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PHOTOS: Solanco band preview

8/26/2016

The music in this year's halftime show is familiar, Solanco High School band director Scott Weyman said last week.
"We're doing a Queen show, based on the music from the British rock group," he said.
A lot of listeners as well as musicians know the songs, and that can be a challenge for the band.

Boy Scout builds fence for Solanco Food Bank

8/10/2016

  Teresa Dolan needed someone to build a fence around the Solanco Food Bank's garden.
       Kyle Phipps, a member of Boy Scout Troop 91, Chestnut Level, was looking for an Eagle Scout project.
       Now the food bank has its fence and Phipps is one step closer to achieving scouting's highest rank.

Middle Octorara third annual clothing giveaway

8/10/2016

Members of the women's group of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church are getting ready for their third annual clothing giveaway.
"We do it right before school starts so people can get the clothes they will need for the coming year," said member Nancy Harnish.

Tanglewood Manor team to compete in PGA Junior League

8/10/2016

  Golfers Max Riley and Anna Sexton are part of the Professional Golf Association.
       On a very junior level, that is.
       Riley, 7, and Sexton, 11, are members of the PGA Junior League and compete with Tanglewood Manor's team of young golfers.

Solanco to hire police officers in schools

8/10/2016

Early next year Solanco will join the increasing number of districts that have police officers in schools.
"Of the 16 school districts in the county, only Solanco, Lampeter-Strasburg, Pequea Valley and Cocalico do not have school resource officers," said Dr. Brian Bliss, Solanco's superintendent of schools. "Penn Manor has had one since 2000, Conestoga Valley started in 2002, and Garden Spot in 2003."

PHOTOS: S.E.C.A. 5k

8/10/2016

Click read more to view photo gallery of S.E.C.A.'s 5k race on Saturday, August

Memorial Park's light poles to cost more than planned

8/4/2016

    New poles topped by old lights were supposed to be in place on Memorial Park's lower field before softball season got underway.
   It didn't happen.
   PPL was going to erect new ones at no charge.
   That's not going to happen, either.

Gap Relief Sale to benefit Mennonite Central Committee

8/3/2016

After dedicating their special offering to a domestic program last year, organizers of the Gap Relief Sale will be asking donors to help fund one of Mennonite Central Committee's efforts in Haiti.
Ken Sensenig will talk about MCC's work replanting forests in the island nation, one of the group's many missions in the country.

S.E.C.A. 5k preview

8/1/2016

The Southern End Community Association's ninth annual 5K race will be held rain or shine.
That doesn't mean the weather won't affect the event, SECA director Nicole Luecker said last week.

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