Elizabethtown OCTOBER 15, 2025
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Gearing Up for Fall Fun BY CAT SHANNON
DOWNTOWN SPOOKTACULAR Presented by Mount Joy Area Chamber of Commerce
5:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
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he GEARS Fall Festival is an annual tradition that allows us to serve the community while bringing together groups of all ages to enjoy fall-themed activities and create memories with their friends and families,” said Karrie Norman, GEARS program coordinator. “It also gives the local students an opportunity to be creative, develop leadership and work together to engage and provide value to their community.” The 15th annual GEARS Fall Festival will Children paint pumpkins at a previous year’s GEARS Fall Festival. be held on Saturday, “ There is also family bingo Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at age-appropriate scare levels, line the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds, dancing and hayrides. A variety sponsored by E lizabethtown of inflatables, including a bounce Senior Center,” Norman stated. 900 E. High St. Fall- themed activities will house, big slide and obstacle “Students of the E-town Middle include pumpkin golf, pumpkin course, will also be featured, along School Student Council will be hosting many free carnival-style painting, a haunted barn with with barrel train rides.
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Costumes, Floats and More in Bainbridge BY CAT SHANNON
Come out in costume for some spooky fun when Bainbridge h o s t s i t s a n n u a l Ha l l o w e e n parade. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25. Registration will run from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m., and the parade will step off at 5:30 p.m. Registration will take place at Bainbridge Elementary School, 416 N. Second St. The parade will travel south on Second Street, progress to Overlook Drive and end at the See Parade pg 5 A float from a previous year’s Bainbridge Halloween Parade
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Exploring History by Lantern Light BY CAT SHANNON
Elizabethtown is full of history, and now the Winters Heritage House Museum invites you to explore it by lantern light. The museum will host its first Historic Lantern Tour on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25, with tours beginning at 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. both evenings. The walking tour will begin at the A-frame building behind Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125 E. High St., Elizabethtown. Costumed storytellers will lead tourgoers on a journey through town while also revealing the rich history of the people, places and events of Elizabethtown’s past. “Your tour guide will highlight the architecture, culture and traditions that took Elizabethtown from the frontier years of settlement through the next three centuries of growth and change, all by the light of a lantern,” said museum director Teresa St. Angelo. After the one-hour walking tour, participants will enter the Victorian-era H.U. Coble House, where traditional live music and dance will be performed, and refreshments will be served. Participants will also be able to explore more on their own in the future as each visitor will receive a copy of the walking tour map to take home. “ T hanks to the generous support of our sponsors, we are able to bring the community together to celebrate the past and the people who have contributed to Elizabethtown’s history,” St. Angelo said. Adding a historic lantern tour to its repertoire of events and resources helps the museum See Lantern pg 5
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