October 15, 2021 gathering in the Eisenhower Room at the Adams County Library at 1:00 PM. A wonderful program is planned. Drink and listen to surprising, funny, and poignant stories about First Ladies serving tea at the “First Ladies’
Gettysburg, Pa. (Oct. 6, 2021)—The Gettysburg Foundation presents the 19th Annual Remembrance Day Illumination on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The event is subject to weather conditions, health and safety. The commemoration features a luminary candle on all 3,512 Civil War soldiers’ graves. The fallen soldiers’ names are read
The Adams County Arts Council is hosting their annual Halloween Costume Party at the Herr Ridge Barn, 900 Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325 on Friday, October 22 from 7-11pm. Tickets are now on sale to the public. This popular event was recently recognized by Celebrate Gettysburg as #5 on the Top Ten Fall Festivities List!
Harvest Hunt, A Free, Family-Friendly Event, Features Scavenger Hunt and Decorating Contest NEW OXFORD, PA – The New Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual New Oxford Harvest Hunt will kick off this Saturday, October 9 and run through Sunday, October 24. Introduced in 2020, Harvest Hunt will now serve
A virtual community forum will be hosted by Family First Health on Tuesday, October 6th at 6:30pm. The Forum will focus on “A Provider Conversation and Community Q&A about COVID-19’s Impact on Children”. Family First Health invites anyone to participate via Facebook or Youtube to have a dialogue between medical experts about the impact of COVID-19 on
It takes two for a healthy lifestyle, and Duo Healthcare is WellSpan’s newest innovation for affordable healthcare made easier. Launched in 2019 as WellSpan Online Primary Care, the program was developed and tested with WellSpan team members. It delivered an innovative primary care alternative for digital-first consumers. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, WellSpan patients turned
First Ward 1 Borough Councilperson Patti Lawson will be holding Coffee with a Councilperson meetings on Monday mornings at 10:00 a.m. at the Ragged Edge Coffee House, 110 Chambersburg St. from Oct. 4 through Nov. 22. Lawson invites borough residents to stop by for a cup of coffee, ask questions, present ideas, or share what’s
The countdown begins until Collaborating for Youth’s Family Friday Fall & Farm Fun event! See the Flyers in English and Spanish below. To start the countdown the Youth Coalition would like to announce the Pie-Eating Contest! In one week these six community members will compete to eat the most pie at our Fall & Farm
The 2021 World War II Weekend at Eisenhower National Historic Site will be a hybrid event that will include in-person and virtual programming. These programs will take place from Friday, September 17 through Sunday, September 19. Due to safety measures during the ongoing Covid-19 global pandemic, we will not host our traditional living history encampment
Gettysburg National Military Park is pleased to partner with the Journal of the Civil War Era and Gettysburg College on a series of special events to be held in the park on Saturday, September 18. From 12 pm to 2 pm, join National Park Service rangers, historians, and volunteers at select sites throughout the battlefield for a special look
Gettysburg, PA (September 9, 2021) – Master mimic and show business legend Rich Little will make his Gettysburg debut live at the Majestic Theater on October 15 at 7:30 p.m. Nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Rich Little has entertained millions with his uncanny characterizations for nearly seven decades. With a repertoire of more
Community organization Businesswomen Influencing Gettysburg (BIG) recently shared details about this year’s Gettysburg Halloween Parade. The parade will take place on Tuesday, October 19 with a rain date of Wednesday, October 20. Parade registration is now open at www.facebook.com/gettysburghalloweenparade or www.gettysburgpa.gov/community- events. Entries are due by October 10. There will be cash prizes in a
Waste Connections, Inc. and the Borough of Gettysburg will be offering an electronics recycling event on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at the Borough Public Works Building, 457 East Middle Street, Gettysburg. All “covered devices,” as defined by Pennsylvania law, can be recycled. Permitted items include TVs, CPUs, laptops, tablets, TV and computer screens, remotes, keyboards,
Two new exhibits open tomorrow at Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery. Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography September 8 – December 7, 2021 Across the West and Toward the North features stunning historical images of waterfalls, rocky mountains, glaciers, and geysers in Norway and the United States. This large
“A Moveable Feast,” a wide-ranging selection of wood block prints, charcoal drawings, and watercolor paintings by Central Pennsylvania artist Robert Patierno is on display daily at the Majestic Theater’s art gallery now through the end of November. The gallery is open daily during Majestic business hours. “Art making is my attempt to make order of
With burials dating to the 1790s, Flohr’s Church is one of the earliest German Lutheran congregations in the area. Still active, this Franklin Township graveyard contains some 3,000 known burials and countless unmarked graves. Join Adams County Historical Society historian Timothy H. Smith on Tuesday, September 7th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on a walk
Grab your picnic blanket or a lawn chair on Saturday, September 11th or Sunday, September 12th and head on over to Alloway Creek Elementary School for the Food Truck Frenzy. Jennifer Myers, president of the ACES PTO, says that this is the second food truck fundraiser the school has hosted. The Spring 2021 event was
With a focus on protecting students and keeping them in classrooms, Governor Tom Wolf joined the departments of Health, Human Services and Education today to discuss the current state of COVID-19 and a new Secretary of Health order requiring masks to be worn inside K-12 school buildings, early learning programs and child care providers. The order takes effect 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021.
