The Cookes House, one of York's overlooked landmarks, has not escaped the notice of vandals.
On several occasions, vandals have struck one of York's oldest buildings. (See writer Ted Czech's York Daily Record/York Sunday News story below.)
So, a re-run of “Desperate Housewives" caused people to channel surf in great numbers Sunday night.
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Serving as witnesses, two York County freelance reporters effectively fought off questions from attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendants in the Dover intelligent design trial Thursday and Friday.
To understand the long road from covering Dover meetings to becoming fact witnesses in federal court, read my column appearing in the York Sunday News on Oct. 30.
Rosa Parks' death is a reminder of the accomplishments of York County resident Daisy Myers.
She's sometimes referred locally as "Rosa Parks of the North" for her and her family's perseverance in the face of racial violence in Levittown, Bucks County, in the late 1950s.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that the doors to a small brick building at the rear of a parking lot across from York’s St. John’s Episcopal Church were pulled back.
This was my chance to see if any remnants of a World War II USO were left in the building, the former gym for the York County Academy... .
June Lloyd, York Daily Record/Sunday News columnist, connects the dots between a famous York countian and the famous musical play Miss Saigon... .
Ask any York County audience about the current location of "The Little Courthouse" or "Victory House," and they'll pause and say, "Farquhar Park," or "near Kiwanis Lake."
Well, the 1 ½-story replica of the Colonial Courthouse -- county courthouse No. 1 of 4 -- hasn't rested in the park for years.
Mark Noll set an American record for shortest field trip this week.
The Dallastown Area High School history teacher did not let a fire drill impair precious instructional time.
Martin Library's renovations have made it a first-rate library.
But in the modernization at the longtime York library, a resource for researchers has been curtailed.
The Prospect Hill Cemetery, vandalized last week, is just one of York County's unsung treasures... .
Think newspapers did a better job with spelling, punctuation and grammar in the old days? Read on.
October's "Atlantic Monthly" contains an intriguing story on Abraham Lincoln's struggles with mental illness. The cross Abe bore was depression -- then called melancholy -- and he often contemplated suicide, the article stated.
Richard T. Gillespie came across a secret treasure and ...
Well, we'll let him tell the story, sent to us via email:
Manchester Township resident Henry Pettit served under famed World War II Gen. Terry Allen in Europe.
He fought in a machine gun outfit. He saw the Dachau concentration camp after it was liberated. He was there to meet up with allied Soviet soldiers deep in Germany.
But one of his fondest war stories was meeting Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower near Aachen, Belgium... .
In remarks at this week's banquet to honor George M. Leader, someone -- I think it was a banker -- opined about one of the former Pennsylvania governor's most significant accomplishments.
It was during his four-year term, starting in 1955, that I-83 was completed from Baltimore through Harrisburg, the speaker stated. The linking of those two key cities meant an economic development boom that York County has enjoyed ever since.
The ode to former governor George M. Leader banquet Monday night raised $64,000 to start a foundation to educate county students on local history.
A good lesson emerged... .
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