Monthly Archives: December 2008

The war in the backyard

As I walked down the stairs in my apartment building to get some breakfast Saturday, I wondered out loud why it smelled like something was burning. The answer: Nothing to worry about. It’s just the re-enactors. Every so often, the … Continue reading

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Broken glass

So, I became a statistic Sunday. Someone decided to bash in my back windshield. The cheapest estimate so far is about $350, which does not include fixing the broken plastic behind the back seats. I filed a police report Sunday … Continue reading

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Decade of changes

For those of you who wanted to see the list of 21 strategic sites the York Daily Record identified in 1997, the story is here. There’s also a related story about what the mayor and the city’s economic development director … Continue reading

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Olde Towne East event

Marilyn Hake, of the Olde Towne East neighborhood, sent this along: Olde Towne East residents are having a “congratulations” party for the William Penn High School football team and their coaches on Saturday, December 13, 2008 from 1 to 3 … Continue reading

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Downtown bar mystery solved (for now)

Are we at the Hardware Bar or the Bourbon Street Saloon? One of the most confusing things about the downtown nightlife scene has to be the Hardware Bar complex. It seems to be suffering from an identity crisis. Bars have … Continue reading

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Another look back …

Here’s another snippet from a story I’ve been working on, updating on 21 “strategic sites” the city named 10-ish years ago. One of the sites on the original list in 1997 was 31 S. Beaver St. Then, it was the … Continue reading

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