When: New Holland Borough Council meeting, May 4.
What happened: Council recognized Clete Stone for 47 years of employment with the borough from May 1974 to May 2021. He will retire Friday, May 7, as supervisor of the New Holland Water Department, a position held for 25 years.
Honors: In recognition of Stoneâs service, council is dedicating the new Groff Park water well under construction at Railroad Avenue and Conestoga Street in Stoneâs honor. The plaque on the well building will identify it as The Cletus H. Stone Jr. Building. Council members praised Stoneâs work ethic and leadership.
New well: Jeff Bologa of Becker Engineering LLC, Lancaster, showed an artistâs rendition of the new well building. Bologa said it is the fifth well to be built in the borough and will likely be in operation by November. The other wells are located as follows: Well No. 1 and Well No. 2 â Hoover Avenue, built in the 1950s; Well No. 3 â Custer Avenue, built in 1996; Well