About this blog
I've been editor of the York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News for 8 years and managing editor of the newspaper for 15 years before that. So, York Town Square explores the rapidly changing world of journalism. And I studied York/Adams' history in graduate school, have written six books about these fascinating southcentral Pennsylvania counties and serve on the York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust board. So, this blog deals with regional history. Often, journalism and history meet here. They're part of a continuum anyway. My hope is that this site intrigues readers on both accounts in giving a daily dose of journalism/history. Or history/journalism. Contact me at jem@ydr.com or become friends on Facebook or follower on Twitter, @JamesMcClure.
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Lenny Moore has strong links to York
Lenny Moore, famed Penn State and Baltimore Colts running back, is coming back home when he appears at York Sports Night. The annual event is set for Jan. 25, 2006, at the old Central York High School, 300 E. Seventh … Continue reading
York County’s connection to the French Quarter
June Lloyd, retired archivist at the York County Heritage Trust, is off to a great start as a columnist for The York Daily Record/Sunday News. On Christmas Day, her column connected a product of York County with a popular part … Continue reading
Solitary supports cross Susquehanna River
Motorists driving across the Wright’s Ferry Bridge spanning the Susquehanna River might wonder about the long lonely row of bridge supports seen downstream beside the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge. Some may know that these piers supported the mile-long bridge burned by Union … Continue reading
German prisoners from two wars came to York County
A fight between a developer and preservationists over the Camp Security site in Springettsbury Township has made many York County residents aware of the history of that Revolutionary War location. Fewer are aware that York County played host to a … Continue reading
Technology boosts Scopes, Dover ID coverage
In covering the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925, the Gazette and Daily in York made its first extensive use of photographs delivered via a phone line. The daily newspaper played with its news technology by running a July 1 photograph … Continue reading
Want to know more about York County history?
Where do you start if you want to read more about York County history? An e-mailer from Seven Valleys posed that question recently. The correspondent said he’s read Scott Butcher’s “Postcard History of York” and Georg Sheets’ “To the Setting … Continue reading
York Charrette or charade?
A gratifying part of doing journalism and history is pulling past research from the file and putting it into play today. I had researched the York charrette, a major community forum in 1970, for a paper as an American studies … Continue reading
York County history students take journalist to school
Jim Rudisill is seen with fellow history enthusiast Luther B. Sowers. At least a half dozen times a year, I spend time with Jim Rudisill, dean of York County history. His knowledge is so vast that every get together is … Continue reading
Black history on display throughout York County
Our editorial board believes that recent state tourism efforts to highlight York County black history on the Web were sparse, so we provided some additional possibilities in the editorial in the York Sunday News on Dec. 4. In researching the … Continue reading
