Pickleball courts and a boardwalk for Old Trolley Line Park, plus a trucking company picks East Hempfield for its next build.

The Digest

A. Duie Pyle is building on 25 acres in East Hempfield

East Hempfield supervisors cleared the way on Sept. 16 for A. Duie Pyle to build a 47,743-square-foot transportation center at 5 Holland St., waiving a preliminary plan requirement for the West Chester logistics company. The site is about 25 acres in the township's enterprise zone, and the permitted use falls under heavy truck repair and sales. The company moves 12,000 to 13,000 shipments a day out of 36 service centers across 15 states, and the new integration center should employ around 25 technicians. Chairman and CEO Pete Latta told supervisors the county's available labor pool is what decided it.

He also told them where the company started. "My grandfather bought a used truck from a next-door neighbor on April 1st, 1924," Latta said. "And we entered the transportation business."

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Old Trolley Line Park is getting pickleball courts and a boardwalk

The state is putting $300,000 into Old Trolley Line Park in Mount Joy Township, which is now in its third phase of development. The money buys pickleball courts, pedestrian walkways, more parking, a pavilion and a boardwalk, plus ADA access, landscaping, fencing and stormwater work. It comes from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, and the park is one of more than 165 across the state getting one of these grants this round.

The park sits near the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail and the Conewago Recreational Trail, which is most of the point. "This investment will expand healthy recreational opportunities and connect existing trails and green spaces for members of the Elizabethtown community and beyond to enjoy," said State Sen. James Andrew Malone. DCNR has now put more than $1 million into the park since 2008.

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Mah-Jongg | Tiles, tactics and conversation with the Adamstown Mah-Jongg group | 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Adamstown Area Library, 110 W. Main St, Adamstown | No fee listed

Silent Book Club at Our Town Brewery | Two hours of uninterrupted reading on the brewery's second floor | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Our Town Brewery, 252 N. Prince Street, Lancaster | Free

Modern Monsters: A Horror Book Club | A monthly club digging into the boundary-pushing horror books of right now | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Manheim Township Public Library, Morgan Center A, 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster | Free, registration required

Harvest & Harmony Barbershop Workshop | Week two of Vocal Harmonix's six-week women's barbershop harmony series | 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1905 Broad St, East Petersburg | $10 for the six-week series

Thirsty for Knowledge Trivia | Weekly trivia hosted by MC Angel, 21 and over | 7 PM | Brendee's Irish Pub, 449 W. Lemon St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Tuesday

Cider Making with Lancaster County Parks and Rec | Park naturalist Lisa Sanchez on apple trees, then everyone presses cider | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Environmental Education Center, Lancaster County Central Park, One Nature's Way, Lancaster | No fee listed, registration required

Using AI to Assist and Simplify Your Life | A plain-English class on ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, and how to prompt them, 18 and over | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Ephrata Public Library, 550 South Reading Rd., Ephrata | Free, registration required

Dinner and Trivia at Appalachian Brewing | Meet People Lancaster gathers for dinner at 5:30, then trivia starts at 7 | 5:30 PM | Appalachian Brewing Company, 55 North Water Street, Lititz | No fee listed, RSVP on Meetup

Crochet with Kasey - Chaos Blanket | The TikTok chaos blanket, where nobody knows what the finished thing looks like | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Columbia Public Library, 24 South 6th Street, Columbia | No fee listed

Sparkdate: The Loxley's Social | A structured singles night with table games, rotating rounds and matches revealed the same evening, 21 and over | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Loxley's Restaurant and Patio Bar, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster | $29.99

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Dear Soldier Boy | A 1990 Amish-country musical comedy about a secret letter to a Gulf War soldier, running through Oct. 21 | Tue 1 PM & 7 PM · Wed 1 PM · Thu 7 PM · Fri 1 PM | Bird-in-Hand Stage, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike #A, Bird-in-Hand | $47 adults, $18 children, show only, $5 off adult tickets with code LABORDAY through Sept. 30

Live music

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Mediterraneo Starlite | Acoustic / Jazz standards | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Beccafico, 27-31 E. Main St., Lititz | No cover listed

Open Mic Artist Sessions with Henry Devorick | Open mic / Singer-songwriter, 21 and over | 7:00 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | Free

Chris Shrift & The Rock N Roll Boys | Rock | 7:30 PM | Zoetropolis Theatre, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster | $15 advance

Tuesday

The Hootin' Annie's | Old-time / String band, square dance called by JW Neilsen | 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | West Art Sanctuary, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | $10-$20 suggested donation

The Bros. Landreth with Madeleine Roger | Roots rock / Americana | 7:30 PM | West Art City Hall, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | $25 advance / $30 door