Laura Whitcomb 
Hundreds turned out at the Penn Township building in August 2016 for the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department’s National Night Out, with food, emergency vehicles, prize bikes and a family four-pack of Hersheypark tickets.
For the August 2015 Lititz Rotary Craft Show, the Young Men’s Business League offered a “Package Drop and Go” service at 4 S. Broad St., storing shoppers’ bulky purchases for a $5 donation that supports league projects.
In July 2016, tickets were selling fast for two of Lititz’s most popular paid events, the third annual Lititz Craft Beer Fest on Sept. 25 and the Lititz Chocolate Walk on Oct. 8, both benefiting local charities.
Tickets for the 14th annual Lititz Chocolate Walk, the Kiwanis Club of Lititz’s “trick-or-treat for adults” set for Oct. 10, 2015, went on sale July 1 online and at local merchants, with proceeds benefiting children’s charities.
In October 2015, Giant gas stations in Lancaster County began requiring customers paying cash to prepay at the kiosk before pumping, ending the old “pay inside” button, a change aimed at preventing drive-offs.
Three generations of runners, a custom-built racing wheelchair and a 69-year-old with more than 1,000 races behind him made the 37th Pretzel Twist 5-Mile Run and Walk in Lititz a family affair in September 2014.
Warwick High School’s March 2015 production of “The Scarlet Pimpernel” drew a standing ovation on opening night, with soaring vocals, elaborate costumes and a cast and crew of nearly 100 students.
In August 2015, the Lititz Borough Police Department’s Endless Summer event, the local National Night Out, drew an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 people to Lititz Springs Pool for free swimming, food and a chance to meet first responders.
A November 2015 geomagnetic storm brought the aurora borealis to skies as far south as central Pennsylvania, where a Clinton County photographer captured green hues on the horizon.
The Moravian Trombone Choir led the annual Carol Sing on Church Square in Lititz in December 2015, followed by refreshments by the fire and a showing of the church’s Moravian Putz.
In September 2016, the 20th annual COBYS Bike and Hike at Lititz Church of the Brethren set a $120,000 goal for foster and adoptive families, with walks, bike rides and a 65-mile motorcycle ride.
In October 2015, Elizabethtown College began building a 2.6-megawatt solar array expected to supply more than 20 percent of its electricity, the largest on any college campus in Pennsylvania.