Area seniors are invited to participate in any of the following programs held at the Elizabethtown Area Senior Center.  The Senior Center is located in the GEARS Community Center, Elizabethtown and is open Monday through Friday.  Call the center for more information about the activities or to make reservations at 367-7984. The Elizabethtown Area Senior Center is a service of GEARS and the Lancaster County Office of Aging. Thursday, July 20: 8:30-9:30am walking, 9am Sewing, 9:30am Morning Stretch, 10:30am Wii Games-Tennis and Golf, 12:30pm Pinochle, 1pm Bridge. Lunch will be: beef stroganoff w/noodles, peas and carrots, fruit. Friday, July 21:[Read more...]

Tennis Camps Youth Tennis Camp – Participants will focus on building tennis fundamentals with emphasis on the FUN! At least two different courts will provide quality instruction for all skill levels. Camp will focus on learning proper techniques, while cultivating a love of the sport through drills and games. Time is from 5:30-7 pm. Ages 8-12 Teen Tennis Camp – Participants will develop and improve skills through conditioning, stroke development and strategy. Camp is for current or aspiring high school tennis players. Time is from 7-8:30 pm. Ages 13-17 Both camps are from Monday-Friday, July 31-August 3 at the Elizabethtown[Read more...]

  July 5, 2017- Two students from the Bear Creek School School will be participating in the Cubes in Space 2017 program. Cubes in Space, a program by idoodledu inc., in collaboration with NASA’s Langley Research Center, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and Colorado Space Grant Consortium, offers global design competitions for students 11-18 years of age to develop STEAM-based experiments for launch into space. The students were selected from more than 600 experiments submitted world-wide from 39 countries. Cubes in Space 2017 selected 160 experiments designed by students from Australia, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Serbia, the United Arab[Read more...]

Girls Basketball Camp           Attention future Lady BEARS Basketball Players!  Camp is under the direction of John Myers, Elizabethtown Varsity Girls Basketball Coach. This camp will focus on the fundamentals of the game. Coaches will stress the basics of dribbling, shooting, passing, etc. Come ready to learn and improve. Wear sneakers and comfortable clothes. Camp t-shirt included in fee. For girls entering grades 3-8.  Camp is Tuesday-Thursday, July 25-27 from 9 am-12 noon in the Bear Creek Gym (1459 Sheaffer Road, Elizabethtown). Fee is $65 for GEARS members ($72 non-members).  For more information or to register call GEARS at 367-0355[Read more...]

The Mid-Atlantic Red Sox 14U travel baseball team (Class of 2022-2023) will be holding tryouts for their Fall 2017 and Spring/Summer 2018 college showcase team.  All those looking to tryout must complete a prospect form located at midatlanticredsox.net for an invitation.   Tryouts will be held: Tuesday, July 18th and Monday, July 31st 6:00 pm (Registration at 5:30 PM) Creek View Park South (Legion field) 4630 Creekview Road, Mechanicsburg, Pa 17050 ————————————— Saturday, July 29th (2 PM to 4 PM) and Sunday, July 30th (11 AM to 1 PM) Frederick Community College 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, MD 21702  

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (June 28, 2017) — Building confidence and learning new skills can take many forms, including building your own bicycle. To that end, the PPL Foundation has announced a $25,000 grant for the Earn-A-Bike program at The Common Wheel in Lancaster to support six 5-week sessions of hands-on mechanical courses for children. Two of the six courses will be girls’ classes. The program allows participants to learn the basics of bicycle maintenance and safe riding through supervised work on their own donated bike. The Common Wheel grant was one of more than 70 announced today (6/28) across the PPL[Read more...]

Area seniors are invited to participate in any of the following programs held at the Elizabethtown Area Senior Center.  The Senior Center is located in the GEARS Community Center, Elizabethtown and is open Monday through Friday.  Call the center for more information about the activities or to make reservations at 367-7984. The Elizabethtown Area Senior Center is a service of GEARS and the Lancaster County Office of Aging. Thursday, July 6: 8:30-9:30am walking, 9am Sewing, 9:30am Morning Stretch, 10:30am Shuffleboard, 11am Summer Safety 12:30pm Pinochle, 1pm Bridge. Lunch will be: meatloaf, potatoes, mixed veg, sherbet. Friday, July 7: no AM[Read more...]

  Londonderry Twp. (June 22, 2017) -  On Saturday, July 1, 2017 Londonderry Township will present the 9th Annual “Stars & Stripes Salute” at Sunset Park with the festivities getting underway at 7:00pm. Admission and parking is free. Williams Concessions will be at both locations. Under the theme of “One Night. One Nation. One Celebration!”, this year’s festivities will kick off with The Smokin’ Gunnz, a southern rock band, at 7pm on the deck at Sunset Bar & Grill. Then at 8pm, the renowned New Holland Band will take to the Main Stage in Sunset Park to perform a number[Read more...]

  Thursday, June 29: 8:30-9:30am walking, 9am Sewing, 9:30am Morning Stretch, 11am Share your Wedding Pictures, 12:30pm Pinochle, 1pm Bridge. Lunch will be: salisbury steak, potato, coleslaw, mixed fruit. Friday, June 30: no AM walking, 10am Bible Study, 11am Would you Rather? 5pm TGIF Party. Lunch will be: sausage, potatoes, beans, cookie. Monday, July 3: 8:30-9:30am walking, 9:30am Laddergolf, 10:30am I Love America Game, 12:30 Pinochle. Lunch will be: pulled pork sandwich, macaroni salad, cabbage, apple crisp. Tuesday, July 4: We are closed for the July 4th Holiday! Wednesday, July 5: 8:30-9:30am walking, 9:30am Chair Exercise, 10am Wii Bowling, 11am[Read more...]

June 22, 2016- The Elizabethtown Area School District Board of Education unanimously approved Amanda Baxter as the principal for Bainbridge and Mill Road Elementary Schools. She will replace Greg Kiehl, who has accepted a position to become the Director of Elementary Education for the Donegal School District. Baxter was hired following an extensive search process that involved a series of interviews and an analysis of her demonstrated exemplary work within the district. The interview team was comprised of district and school administrators. Baxter has more than 17 years in education, the last year as the assistant principal at East High[Read more...]