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MARCH 12, 2025
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 2
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Looking to the past in Wrightsville BY CAT SHANNON
Judges dig in at last year’s Chopped for Charity event.
Culinary creativity meets compassion BY CAT SHANNON
“While the competition heats up, you’ll enjoy delicious food, live entertainment and the chance to support our furry friends in need.” three locations of Greer’s Burger Garage and is the co-owner of The Franklin Street Social in Red Lion. Chef M (also known as chef Michelle Andrews) has a passion for global flavors and traditions. She specializes in private dining,
customized meal plans and culinary education. After attending culinary school in Colorado, she opened her own business serving York and surrounding communities in 2020. Small grew up in Maryland and at Misawa Air Force Base in Japan. He has resided in York since 2015 and has worked for more than 20 years in various culinary environments. A graduate of Johnson & Wales University, he trained in Luxembourg and worked at a Michelin Star restaurant. He worked for several food service companies in New England before serving as executive chef at restaurants in Allentown and Easton. For the past two and a half years, he has worked for York Country Day School. At Chopped for Charity, guests will enjoy a buffet dinner, live entertainment and information about the shelter’s mission and
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Methodist Episcopal churches.” Old Towne Night will feature a presentation by Duane Raber and Rebecca Anstine, both members of the South Central Pennsylvania Genealo g ical Society. “We plan on starting with a brief history of the cemetery, the churches involved and who lived in the neighborhood See Past pg 6
Lancaster Conservancy will acquire nature preserve BY CAT SHANNON
Lancaster Conservancy will acquire the 56-acre Historic Hellam Preserve in York County, spanning Hallam Borough and Hellam Township. The property features floodplain forest; meadows; farmland; Kreutz Creek; and several restored historic structures, including a 19th-century barn and an 18th-century log cabin. The Graham family, which carefully restored the site, is donating it to the Conservancy. In honor
of Ingrid Graham’s vision, the preserve will be renamed the Ingrid Graham Historic Hellam Nature Preserve, celebrating its cultural, historic and environmental significance. “ We are so glad that my mother’s efforts to transform this special property from a collection of neglected buildings to a truly beautiful and serene historic homestead, ready for future generations to enjoy and interpret, will now be protected forever,” said Kristin Graham, on behalf of the Graham family. See Conservancy pg 8
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et ready for a night of sizzling excitement and paw-some fun!” said Tammy L. Jalbert, executive director of Columbia Animal Shelter. “Join us at Chopped for Charity to benefit the Columbia Animal Shelter - where culinary creativity meets compassion!” The second annual Chopped for Charity will be held on Saturday, March 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Country Barn Farm Market, 211 S. Donerville Road, Lancaster. Modeled after the Food Network show “Chopped,” the event challenges participants to create a dish using ingredients from a mystery box. Contestants may also use additional items from a shared pantry, but each dish must prominently feature all of the mystery ingredients. The chefs competing this year
are Ethan Greer, Chef M and Javan Small. Greer is a restaurateur native to York County. He founded Taqueria El Camino, a Latin restaurant located in Dover, in 2020. He also operates
Learn more about the history of Wrightsville and how community members are working to actively restore the past when Historic Wrightsville Inc. hosts Old Towne Night. The event will be held on Friday, March 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 243 Hellam St., Wrightsville, beginning at 6:30 p.m. “This year, we are focusing our efforts on helping to preser ve Wrightsville’s histor y by joining with several other nonprofit organizations to restore the burial grounds and conserve the aging tombstones of the Mount Pisgah Cemetery, located on Mulberry Street in Wrightsville,” explained Lisa Burk of Historic Wrightsville Inc. “Mount Pisgah Cemetery is the final resting place of our African American friends and neighbors from years past, with residing families large enough to support two African American