Gettysburg Area High School’s annual Homecoming dance was held on Saturday at the High School cafeteria. Homecoming (HOCO) is led by Student Council (StuCo) and is one of their biggest fundraisers and also one of the biggest displays of school spirit. At halftime at Friday evening’s homecoming football game, Sophia Willard and Max Carlson were
This is a story about Petra Techanova Parnell, who turned her passion for authentic German food into a unique food truck called Euro Bites, where she specializes in making authentic European foods. Her inspiration came from her European experiences and years spent making food. Parnell, a native of the Czech Republic, has traveled and lived
Weikert’s Egg Farm, located at 2559 Fairfield Rd, Gettysburg, has been a family affair since its founding. “Weikerts built the farmhouse in 1884,” said owner Mahlon Weikert, “Since then the farm’s been passed down through family members.” From the first chicken house in 1952 to now, the Weikerts have been perfecting the craft. “My grandfather
Looking for a place in Gettysburg to make friends, learn to draw, have a pastry, or just hang out and drink coffee? Look no further; Presidents Coffee, a modern family-owned coffee shop, has what you are looking for. Owners Tom Pottiger and his wife Emily opened their business just over a year ago on the
As many state legislatures regress away from the meager progress made towards equal rights for LGBTQ+ individuals, repealing measures that protect the queer community and proposing more and more antagonistic policies (bans on gender-affirming care, for example), public spaces grow increasingly hostile for genderqueer and gender-nonconforming people. The illusion of safety that laws like the
When Taylor Swift released her tenth studio album, “Midnights,” back in 2021, a total of thirty-five physical products were sold in the United States. According to Time, there were four standard versions on vinyl of the same $29.99 album, each with its own disc color and cover art, corresponding with four variant CD versions. If
Growing up, we watched movie after movie about what high school was going to be like. While some were heavily exaggerated (I’m talking about you, “High School Musical”) some were just realistic enough to seem true. Until we got here. At Gettysburg Area High School, in the middle of a strikingly ordinary town, there are
What do you want Adams County to look like in five, ten, or twenty years, and what are you doing to help make that possible? The South Mountain Partnership (SMP), a public-private partnership and network collaboration, is helping answer these questions. “We are the only local conservation group operating on a regional level that brings
“We’re saving them from going to slaughter,” said National Riding Stables Horse Rescue co-founder Terry Latschar about the non-profit’s horses. “Our focus is on the horses.” The organization is one of several that provide guided horse tours through the Gettysburg National Military Park. But the horses ridden on these tours are different, because each one
“The Little Mermaid” spent the weekend at Gettysburg High School. The 2024 musical production, Directed by Megan Coolbaugh and Kate Sainer, had a huge turnout with over 1,000 people attending across the two nights it showed. The musical, adapted from the fairy tale by Denmark’s Hans Christian Andersen, follows a young mermaid who is willing