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  • Gettysburg Area School District Announces 2026 Public Board Meeting Schedule

    The Board of School Directors of the Gettysburg Area School District will hold their Board Study & Voting Meetings on the first Monday of every month and their Board Meetings on the third Monday of every month. All meetings will be held in the Boardroom of the Administration Building, 900 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, PA at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates. Meeting locations are subject to change and will be advertised as the need arises.

    Board Study & Voting Meeting: February 17*, March 2, April 7*, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 8*, October 5, November 2, December 7, 2026

    Board Meeting: February 17*, March 16, April 20, May 18, June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16, December 21, 2026

    *Tuesday meetings occur after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Easter Monday, and Labor Day.

    If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the public meetings noted above and require an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact Facilities at 717-334-6254, ext. 1214, to discuss how the Gettysburg Area School District may best accommodate your needs.

    Belinda M. Wallen 
    Board Secretary 
    Gettysburg Area School District

  • Gettysburg Area School District

    Thursday, September 4, 2025

    The Finance/Facilities meeting will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2025, in person in the Boardroom of the Administration Building, 900 Biglerville Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325.

    Belinda M. Wallen, Business Manager/Board Secretary, Gettysburg Area School District

  • NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ZONING HEARINGS

    The Zoning Hearing Board of Butler Township will hold meetings on Friday, May 9, 2025, and on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, commencing at 6:30 p.m., at the Biglerville Fire Station building, 1 1 1 S. Main Street, Biglerville, PA, for the purpose of conducting zoning hearings to consider the following application:

    A Zoning Hearing Application, dated October 10, 2024, filed on October 10, 2024, and previously continued by request of Formation Energy, LLC, Butler Solar 1 PA, LLC and Assistant Solar, LLC, Applicants, relative to certain real property owned by John A. Folkens, Trustee of the John A. Folkens Revocable Trust Dated October 30,2020, and Steven D. Folkens, Trustee of the Steven D. Folkens Revocable Trust Dated June 17 ,2022,located at 645 Heidlersburg Road, Biglerville, Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and fuither identified as Adams County Tax Parcel ID No: 07F07-0073—000. The real property which is the subject of the zoninghearing is zoned and located within the Agricultural Preservation District (AP), as designated pursuant to Article 3 of the Arendtsville Borough & Butler Township Zoning Ordinance. The Applicant is seeking a special exception pursuant to section 401(C)(4) of the Zoning Ordinance for the location, construction and use of a solar farm on the subject real property.

    Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board
    Wayne E. Smith, Zoning Officer

  • “NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE”

    The regular meeting of the Board of School Directors of the Gettysburg Area School District,
    which is scheduled for Monday, March 17, 2025 has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 18,
    2025.

    Belinda Wallen
    Board Secretary
    Gettysburg Area School District
    900 Biglerville Road
    Gettysburg, PA 17325-8007

  • The Curriculum, Co-Curriculum, and Policy Committee of the Littlestown Area School District Board of Education will meet on August 12, 2024 at 4:30pm. Additionally, the Finance, Property, and Supply Committee will meet on September 3, 2024 at 5pm, immediately followed by a meeting of the Curriculum, Co-Curriculum, and Policy Committee. All meetings will be held in the District Office Board Room located at 162 Newark Street, Littlestown, PA 17340. Carrie M. Mummert Recording Secretary.

  • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of School Directors of the Gettysburg Area School District, Adams County, Pennsylvania, at a regular meeting on February 20, 2024, adopted a Resolution following a public hearing which was held on January 24, 2024, EXPRESSING THE INTENTION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE JOINT BOARD TO ORGANIZE THE ADAMS COUNTY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AUTHORITY UNDER THE MUNICIPALITY AUTHORITIES ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXERCISING THE POWERS CONFERRED BY THE ACT; APPOINTING THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION; AND PREPARING LEGAL NOTICES FOR THE CREATION OF THE AUTHORITY. THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5603 OF THE MUNICIPALITY AUTHORITIES ACT, 53 Pa. C.S. §5603, ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 27, 2024.
    A copy of the full text of the Resolution may be examined at the offices of the School District Monday through Friday, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, and is also available at the school district website – https://www.gettysburg.k12.pa.us/. See resolution below:

  • NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Township of Hamilton Zoning Hearing Board will conduct a public hearing to inform, hear evidence and receive public comment on the following application: Application of NOBPA, LLC, for the following special exceptions and variances for a proposed warehouse and trucking terminal, and business buildings, located in vacant parcels 17K11-0005—000, 17K11-0013—000, 17K10-0071—000 and 17K11-0013B—000. The parcels are in the Commercial District, Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pa. Proposed Lots 1 and 2: Special Exceptions pursuant to §150-63.M., of the Zoning Ordinance to permit development of the parcels as warehouses. The applicable special exception criteria is found at §150-98.HH of the zoning ordinance. Proposed Lot 2: Variance pursuant to §150-65.A., of the Zoning Ordinance, which requires buildings to be constructed at the front yard setback line. The applicant is proposing to build contrary to the ordinance and as depicted on the proposed plan. The date, time and place of hearing is: March 28, 2024 at 8:00 PM United 33 Hook and Ladder Building, 21 North Bolton St., New Oxford, PA 17350 James R. Graham Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer Hamilton Township

  • Legal Notice: Ranger and Rocky’s K9 Rescue

    August 7, 2023 by Gettysburg Connection

    ​NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on or about Aug. 7, 2023, for the incorporation of Ranger and Rocky’s K9 Rescue under the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988. The corporation shall engage in the business of saving and caring for canines and adopting to new families, together with any legal function of a corporation under PA law. The initial registered office of the corporation is 213 Longstreet Drive, Gettysburg, PA 17325.

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