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DECEMBER 27, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 46
Professional women’s golf returning to Lancaster Country Club BY JEFF FALK
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the Chamber again considered the idea of the website. Grove loved that it offered easy access to information. “This is strictly a tourism/ community site that highlights events and opportunities all in one place,” she said. “We have
Not only is it one of the top sporting events in the United States and one of the most important golf tournaments in the world, but it’s also going to provide an economic boom for the area. The 2024 U.S. Women’s Open will prove to be a win-win for the Lancaster Country Club, Manheim Township and Lancaster County. The U.S. Open is coming to - or, more accurately, returning to - the Lancaster Country Club (LCC) in five months. Apparently, the United States Golf Association’s (USGA) last trip to Lancaster in 2015 was so successful, everyone involved thought it would be a good idea to do it again. “It’s huge. Huge isn’t the proper adjective,” said Josh Saunders, Lancaster Country Club’s director of grounds. “You don’t have to be a golf fan to come out and support your community. People are going to come from all over to witness this event. It’s not a feather in (the LCC’s) cap. It’s a feather in the community’s cap. The community has embraced the event.” During the week of May 27,
A new website, www.discoverelizabethtown.com, highlights community events such as a recent visit from Santa Claus.
Website makes it easy to discover Elizabethtown BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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and all of the amazing places to eat, stay, play and shop,” recalled Denise Grove, executive director of the Elizabethtown Area Chamber of Commerce. “Due to COVID, it was put on hold and the site never went live.” Fast forward to 2023, when
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here’s never a shortage of activity in Elizabethtown, and now community members can find out everything they want to know all in one place. The website
www.discoverelizabethtown.com launched this summer as a source of information and inspiration. Although the site went live this year, its roots date further back. “This was an initiative that the Chamber started at the end of 2019 to highlight our town
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