In June 2017, the Lititz 4th of July committee warned that Oak Tree Development Group’s plan for the former Wilbur Chocolate property could end fireworks launched near Lititz Springs Park, drawing an outcry from residents.
In February 2016, Lititz Borough Council President Karen Weibel said the borough was “desperate” for a resident to fill a four-year volunteer seat on the planning commission, a role that requires no professional planning experience.
Manheim Township police provided security, parking control and a quick medical response as thousands of fans packed Penn Cinema near Lititz for the December 2015 opening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
After an August 2015 balcony fire at the Newport Commons apartment complex on North Oak Street in Lititz, the American Red Cross helped 21 people from six families with shelter, cots and meals.
On Nov. 3, 2014, Gov. Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett rallied supporters at Lancaster Airport in Lititz, telling them the governor’s race came down to taxes, a day before Tom Wolf defeated him.
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.
In March 2016, PennDOT began a $3.36 million project to repair and resurface 4.29 miles of Route 501 from north of Lititz to Route 722, a corridor carrying nearly 22,000 vehicles a day.
On the eve of the 2014 election, Gov. Tom Corbett used a Lititz campaign stop to talk about his three grandsons, including an adopted grandson he called “four-by-four.”
In October 2014, residents brought concerns about the Lititz Springs Pool’s management, construction and finances to a Lititz Borough Council meeting after the recCenter’s first season running the pool.
Lititz Borough Police use PowerEngage to text case updates and short satisfaction surveys to people involved in non-emergency incidents. Here’s what the program does, what it doesn’t, and how to reach the department.
Paid street parking in downtown Lititz now runs through ParkMobile from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. At its Sept. 30 meeting, borough council also discussed a planned e-bike ordinance and new four-way stops.
For more than 20 years, Little League teams played on two fields behind the Wilbur Chocolate factory. In 2017, the developers behind the site’s hotel and housing plan said the fields would have to go. Here is how it unfolded.