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  • First Fridays provide local holiday fun

    First Fridays provide local holiday fun

    With the winter season rapidly approaching, Elizabethtown College is undergoing a subtle shift. Students and staff scurry to the warmth of buildings. The campus becomes quiet. The desire to leave one’s room diminishes. When the call to hibernate wanes, students may be at a loss for where to find entertainment after the temperature drops. First

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  • Harriet Reisen to discuss Louisa May Alcott biography

    Harriet Reisen to discuss Louisa May Alcott biography

    Thursday Nov. 10, Harriet Reisen, the author of the biography “Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind Little Women,” will be present at Elizabethtown College in Leffler Chapel at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to anyone who wishes to attend, thanks to a grant funded by the American Library Association and National Endowment

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  • Concert to turn back time, take audience to Paris

    Concert to turn back time, take audience to Paris

    This November, the faculty of Elizabethtown College will sponsor a multimedia program centered on Paris. The presentation of “Paris at the Turn of the Century” will be free and open to the public. This event will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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  • Arianna Krayo: remembering beloved student, daughter, friend

    Arianna Krayo: remembering beloved student, daughter, friend

    “Fuzzy socks, plaid shirts, cowgirl hats, boots, belt buckles and horses” are just a few things that remind Elizabethtown junior Mindy Geesaman of her best friend, Arianna Krayo. This may seem strange at first, until you talk to anybody who knew Arianna and see that they would also form the same list. So it should

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  • Lancaster metropolitan bridges second worst on national level

    Lancaster metropolitan bridges second worst on national level

    • News
    • November 4, 2011

    Recent reports from local newspapers state that the Lancaster County metropolitan area has the second worst bridges in the nation within the category of towns with 500,000 to one million residents. The worst bridges can be found in the Tulsa, Okla. metropolitan area. These structurally-deficient bridges can be found not only in the Lancaster County

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  • Local resident implements service initiative

    Local resident implements service initiative

    • News
    • November 4, 2011

    Michelle McIntrye-Brewer was one of 13 recipients to receive the 2011 Presidential Citizenship Medal. McIntyre-Brewer is a 2001 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pa. who now lives in Maryland. McIntyre-Brewer created a program called Soldier’s List in 2003, just after the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The program was

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  • Playful Pups cares for stray dogs in Mount Joy

    Playful Pups cares for stray dogs in Mount Joy

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    • November 4, 2011

    Man’s best friend has a new guardian in the Mount Joy area. On Oct. 17, the Township reached an agreement with Playful Pups Retreat to care for stray dogs during the 2012 calendar year. This new agreement replaces an old accord the Township had with the Lancaster County Humane League. According to the Lancaster New

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  • Lucky Ducks provides new atmosphere for familiar hot spot

    Lucky Ducks provides new atmosphere for familiar hot spot

    Are you looking for a different place to eat or to maybe try something new? Well, Lucky Ducks Bar and Grille is now open on Market Street across from Rita’s Water Ice. Lucky Ducks, previously the home of Flavers Food and Spirits, is under new management, and with new management comes a whole new restaurant.

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  • National Chili Month adds spice to fall season

    National Chili Month adds spice to fall season

    Chili: a warm concoction of ingredients such as meat, chile peppers, and at times beer and cocoa, which is appropriately celebrated during the month of October: National Chili Month. A simple and ancient food with a wide variety of recipes, it is the focus of chili cook-offs, the name of a chain restaurant—Chili’s—and the focus

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