News update June 20, 2024
Wounded Warriors Umpire Academy
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Thirty-two graduates from the tenth annual Wounded Warriors Umpire Academy held at the Keystone Fieldhouse Sports Complex, Newville, June 7-17 celebrate at the Dillsburg VFW Post 6771 on Friday. Established in 2014, the academy’s mission is to provide instruction, training, placement and peer to peer support of military veterans interested in baseball.
For the rest of the story see the June 20, 2024 edition.
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Monaghan Township: New facilities discussed
Carolyn Hoffman/Staff Reporter
Monaghan Township continues to work towards building new facilities on its Mt. Pleasant land. A public workshop meeting on Friday, June 14, from 9-11 a.m. will look at an updated site plan for the three-building solution, which was found to be cheaper than one or two buildings.
Currently, the office building is planned for 3,500 sq. ft and will include offices, meeting room, kitchen, restrooms, file room and a small conference room. The new draft will also show a new location for a driveway in and out of the site. The driveway off Mt. Airy Road will remain, but access from S. York Road will be moved further down the hill where traffic visibility is better. The current buildings will remain in use during construction but will be demolished afterwards. If all goes well, completion of the project will be by the end of December 2025.
For the rest of the story see the June 20, 2024 edition.
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New arts center to open downtown
The Dillsburg Arts is expanding to 32 South Baltimore St. where they plan to establish a Cultural Arts Center.
The center will be divided into three sections. One will be for local artists of all ages to display works for exhibit and sale. There will be interactive art activities. Artists will work on projects and be available to explain and demonstrate skills.
The second section will focus on the History of Dillsburg featuring artifacts, events and individuals that had an impact in the area. Examples include the Williams Grove carousel story and display, the narration of the Stearman bi-plane used in WW II training films, a spot featuring Thomas Edison who visited Dillsburg in hopes to invest in an ore mine and a presentation on timekeeping, showing a local clockmaker.
For the rest of the story see the June 20, 2024 edition.
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Dillsburg Borough: New facilities discussed
Mary Lou Bytof/Staff Reporter
Dillsburg area residents have seen the community change greatly in the past 20 years. More housing developments and new warehouses have put a strain on our roads, schools and emergency services. Now that Dillsburg Borough and adjacent Carroll Township has joined forces to create the Northern York County Regional Comprehensive plan, residents can make a difference by participating in the first step of the plan – a public opinion survey.
On Tuesday, June 11, the Dillsburg Borough Council listened to a presentation by Panjay Jobanputra, AICP, project manager from Simone-Collins, who described the scope of the project and emphasized the importance of gathering adequate data from the online survey. It can be accessed on the borough and township websites (dillsburg.com and carrolltownship.com).
“At times, Route 15 is a parking lot,” Council President Matt Fawber said.
For the rest of the story, see the June 20, 2024 edition.
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Turney chosen top ten travel award
Megan Ingraham/Intern Reporter
After seven years of making the list of the top 50 travel agents in Jamaica, Jillian Turney never expected her name to appear in the top ten of this year. Turney is a Jamaica specialist with Ultra Tech Travel and has traveled to the island over 65 times. Her award is a big accomplishment, provided that she was against 48,000 agents and agencies from across the world. Turney explained how the top ten are usually larger agencies that book groups. Being a singular agent and booking for all types of people and not only large groups, it makes her award even more meaningful.
The Jamaican Tourism Board hosts an award banquet every year, featuring agents from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and more. Turney has attended the past few ceremonies, but this one was a little bit more special. Being a travel agent wasn’t Turney’s original career plan, she was ten years out of high school as a single mom with a desire to travel. She decided to return to school and earn her travel agent certifications. Turney explained, “I love travel and wanted to live out the passion and also found a talent within that.” She wants people to see the world and to experience the love of travel as well.
For the rest of the story, see the June 20, 2024 edition.
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Twilight Baseball: Charles and Gilbert making their mark for Stoverstown
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Third baseman Collin McDonald tags out the Newville runner attempting to steal.
