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: April 2010
York, Pa.-based Web site tracking U.S. Supreme Court case, Snyder vs. Westboro
Albert Snyder holds a picture of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, from the last Christmas the two spent together before the U.S. Marine was killed in Iraq March 3, 2006. This scene came during a news conference in which … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – April 19, 2010
This familiar Utz sign is no longer in Baltimore. After a flirtation with the idea of re-locating it in Utz Quality Foods’ hometown of Hanover, Pa., the company moved it to a heavily traveled area in Philadelphia. A Hanover (Pa.) … Continue reading
Before Darisabel Baez’s brutal death, Aleta Bailey’s slaying wrenched York County community
Cameron Bailey feeds his infant daughter, Aleta Bailey, a bottle. In 1982, when Cameron was away for military training, his wife’s boyfriend beat the 5-year-old to death. Aleta Bailey’s name is remembered as the York County, Pa., community wrestles with … Continue reading
York County artist/historian Jim Rudisill: “History is really ‘His Story,’ the story of people… “
Jim Rudisill York County, Pa., artist/historian Jim Rudisill speaks at a story night in Emigsville in 2006. His silhouette art work will appear on the cover of a scholarly journal issued by the York County Heritage Trust, set for September … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – April 16, 2010
A maintenance train works on the Stewartstown Railroad in southeastern York County, Pa., recently. The non-profit, Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad, is starting its capital campaign with a Web donation page. “Recent times have not been kind to the railroad, … Continue reading
Photographer Craig F. Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner and former York countian: ‘I always had a camera’
The Denver Post’s Craig F. Walker, a York Surburban High School graduate, reacts after winning the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography at the newspaper’s office in Denver earlier this week. The former York countian was honored for his photographic … Continue reading
Sovereign Bank Stadium at least the fifth home field for York-area pro baseball teams
York, Pa.’s, Penn Park field? This photo is presumed to be the ballfield or stadium at York, Pa.’s Penn Park, the first in a series of baseball parks to serve as the homefield for York-area baseball teams. West Manchester Township … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – April 12, 2010
York, Pa.’s, Smyser-Royer Variety Iron Works, under development as York Academy Regional Charter School, is shown in this 1893 photograph from “Art Work of York,” W.H. Parish Publishing Co. An interesting feature of the facade of main building, now under … Continue reading
Darisabel Baez: ‘If you see a child who you suspect has been neglected or abused that is the name that should just enter into your mind’
The intro to ‘Carrying Darisabel,’ the special film spearheaded by York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Jason Plotkin, states: ‘They held her, a beaten, dying little girl. Then they found justice. Still haunted, they say we must never forget.’ Also … Continue reading
