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🌱 Why a beloved Lancaster County care home has just one year left

Greetings Lancaster! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why a beloved Lancaster County care home has just one year left
  • How Lancaster’s tiniest wild neighbors get lifesaving help this spring
  • How a theft at Fruitville Pike’s Ulta ended in an arrest

Also on today's calendar: COMEDY NIGHT @ The Southern Market and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 85, low: 51.
  • Sunday: Windy and cooler with showers, with a high of 57 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Lancaster County care facility not shutting down yet after community raises over $700K (local21news.com) — A long-time Lancaster County care facility, Faith Friendship Villa in Mountville, has raised $726,000 but now has one year to become financially sustainable or face closure. Leaders are seeking lasting donor partnerships and a solid long-term plan to keep providing a sense of home, purpose, and support for vulnerable residents who depend on the villa.
   

2. Mission Matters: Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation sees a busy 'baby animal season' this spring (fox43.com) — A Lancaster-based wildlife nonprofit is in the thick of “baby season,” fielding nonstop calls to rescue and rehabilitate injured or orphaned small mammals from across Lancaster County. Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation recently expanded into a larger Lancaster facility, allowing more animal care and public education, and they’re actively seeking local volunteers, donations, and supplies to keep their work going.
   

3. Woman steals more than $2K worth of items from Ulta Beauty in Lancaster County, police say (wgal.com) — A woman has been charged after more than $2,200 in merchandise was taken from the Ulta Beauty on Fruitville Pike in Manheim Township, and she was later committed to Lancaster County Prison. Police say surveillance video shows the suspect filling bags with products before leaving without paying, and note she is linked to similar incidents at other stores.
   

4. Here's the 2026 Long's Park Summer Music Series lineup (fox43.com) — Free Sunday concerts are returning to Long’s Park in Lancaster this summer, with shows running June 7 through August 23 at the amphitheater lawn. The 2026 lineup spans bluegrass, Latin jazz, New Orleans brass, patriotic fireworks, and more, giving locals plenty of eclectic, no-cost options for Sunday-night music close to home.
   

5. Fire crews from Lancaster, York counties respond to West Hempfield Twp. brush fire (lancasteronline.com) — A brush fire in West Hempfield Township drew multiple Lancaster and York county fire crews Thursday afternoon, but it was quickly brought under control with no injuries or structural damage. The incident came amid elevated wildfire risk in Lancaster County, and residents are being urged to use extra caution with cigarettes, machinery, and any ignition sources in the dry, breezy conditions.
   

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  • Update: According to the SPCA the have been reunited🌈
    These poor boys walked up to my house (even with our sewer line getting worked on!) They made their way to me right before 3:00. They are at the… (Nextdoor George Ross)
  • My girl friend is from Brooklyn and she says its the closest to NY style pizza.
    Their sandwiches are really good also and reasonable. (Nextdoor Lyndon)
  • WK Kellogg Company posted a job opening for Boiler Operator in Lancaster. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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