With the South Mountain Sox unable to field a full team this season, two former Dillsburg players have joined Stoverstown in the York Central League. Pitcher Justin Charles and Jeremy Gilbert have continued their talents for the 8-2 Tigers who had a game slated against Manchester this week (away on Tuesday, June 18), Mt. Wolf (at home on Thursday, June 20), and Stewartstown, (away on Saturday, June 22). Through June 13, Gilbert had contributed four hits. After 20 innings in four games on the mound, Charles (2-1) has recorded 24 strikeouts and his ERA is 1.40.
Stoverstown’s victories were against: Manchester (4-2); Vikings (2-0); Jefferson (4-0); Pleasureville (5-0); Conrads (5-1); Glen Rock (9-1); Felton (9-1); and York Twp. (7-0). Their losses were at the hands of Mechanicsburg (7-1) and East Prospect (3-1).
For the rest of the story, see the June 20, 2024 edition.
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Dillsburg Legion Baseball: Post 26 defeats Newville
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The Dillsburg 9 to 10 Year Old All Star team scrimmaged Upper Allen at Fisher Park, Mechanicsburg June 17. In photo, Kaeden Jacobs steals second base.
Last Wednesday, June 12, the Dillsburg American Legion Post 26 baseball team defeated Newville 4 to 3 at the Keystone Sports Complex during the Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy. Umpires for the game were Darrell Owens and Mike Mazza, both veterans and instructors of the Umpire Academy.
A three-run second inning coupled with a run in the fifth inning proved to be the difference as Post 26 edged the hosts. Ambrose DePasqua pitched four innings allowing five hits and one run. He struck out six batters and walked one. Andrew Weaver, Collin McDonald and Jacob Yost pitched in relief allowing a collective three hits and two runs. At the plate, Ryan Cromer went 3-for-3 with an RBI, Spencer Cunningham went 2-for-3 with an RBI while Collin McDonald also went 2-for- 3 and one RBI. Oskar Dees and Owen Mains also contributed hits.
For the rest of the story, see the June 20, 2024 edition
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Mechanicsburg to face Dillsburg
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On Monday, June 24, Mechanicsburg Legion Post 109 is slated to face Dillsburg Legion Post 26. Post 26 will host Mechanicsburg in the cross-town match-up. On June 14, Hampden Twp. used a four-run, fourth inning to propel past Post 109 by a score of 8-4. Alex Woodring went 2-for-2 with an RBI while Zach Lochary, Cody Fey, Nick Patrick and Luke Bencivenga added one hit apiece. Landon Kough started for Mechanicsburg and pitched three innings, giving up two runs on four hits. He struck out three batters and walked two. In relief for one inning, Alex Woodring took the loss for Mechanicsburg, allowing four runs on two hits. Sam Klinepeter allowed two runs on five hits.
Against New Cumberland on June 11, Post 109 came back in the late innings to score a 5-3 win. Cody Fey pitched a strong game, going the distance while scattering nine hits and allowing three runs. He had three strikeouts and walked none. Jager Nailor went 3- for-4 at the plate while Zach Lochary went 2-of-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Landon Mark, Dylan Crow, Luke Bencivenga and Caiden Valentino contributed one hit apiece.
For the rest of the story, see the June 20, 2024 edition
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Dillsburg Youth Baseball: All-Stars kick off postseason
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It's that time of year when Little League baseball players trade in the uniforms sporting the names of local businesses to the ones bearing just one name: Dillsburg.
As always seems to be the case for Dillsburg Youth Baseball, expectations are high for the organization as its All-Star teams enter District 14 Tournament play this week. Those lofty expectations, of course, come after last year's crop of 2023 All-Stars captured district titles at the 8-10 and 11-12 level.
Below is a team-by-team look at the DYB All-Star squads looking to make noise this postseason:
8-10 All-Stars
Dillsburg will be looking to duplicate its success from last season, when it captured the District 14 championship banner.
The team will be aiming to get the job done with a roster that includes Andrew Fronk, Caden Heisey, Cameron Adams, Cameron Witmer, Carter Cicero, Greyson Janosko, Harvey Cummings, Kaeden Jacobs, Luca Romano, Myles Smith, Nick Espenshade, and Ryker Mcdade.
Dillsburg will compete in District 14 East Pool Play against the likes of SYC, Northeastern, and Dallastown, with the Top 3 teams advancing to compete in the double-elimination bracket.
For the rest of the story, see the June 20, 2024 edition
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