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Welcome to York Town Square, 8 years of daily posts about journalism and history, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com.
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York County can – and must – connect with grieving Connecticut community, Part II
York County journalists traveled to Newtown, Conn., to help sister newsroom at the New Haven Register cover the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Posted in Archives, all posts, Cops & courts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, God & York County, Local journalism & Web, Pain & trauma, School days, Uncategorized
Tagged Conn., machete attack, New Haven Register, Newtown, Red Lion School District, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Unthinkable in Newtown: York County can – and must – connect with grieving Connecticut community
Feeling Newtown, Conn.’s pain, York County has seen two major cases of school violence since 2000.
Add Hubert Michael’s cruel act to the list of York County’s most notorious criminal cases
Hubert Michael, who was sentenced to death in the death of a 16-year-old Franklin Township girl, has escaped the death penalty … so far
York County Hex Murder: 10 memorable quotes about this famed witchcraft case
‘Trials of Hex’ author J. Ross McGinnis is knowledgable and erudite about York County’s famous witchcraft trial.
Country music’s Shorty Fincher: ‘Valley View is the best of the lot’: Linked in to York County history, Oct. 24, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers Valley View Park, the Electric Map on the move, the Hex Murder cases explained and the closing of Fitz Brothers Eastern Market stand.
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Tagged Children Home of York, Electric Map, Elvis, Hellam Township, Hex Murders, J. Ross McGinnis, Nelson Rehmeyer, New Eastern Market, Shorty Fincher, Stewartstown Historical Society, Stewartstown Presbyterian Church, Three Stooges, Valley View Park
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York County’s Hex murder: 5 more quick facts about the forever fascinating witchcraft case
Some quick facts and impressions about York County’s Hex murder case in which three accomplices killed a suspected witch.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Cops & courts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Hex murder, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Pain & trauma, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged Hex murder, Jim Hubley, John Blymyer, John Curry, Nelson Rehmeyer, Rehmeyer's Hollow, Ross McGinnis
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York County’s Hex murder: 5 quick facts about the forever fascinating witchcraft case
The book ‘Long Lost Friend’ inspired superstitions among the Pennsylvania Dutch until well into the 20th century.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Cops & courts, For photo fans, Hex murder, Local landmarks, Pain & trauma, People, Small-town life, The Pennsylvania Dutch, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged 'Long Lost Friend', Hex murder, Hex trials, J. Ross McGinnis, John Blymyer, John George Hohman, Nelson Rehmeyer, Rehmeyer's Hollow
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Battle of Wrightsville – Rare photograph of the battlefield, Part 2: Linked in to York County history, Sept. 26, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com provides insight about the Battle of Wrightsville, the sentencing of former state Revenue Secretary Steve Stetler and efforts to preserve the Stewartstown Railroad.
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Tagged Columbia, comfort stations, Continental Square, fall foliage, Farmers Market, Joanne Borders, Scott Mingus, Stephen Stetler, Steve Stetler, Stewartstown Railroad, Susquehanna River, Wrightsville
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Susquehanna River bridge headquarters counted the tolls: Linked in to York County history, Sept. 13, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com cover Steam Into History, the deaths of two prominent York countians and Continental Square improvements.
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Tagged Continental Square improvements, Doris Leader, Dorrie Leader, Hubert Michael, Ken Strittmatter, Mel Miller, Monroe H. Bentz, New Freedom, Steam into History, Veterans Memorial Bridge, West Manchester Township Historical Society
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Where do you go for the best source about the York race riots and trials?
Yorktownsquare.com reports that the race riots were erupting at this time 43 years ago and explains the best source to go for information on those difficult times.
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Tagged 1969, Charlie Robertson, Farquhar Park, Henry C. Schaad, Kim Strong, Lillie Belle Allen, Race Riots
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