Category Archives: Cops & courts

Black Widow shoots old Alcazar Ballroom into the news: Linked in with neat history stuff, Jan. 27, 2012

A packed crowd at Cobblestone’s watched Pro billiards player Jeanette Lee’s game as part of the American Poolplayers Association’s Black Widow Tour. The evening was hardly historical, but it gives us a chance to spotlight the interior of the old … Continue reading

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Check out the top 10 York Town Square posts in 2011

A post about the Warehime-Myers Mansion, now in the hands of the Hanover (Pa.) Area Historical Society, scored number seven on the most-viewed list on yorktownsquare.com blog in 2011. People must have loved the stories and photographs of this richly … Continue reading

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Crash taking lives of 5 New Oxford High School students among worst mass casualty events in York/Adams history

Five New Oxford, Pa., High School students in this Saturn died in a head-on collision earlier this week. The accident occurred on Adams County’s Route 94, north of Cross Keys. It is the highest toll in York/Adams’ traffic accidents in … Continue reading

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Follow these links to learn more about civil rights pioneer Daisy Myers of York, Pa.

Daisy Myers, right, and  George Leader addressed a session of the 25th annual conference on Black History in Pennsylvania at York College in 2002. A York Daily Record editorial granted roses to the meeting of Myers and Leader: ‘To the … Continue reading

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The day the Ku Klux Klan cried discrimination in York, Pa.

This clip from the York, Pa., Daily Record tells about an ill-fated attempt by the Ku Klux Klan to meet at the Yorktowne Hotel in 1987.  Also of interest: Finder of KKK certificate: ‘My first thought was fear … the … Continue reading

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Emailer from Holland: In search of the family of Amos Palmer from York, Pa.

York City Policeman Amos Palmer poses for a photograph, part of a cache found on eBay by a resident of The Netherlands. The photo’s owner is looking for Palmer’s family members, particularly the Jackson family from York. Also of interest: … Continue reading

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Famous and infamous crimes – in one book: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, Aug. 8, 2011

York countian Joseph David Cress’ ‘Murder & Mayhem in York County,’ tells about famous and infamous crimes in York County’s past. “I’m hoping people read these cases and become fascinated with history,” Cress told the York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News. … Continue reading

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Amish kindness after Nickel Mines influenced York County principal to offer forgiveness to machete-wielding assailant

Norina Bentzel, principal of North Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School, talks about her encounter with the machete-wielding man 10 years ago. William Michael Stankewicz wounded Bentzel and 13 others before the principal and others subdued him before police arrived. Also of interest: … Continue reading

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York County, Pa.’s, old Chestnut Street jail: ‘York has a treasure in it’

The old York County, Pa., jail on Chestnut Street appears fortress-like on the outside, but the elements are at work on the inside, which probably never was that spiffy. The York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News photo shows artwork from prisoners … Continue reading

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Part II: York, Pa.: ‘It’s a midsize city with an interesting history’

In a case that has captured national attention, York, Pa., City Police said Sinhue Johnson and Luann E. Bowers lived at 734 S. Duke St., with their five children in the end home pictured here. Law enforcement officials said the … Continue reading

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