Brecknock Elementary Readies For 14th Annual Spaghetti Dinner

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Brecknock Elementary School is preparing for its 14th Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on Friday, March 13, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Brecknock Elementary. Breck­nock’s Spaghetti Supp­er raises money to fund field trips, assemblies and special educational events for the students. The s...
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Ephrata Mennonite Plans Spelling Bee

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Ephrata Mennonite School will be hosting a Spelling Bee on Saturday, February 29. There is no admission fee and food will be served at 5:00 p.m. and the Spelling Bee starts at 6:00 p.m. There will be door prizes, micropong games, and speed chess tournaments as well. The school is located at 598 S...
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Ephrata VFW Honors Teachers Of The Year

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The VFW Teacher of the Year award contest rec­ognizes exceptional teachers for their outstanding comm­itment to teaching Amer­icanism and Patriotism to their students.

These two teachers were each awarded $500 and went on to compete in District 9, which covers Lancaster and Chester Coun...
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Adamstown Area Library Plans Mississippi River Cruise

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Snowfall prompting thoughts of a warm, soothing vacation perhaps cruising a meandering river on a luxurious new river­boat…think no further by calling the Adamstown Library and getting details on the upcoming Miss­issippi River cruise being promoted by the Friends of the Adams­­town Library...
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Children’s Book Drive Needs Your Support

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The Ephrata Public Li­brary and the Northern Lancaster Hub are hosting a Children’s Book Drive to collect new or gently used books for children in the community. The collection will take place Sunday, March 1 through Saturday, March 7. Donors can drop off books at the Ephrata Public Library, W...
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Akron Celebrates 100th Day Helping Others

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Akron Elementary School celebrated their 100th day of school by collecting 100 of each item including, canned meat, peanut butter, canned soup, pasta and toiletries. Shown with a portion of the collected items are, from left to right, Shade Baker, Bryce Schmidt, Briana Bender, Parker Gehman and L...
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