A 1.75-mile resurfacing project is scheduled to begin Tuesday, September 7, on Route 116 (Fairfield Road) in Adams County. This project consists of paving, base repairs, guiderail updates, line painting, and work on two bridge structures on Route 116 from Route 16 in Carroll Valley Borough to Iron Springs Road in Hamiltonban Township. There will
We hope you will bring out all the young farmers market fans in your life for Kids Day tomorrow, August 28th! We have lots of fun, free activities including airbrush tattoos by Adventure in Fun, a cute build-your-own bouquet station thanks to our friends from LocaFlora Design, and some cool take-and-make kids art kits. We also have a whole cast
The much beloved Kids’ Day event is back for the 2021 farmers market season on Saturday August 28! Join in for games, kids’ activities, free airbrush tattoos, live music, tons of community partners, and so much more! Please save the date and bring any young farmers market fans in your life out this this family-friendly
The Historic Gettysburg-Adams County Preservation Society (HGAC) will hold a tour of historic barns in the Gettysburg area on Saturday, September 18 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Proceeds from this Historic Barns Tour will benefit the award-winning HGAC Barn Preservation Project and Grant Program. HGAC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on historic preservation in
Gettysburg visitors and residents will soon have a new, family-friendly attraction to explore when the Gettysburg Foundation opens the Children of Gettysburg 1863 on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at the former Rupp House History Center. The interactive adventure for young historians, Children of Gettysburg 1863 provides young visitors with a hands-on history experience in Gettysburg through the stories of
After a series of retirements the Gettysburg Post Office is seeking workers for a number of positions.
As students return to campus over the next few weeks, Gettysburg College has implemented strong anti-COVID policies designed to keep them safe. According to campus officials, the college will begin the semester with an outstanding vaccination rate, with the expectation that more than 93% of faculty, staff, and students will be fully vaccinated. The college
The 3rd Annual International Overdose Awareness Day Memorial Walk will be held Tuesday, August 31st at 6:00 p.m. in Gettysburg. If you would like to participate and share a picture during the event, please reach out to Nate Sterner at youthdirector@cfygettysburg.com
Please join us for the kids bicycle parade at the Heritage Fest on Sept. 19. Your presence will encourage others towards good health. One lucky young person (17 or under) will win a $250 gift certificate to Gettysburg Bicycle and Fitness, donated by Thrivent. Community Giver Parade Marshals this year are Reza Djalal and Tania
PennDOT announced today that a contractor will begin a bridge maintenance project on Mason Dixon Road (Route 3002) in Adams County. The bridge is located between Barlow Road (Route 2001) and Route 134 in Mount Joy Township. Work includes milling, placing a waterproofing membrane, paving, rock placement, and repointing the stone abutment and wings. An
Thanks to Gettysburg Borough and Community Media of South Central PA, here is a video of last week’s National Night Out. The event, a national community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships, included food trucks, vendors, organization displays, tours of the Gettysburg Borough Building, and more.
The Adams County Arts Council (ACAC) is bringing Music Together® classes back to its Arts Education Center (AEC) beginning in September. Ten-week sessions for families with young children will be held on Friday and Saturday mornings beginning on September 17 at the AEC, located at 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, PA. To register, please visit www.adamsarts.org or call
The Adams County Arts Council (ACAC) is bringing Music Together® classes back to its Arts Education Center (AEC) beginning in September. Ten-week sessions for families with young children will be held on Friday and Saturday mornings beginning on September 17 at the AEC, located at 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, PA. To register, please visit www.adamsarts.org or call
The Gettysburg Police Department has reported that on Monday August 9, 2021, at approximately 1:08 p.m., officers were dispatched to BB&T Bank located at 29 N. Washington St. for a robbery that had just occurred. A “heavy-set” White male wearing a hoodie with burgundy sleeves, with the word “Reebok” across the front, blue Jeans, black
ACTPO and the Adams County Office of Planning and Development are currently updating Adams County’s Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). This federally mandated plan, titled ONWARD2050, envisions the needs and goals of Adams County’s transportation system over the next 30 years. As part of the public engagement component of the plan, a survey has been developed
A Gettysburg Christmas Festival, the popular annual event that draws thousands to town, will return this year and take place over two weekends, Main Street Gettysburg announced this week. Festival weekends will be Dec. 3-5 and Dec. 10-12 and will feature 2021-appropriate activities, promotions, and traditional small-town holiday charm. Main Street Gettysburg produces the event
Governor Tom Wolf joined state and local officials to celebrate the 56th anniversary of Medicaid and the 2nd anniversary of Pennsylvania’s new state-based health insurance marketplace, known as Pennie, and to encourage Pennsylvanians to visit pennie.com for affordable coverage options. “Access to quality, affordable health care is a right and I have been fighting to expand health care coverage
See information on the upcoming school year’s enrollment for the Adams County Head Start program below.
