🌱 How local healthcare workers can study leadership through Etown’s new free workshop
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Elizabethtown! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How local healthcare workers can study leadership through Etown’s new free workshop
- Which Elizabethtown officer is being honored for DUI enforcement work?
- Former Elizabethtown ace hits transfer portal after big freshman role
Also on today's calendar: The Downward Dogs @ TJ Rockwells and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the turtle cross the road ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Sunshine; warmer, less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid with a heavy shower, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Elizabethtown College partners with Lancaster Chamber to offer workshop for healthcare professionals (lancasteronline.com) — Elizabethtown College is opening enrollment for a new online leadership and communication workshop tailored to healthcare workers, with scholarships available for up to 100 direct care staff at Lancaster Chamber member organizations. The self-paced Etown Edge program offers a certificate and digital badge, and aims to strengthen workplace skills, patient care, and career advancement for local aides, assistants, and trainees through 2026. 
• 12 Lancaster County officers recognized after combined 253 impaired driving arrests (local21news.com) — An Elizabethtown Police Department corporal is among 12 Lancaster County officers being honored today for a combined 253 impaired driving arrests in 2025. The recognition happens at the county’s DUI Awareness Conference in Manheim Township, highlighting Elizabethtown’s role in countywide traffic safety enforcement and ongoing efforts to curb drunk driving on local roads.
• Penn State Baseball Pitcher Isaiah Shayter Enters Transfer Portal (onwardstate.com) — A former Elizabethtown standout pitcher, Isaiah Shayter, is leaving Penn State baseball after a freshman season spent as the Sunday starter in the weekend rotation. Despite a rough 2–7 record and high ERA, his 97 mph fastball and three remaining years of eligibility are expected to attract strong interest from major programs, keeping Elizabethtown on the college baseball map.
📸 Around Elizabethtown
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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2026 Summer Art Camp (4th - 6th Grades) →
Twisted Easel, etc., 1 S Market St Suite 101, Elizabethtown
9:00 am
Thursday June 25
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Other local events
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SCM Level 2 (6/24 & 6/25) →
Lower Dauphin SD Conewago Library
8:00 am -
SCM Level 3 (1 Day) →
Lower Dauphin SD Conewago Library
8:00 am -
The Downward Dogs @ TJ Rockwells →
T.J. Rockwell's, 800 Mt Gretna Rd, Elizabethtown
6:00 pm -
JasonKnorrMusic: The Downward Dogs @ TJ Rockwells →
T.J. Rockwell's, 800 Mt Gretna Rd, Elizabethtown
6:00 pm -
Trash & Recycling 3rd Qtr Bills Processed
West Donegal Township 1 Municipal Dr, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 -
Township Office Closed - Independence Day Observed
West Donegal Township 1 Municipal Dr, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 -
Independence Day
West Donegal Township 1 Municipal Dr, Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Thursday June 25
Friday June 26
Wednesday July 1
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Buildings & Grounds Committee Meeting (Formerly Physical Plant)
Lower Dauphin SD Elizabethtown, PA 17022
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SilverSneakers® Classes at Juniper Village at Mount Joy →
Juniper Village at Mount Joy, 607 Hearthstone Ln, Mount Joy
11:00 am -
Wine Bottle Succulent Workshop at Grandview Vineyards →
Grandview Vineyard, 1489 Grandview Rd, Mount Joy
6:30 pm -
Trash & Recycling 3rd Qtr Bills Processed
West Donegal Township 1 Municipal Dr, Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Wednesday June 24
Thursday June 25
Wednesday July 1
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💬 Chatter
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- CVS Pharmacy, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Associate in Elizabethtown. Apply here.
- Mars posted a job opening for Senior Production Manager - Cocoa Roasting in Elizabethtown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elizabethtown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hershey
- Hershey's Just Dropped 2 New Chocolate Bars — But They're Only Available In This Country (chowhound.com)
- Company wants to put 2 data centers on former quarry land near Hershey (pennlive.com)
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center adopts 'Heart-in-a-Box' technology (psu.edu)
Columbia
- Stabbing reported on Fairview Avenue in Columbia Borough (columbiaspy.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She was going to the shell station (Thank you Nettie D. for sending it in!)
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