Results tagged “Monica Goodling” from York Town Square

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The two presidential candidates meet at Messiah College, only a few hundred feet from York County. At least two bridges connect York and Cumberland counties on the Messiah campus, a relocated covered bridge (the last of its kind in York County) and a pedestrian bridge, successor to a swinging bridge. Background posts: Picturesque steel bridges going way of covered predecessors and When the bridge over the Codorus moved.

When Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spoke at Messiah College Sunday night, I wondered if they would unwittingly bring their campaigns to York County.

All it would have taken was for either candidate to walk across the covered bridge connecting the Cumberland County part of the campus to the York County part... .

About Monica Goodling: 'She'll come through this'

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Monica Goodling, the former Justice Department's White House liaison, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington in May to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Background posts: Monica and 'The Bachelor' , Monica Goodling proves that all roads lead to York County, Clinton, Obama at Messiah College: Still stopping short of stepping on York County soil.

Monica Goodling did not leave deep, lasting memories on many in York County.

But York Daily Record/Sunday News reporters continue to develop the portrait of the former York Haven-area woman who has been part of proceedings probing the Bush administration's firing of U.S. attorneys... .

Monica and 'The Bachelor'

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York Haven-area native Monica Goodling is surrounded by photographers as she took her seat to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about what she knows of the motive behind the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. But reality TV has given her a run for the local spotlight, as York countians have shown prowess on the screen. Background posts: Background posts: Monica Goodling proves that all roads lead to York County, Clinton, Obama at Messiah College: Still stopping short of stepping on York County soil and About Monica Goodling: 'She'll come through this.'


Monica Goodling put York County into the national news again.

But she was almost upstaged by the local woman, Tessa Horst , who won "The Bachelor." (See photograph below.)

Which brings us to the prowess of county residents in appearing on -- and occasionally winning -- reality shows. York Daily Record/York Sunday News editorial page editor Scott Fisher compiled an impressive list of recent reality shows participants from York County for our weekly newsmaker on Sunday. He came up with eight.

What is it about York County that would draw our folks to TV studios to occasionally make fools of themselves?

Anyway, here's Scott's Sunday newsmaker: ...


Monica Goodling proves that all roads lead to York

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Monica Goodling, a graduate of Northeastern High School, is at the center of an international story. Background posts: Monica and 'The Bachelor' , Clinton, Obama at Messiah College: Still stopping short of stepping on county soil, About Monica Goodling: 'She'll come through this.'.

Well, we've established in the York Town Square posts on the long trumpeter at the Preakness, the woman who won "The Bachelor" and the mayor of Braddock, Pa., that all roads lead to York County.

Now, today, Monica Goodling, a former York Haven-area resident, is in the public spotlight for her testimony under immunity in the firing of federal attorneys.

Goodling might have lived for years in York County, but she left a light footprint here.


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