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MARCH 5, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 45
Millersville Borough will recognize hometown heroes BY GEORGE DEIBEL
the first year of the program, the borough will install a maximum illersville Borough will of 23 banners. honor its hometown The fee to order a banner heroes by joining the covers the cost of the banner, the nationwide trend of placing ban- mounting kit, and pole attachners on light poles to recognize ment survey costs. Applications veterans. must include a “We’re certainly photo of the serexcited to join vice member to be “The veterans with the other included on the deserve to be municipalities that banner. DeSantis honored for the do this program,” -Randall is encoursaid borough a g ing p e ople to sacrifices they manager Rebecca send high-quality DeSantis-Randall. made to serve our photos. “The better “We’re excited that the picture, the country.” the Pennsylvania better the banner,” State Association of she said. Boroughs is recognizing municB anners will be installed ipalities that have Hometown throughout Millersville Borough Hero projects. We’re excited to be on or before Memorial Day, a part of a growing group.” Monday, May 26. An honoree Banner orders will be accepted must live or have lived in Millthrough Friday, April 4, on a ersville Borough or be a relative first-come, first-served basis. For to someone who lives in the
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Lancaster County WoodCarvers to hold 50th festival BY GEORGE DEIBEL
The Lancaster County WoodCarvers group will hold its 50th annual Woodcarving Festival on Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Millersville University’s Student Memorial Center, 108 Shenks Lane, Millersville. Parking is free. Admission is free for those with a military
ID and for students with high school or post-high school student ID. “It’s going to be the largest show we’ve had,” said Jeffrey Pretz, who is a member of the Lancaster County WoodCarvers. “We’re having commemorative carving knives created that will be for sale. We’re having the Caricature Carvers of America. There will be a lot of bird carvers and spoon carvers and other See WoodCarvers pg 5
BY JEFF FALK
Organization shares region’s blessings with everyone
Lancaster County is rich in resources, culture and things to do, and in Lancaster County, tourism is big business. Discover Lancaster takes a proactive approach to drawing visitors to Lancaster County. Its work is designed to maximize and unlock the locale’s full potential and make the area a destination. “We pack a mighty punch for the size we are,” said Joel Cliff, who’s been Discover Lancaster’s director of communications and Visitors go for a ride at one of Lancaster County’s most famous See Lancaster pg 8 attractions, Dutch Wonderland.
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See Heroes pg 2 Millersville Borough manager Rebecca DeSantis-Randall shows a sample of a Hometown Hero banner.