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ap Fire Company has a new addition to the family. On Saturday, Sept. 12, starting at 11 a.m., the company will host an open house and housing ceremony to celebrate its brand new 2026 E-ONE CR-100 Cyclone aerial ladder truck. Located at 802 Pequea Ave., Gap, the ne w truck will assist the allvolunteer fire company with its coverage of parts of Salisbury, The new truck was purchased at a cost of $1,427,161, $700,000 of which came from Salisbury Township. Sadsbury and Paradise Townships. Gap Fire Company was demonstrations. The event is free be scary, but don’t worry, the fire incorporated in 1910 and char- to attend, and company merchan- department’s here to rescue you.” The new truck was purchased tered in 1924 and can be reached dise will be available for purchase. “They get to watch us cut apart at a cost of $1,427,161, $700,000 by calling 717-442-8100. The housing ceremony coincides a car,” said Joe Kennedy, assistant of which came from support from with the time of year where the fire chief. “While we’re doing it, we Salisbury Township. Painted bright company typically hosts an open usually have somebody, usually me, yellow and custom built for Gap house, so the events have been kind of narrate it. We use it not just Fire Company, the new addition combined for this fall. At the event, as a demonstration, but also some has been years in the making. “We have actually been working there will be food trucks, fire safety education, so that kids kind of get demonstrations and firefighting an idea that vehicle accidents can on this for about the last six or
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The Christiana Historical Society (CHS) will hold its annual Christiana Heritage Days event on Friday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 13. The celebration will include music, food, historical displays, children’s activities and guided wagon tours throughout the town. Visitors will also be able to learn about the Christiana Resistance, a slave rebellion that took place 175 years ago on Sept. 11, 1851. “That’s why we always have (Heritage Days) at that time frame,” said CHS member Patti Shrom.
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Cherry Crest to Host Annual Hometown Hero Festival BY LOGAN MOYER
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm will host its annual Hometown Hero Festival at the far m, 150 Cherry Hill Road, Ronks, on Saturday, Sept. 19, at noon. The day will be one “filled with gratitude, celebration and community spirit as we pay tribute to the courageous individuals who serve our hometowns,” according to organizers. The event began in 2021, intentionally coinciding with the 20th anniversar y of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. That year, the entire maze theme at the farm was centered around hometown heroes. That original event in 2021 has turned into an established yearly tradition, one that will kick off the farm’s fall schedule this year. This year ’s festival lineup includes the Pequea Valley Fire Depar tment , Paradise Fire Department, Strasburg Police and Lancaster EMS. Department participation is subject to change based on staffing and emergency calls. Admission to the farm is required to attend the festival. There is no additional cost beyond admission. A portion of ticket sales for the event will be donated to local volunteer fire departments and other emergency response agencies. “It’s exciting,” said Sara Myer, an organizer of the event. “You not only get a chance to meetand-greet with the firefighters, the police officers, it’s a good way to build those relationships and then be able to give back to them, too.” Activities include a candy drop See Cherry Crest pg 5
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