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: June 2010
Tour of those Downtown York sites important to Jewish community are part of JCC’s 100th birthday
A memorial with fresh flags at South Hills Hebrew Cemetery honors a Jewish war veteran in this 2008 York Daily Record/Sunday News file photo. Youth group members and others from Jewish Family Services helped veteran Jerry Cohen place the flags. … Continue reading
Mystery solved. Reader finds site of York-area’s first baseball stadium
This photo is 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 professional baseball teams. West Manchester Township Historical Society’s Mel Miller scanned this image … Continue reading
The old iron bridge: Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – June 19, 2010
This iron bridge on the Stewartstown Railroad, located along Route 851 just outside Stewartstown in Hopewell township, is a second-hand bridge. Stewartstown’s Doug Winemiller wrote that it was built in 1870 and originally located in Baltimore over the Jones Falls … Continue reading
Cumberland County collector about bus or train sign: ‘Excited to snag this piece of local history’
This bus or train roll sign lists various towns, including several in York County, on the vehicle’s run, leading its proud Cumberland County owner to inquire about more information on this interesting artifact. Other artifacts of interest: Cumberland County reseacher … Continue reading
Ex-York countian Steve Zirnkilton has performed in every ‘Law & Order’ show
Steve Zirnkilton, the voice of Law & Order, recently was mentioned in a question-and-answer feature in USA Weekend, which appears in the York (Pa.) Sunday News. He has strong York, Pa., links. Also of interest: All posts mentioning Steve Zirnkilton … Continue reading
In the 1800s, York County voters sided with the Democrats, the party of the South
This chart from York College professors G.A. Mellander and Carl E. Hatch shows the Democratic domination, left column, in York County presidential voting in the 1800s. Also of interest: Historians, journalists draw on work of forebears and Is York County … Continue reading
‘Terrible fracture’ death lays rest to claims that modern York County journalism is sensational
Two days after Christmas in 1899, The York Gazette published this report about the death of an elderly man in Fawn Grove, in southeastern York County, Pa. Also of interest: York County, Pa., journalism goes back to the future and … Continue reading
