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
Around Amherst: Park work, housing rehab, service programs getting block grant help
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Projects to improve access to Groff Park, modernize several affordable apartments and assist local businesses are being funded through an $825,000 Community Development Block Grant.
Amherst officials recently learned that the town will get the money to pay for a new multi-use path on Mill Lane, get the Watson Farms apartments up to current specifications, and have 25 microenterprise businesses receive technical assistance provided by Valley Community Development.
Five service programs are also benefiting, including the food pantry at the Amherst Survival Center, youth mentoring by Big Brothers Big Sisters, housing services for those experiencing homelessness by Amherst Community Connections, family stabilization support from Family Outreach of Amherst and English for Speakers of Other Languages and career preparation assistance for immigrants offered by the Ce
Published: 1/15/2021 11:33:27 AM
AMHERST Bouncing a large rubber ball between markings on the pavement, twin 7-year-old sisters Arya and Liv Moore tried to get the best of each other and their competitors playing four square.
On an adjacent lawn at Butternut Farm Apartments, as other children made chalk art on the asphalt, their older brother, James, 10, tossed bean bags into cornhole boards.
The activities this week are part of a pilot program known as the Community Recess Van, which is helping children and families have a structured playtime outside their mostly virtual and remote classes. The program runs weekdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.