On Saturday, Sept. 25, Healthy Adams Bicycle/Pedestrian, Inc (HABPI) will host its 6th Annual Ride for Trails to raise money for trail development in and around Gettysburg. Three different routes are being offered this year: 12 miles, 25 miles, and 40 miles. All rides begin at the Gettysburg Rec Park, 545 Long Lane, and travel
The Adams County Arts Council will celebrate the First Friday opening reception of Lora Christine Vannoy in the reception hall of the Arts Education Center, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, on Friday, August 6, 5-7:00 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. Vannoy’s exhibition will remain up until August 27. Lora “Christy” Vannoy
Pennsylvania Acting Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell, and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn met today at Boyd Big Tree Preserve to discuss the high prevalence of ticks in Pennsylvania, highlight the numerous diseases that ticks can carry and remind residents of ways they can protect against tick bites.
The Adams County Historical Society is excited to announce three special “Battle Walks” that will take place later this year! Here’s more: August 21st: “We Ought to Have Held the Place Easily”: Barlow’s Knoll (aka Blocher’s Knoll) on July 1, 1863Led by James Hessler and Eric LindbladeOn the afternoon of July 1, 1863, Union Army
Travel back in time and enjoy this rare opportunity to visit inside seven historic barns near Gettysburg. The Historic Gettysburg-Adams County Preservation Society (HGAC) presents the “Historic Barns Tour of Gettysburg and Adams County” on Saturday, September 18 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. The Tour starts at the historic Round Barn near Cashtown where
2021-2022 Celebrity Season announced Tickets on sale to Majestic Theater members August 4; on sale to the general public Friday, August 6! Become a Majestic Theater member today to access the best seats available before everyone else! Click here for membership details. Skerryvore Friday, September 10 – 7:30 pmSkerryvore create a unique fusion of folk, rock
The Gettysburg Foundation will host a special evening program on Civil War medicine Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at 6 p.m. in the historic barn at the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital. Retired Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon Rick Schroeder and retired Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Fran Feyock will present Combat Trauma Surgery: Injuries, Methods & Outcomes.
Eisenhower National Historic Site is pleased to announce the resumption of on-site public programming for the summer on Monday, July 12 with a series of ranger-guided programs. Tours of the Eisenhower home will resume on Friday, July 23. Ranger-guided programs will offer visitors an opportunity to learn about the history of the Eisenhower National Historic
New Oxford’s 65th Annual Market on the Square is less than a month away! The event will be held on Saturday, August 14 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Center Square New Oxford and on the surrounding streets. This year’s event will feature vendors selling a variety of items including: antiques, vintage items, collectibles,
Ticketholders at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center have the opportunity to experience the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital throughout the 2021 summer season. The historic site is open for visitors Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., through Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. In July 1863, George Spangler’s thriving
Gettysburg Borough will join hundreds of other communities around the county to celebrate National Night Out on Tuesday August 3rd from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in front of the borough office at 59 E. High St. Members of local police departments will be in attendance including representatives from the borough’s mounted police force. National Night Out
A bridge replacement project on Mummasburg Road (Route 3017) in Adams County is scheduled to begin next week. The bridge spans Mud Run between Crooked Creek Road and Belmont Road in Franklin Township. This project consists of the replacement of the structure, minor approach work, and guide rail updates. The contractor will implement separate vehicle
Businesswomen Influencing Gettysburg (BIG) recently held its first donation drive in support of a local non-profit organization. The Adams County SPCA was selected as the recipient of the drive. Through the generous donations of BIG members and supporters in the local community, BIG was able to donate much needed supplies to the SPCA. Donations included
Motorists in Adams County are advised a railroad contractor plans to replace an at-grade crossing on Brickcrafters Road (Route 2015) between Route 30 and Spangler Road in Mount Pleasant Township. Work will be performed from 10 PM Thursday, July 22, to 6 AM Saturday, July 24. The crossing will be closed during this work. A
Strawberry Hill is seeking a qualified candidate as our new executive director.For more information about Strawberry Hill, see https://www.strawberryhill.org/ Submit cover letter, resume, and three professional references to shfemployment@gmail.com. Deadline to apply is July 19, 2021.
Eisenhower National Historic Site is pleased to announce the resumption of on-site public programming for the summer on Monday, July 12 with a series of ranger-guided programs. Tours of the Eisenhower home will resume on Friday, July 23. Ranger-guided programs will offer visitors an opportunity to learn about the history of the Eisenhower National Historic
The Adams County Farmers Market Association (ACFMA), a Gettysburg-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is seeking nominations for qualified and passionate individuals to serve on the volunteer board of directors. The ACFMA’s board of directors is made up of a cross-section of community leaders, farmers, growers, healthcare professionals, food policy advocates, and other individuals that support the
