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Two national celebs tied into York County, Pa.: Linked in with neat history...
Olympic Gold Medal skier Diann Roffe’s home mountain stands in York County – Roundtop Mountain Resort in Warrington Township. In fact, she moved to the region about 12 years ago to teach clinics at...
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Black Widow shoots old Alcazar Ballroom into the news: Linked in with neat...
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...
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What is the story of the Midway Motel in Loganville? Linked in with neat York...
Topics below: Pinterest interest/Local histories/Gettysburg hunting? Twenty people were evacuated from this Loganville motel, the Midway, on Monday after a fire at this North Main Street lodging place....
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Once the biggest and most beautiful tree in York County: Linked in with neat...
This big oak – the Seidel Oak - stands as part of a tranquil scene in southeastern York County, captured in this Gazette and Daily calendar page for July 1969. This carefree scene contrasts with...
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How Downtown Jacobus changed in the 1980s: Linked in with neat York County...
Neat stuff, below: ‘Enlisting Time’ exhibit/Dover Township’s Admire/West York’s champs Some folks remember when Pines Pharmacy was located in this old building in Jacobus. By old, this building, as...
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Exploring the gardens of old Springdale estate – Linked in with neat York...
More neat stuff, below: Landis Valley encampment/Crandall’s Health School An unsung park-like setting made for a weekend walk surrounds the Unitarian Universalist congregation’s house of worship on...
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Did you know? Turnpike crosses tip of York County. Linked in with neat...
More neat stuff below: Chris Doleman/Indian Lands/Bookstore closes Some people may not realize that York County claims a piece of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Ydr.com’s Exit Interviews series underscored...
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Adding to the long list of York County’s greatest athletes
A recent ydr.com story said this about Eastern York High School’s Donna McLain Vitacco: ‘She arguably was the most dominating female track and field athlete the YAIAA has ever known — certainly the...
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Among recent celebrity visitors, Brooks Robinson topped them all: Linked in...
Neat stuff below: York Fair/York County Shopping Center/’A Day in the Sun’ When celebrities visit York, there’s a good chance that history will remember them. Consider all the U.S. presidents who have...
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There’s gold in them thar York County streams
Gold panning is pretty common around York County in the summer. So is dredging for gold. Here is a group at work in Spring Valley County Park during a York County Parks seminar held each July. But...
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Vic Wertz, York, Pa.’s, famous Major Leaguer, to be honored in Reading:...
Maxine Swann/Central Market/Creativity Unleashed Vic Wertz was born in York, Pa., and spent his first 11 years here. He still has family here. And his name lives on, most famously as the Cleveland...
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In York, Pa., and Boston, Mass., police and emergency services workers are...
A memorial garden featuring the names of firefighters and police officers who have died in the line of duty is to the right of the York County emergency services building. The 911 center in...
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Amish and Mennonites: Don’t know much about Pennsylvania Dutch history?...
The Amish and Mennonites fascinate folks but how often do you have an opportunity to increase your understanding of these Pennsylvania Dutch denominations? Old Order Amish and Mennonite historians who...
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Gettysburg 100: Wrightsville observes Civil War battle in its streets –...
Gettysburg 100/Local ties to U.S. Open/York County’s Smoketown Wrightsville, Pa., observes Gettysburg 100 in 1963 with a parade down its main street, old Route 30 or the Lincoln Highway. This was the...
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York’s West Princess Street helped form foundation for Julia Hines-Harris’...
Gettysburg 150/Jeffrey Bortner’s book/Eddie Khayat & York NFLers Dr. Julia Hines-Harris retired after 36 years in York, Pa., City School District. Her last position was assistant superintendent...
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A short list of big celebs, achievers with York County roots
Bruce Arians, a William Penn High School graduate, is seen here in 2007 after his promotion to offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has since received yet another promotion: to head...
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GameTimePa.com crosses the Susquehanna and expands to the Pa./N.J. line
GameTimePA.com’s prep sports coverage swath includes the southern part of Pennsylvania from Fulton County in the west to Bucks County in the east. The website, founded in 2008, expanded this week with...
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3 photos from 3 different sports add to memories about 3 York County stars
Sports Moment 1 The GameTimePa..com’s Throwback Thursday series starts with an interview with West York’s Travis Hoffman, who threw ‘The Pass’ that enabled Kennard-Dale’s Adam Miller to score his...
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York, Pa., history trivia: When did Stauffer make its first animal cracker?
Linked in/Neat stuff: Throwback Thursdays/The Great Baltimore Fire York County, Pa.’s, D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Co. has made animal crackers since 1871. There’s the view out there that the company made...
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Lake Williams just passed the century mark; York Water Co. coming up on 200th
Linked in/Neat stuff: Chance Marsteller the best of preps?/Victor’s eatery feted One might think those two beautiful water supply lakes south of York, Pa., were built at the same time. But Lake...
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