Donegal /townlively
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 45
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Winterfest Will Ring In The Season BY CATHY MOLITORIS
sher in the holiday season in Mount Joy by heading downtown on Saturday, Dec. 5, for the annual Winterfest celebration. The event will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. along Delta and Henry streets and in the parking lot of Sheetz Funeral Home, 16 E. Main St. “This is the 23rd year for Winterfest,” said Dave Schell, executive director of Main Street Mount Joy. “It’s a fun and festive way to kick off the holiday season.” Typically, Winterfest would be held along Main Street and would culminate in the annual tree lighting, but things had to change slightly this year. The new location will allow for more social distancing, and the tree will already be lit at the time of the event, Schell said. Although some changes will be made this year, the event will still include aspects the community looks forward to. “Winterfest will feature food, entertainment and vendors,” Schell stated. “ We’ll also have Santa (available for visits) at Sheetz Funeral Home.” He said area businesses, nonprofits and churches will participate in the festivities, offering food like homemade whoopie pies and one-of-a-kind items from Mount Joy stores. Many shops in Mount Joy will be open, and others will have booths in the Winterfest area. The day will provide an opportunity to get to know more about what the town has to offer. “This is a great way for anyone to come
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Looking for lunch on Saturday, Dec. 12? Look no further than JB Hostetter & Sons, 1225 W. Main St., Mount Joy, where the Kiwanis Club of Norlanco-Rheems will hold a barbecue fundraiser at beginning at 10 a.m. until sold out. Although the club holds barbecues twice a year, this one will be a little different, said Ben Osterhout, barbecue coordinator and past president of the club. “This is the first time we’ve partnered with Peters’ Barbecue, and we’ll be offering chicken barbecue and pork barbecue,” he explained. “In the past, we’ve only done See Barbecue pg 4
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Christmas Concerts Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 The 23rd annual Winterfest will feature vendors, entertainment and food along Delta and Henry streets in Mount Joy, as well as in the parking lot of Sheetz Funeral Home.
and investigate what all we have in downtown Mount Joy,” Schell said. “You can check out the restaurants and shops. You can meet up with some of your neighbors, and you can see what the nonprofits in town are doing.” This year has been particularly hard on small businesses, he noted, and Winterfest will offer a chance
for the community to support the local economy. “All of the big-box stores were able to stay open all year, but that wasn’t true for all small businesses,” he explained. “This is a great way to support them going into their holiday season, which for most is their busiest time of the year.”
Schell said he is looking for volunteers to help set up and tear down the day of the event. Interested readers may call the Main Street Mount Joy office at 717-653-4227. “It was really important for us to hold Winterfest this year,” Schell said. “Mount Joy really needs something like this.”
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