Yes, I used “fun” and “history” in the same sentence; maybe I’ve been hanging out with Jim too much. Anyway, my husband found this gem for me in microfilm – a random page from the July 18, 1968 Gazette and Daily, the predecessor of the Daily Record/Sunday News. There’s all
When I watch movies, I can’t help but look for York County connections. That’s how I ended up with that Cameron Mitchell post from my husband. Well, the aforementioned my husband and I are geeks. I don’t guess that’s a big shocker, right? Specifically, we’re Star Trek geeks. And recently,
In a recent Weekly Record story about the Heritage Rail Trail County Park, we included a few lines from the county parks department’s Web site about the park. In there was a simple paragraph I didn’t even think that closely about. It said: “Approximately 5.5 miles south of the Colonial
Around this time last year, our family took a nice day trip to southern York County to see the Norman Wood Bridge, which I’d never been across. Well, a while after we did that, I got a nice letter from a reader with her own perspective on the bridge, and
So the winner for the best H of York County is… Harley-Davidson! And by a landslide, too. Yes, I know, it’s a real shocker. Read more at the link above – the paper’s coverage page – and also at the York Harley Watch blog, run by our business staff. (Associated
A scene from 1979’s “The Demon,” which was not nominated for any Oscars. Hi all. my husband here. I’m guest-hosting for Joan this morning. It’s kind of like when you were younger and you were all geared up for “The Tonight Show” and you flip it on and, dang, right
I had a fun “sighting” of an Only in York County thing in one of my daughter’s Christmas gifts. She received from her grandparents The Game of Life: Extreme Reality Edition. If you’re familiar with the original Life game, you know you get a career, get married, buy a house,
Katie Portner, 8, of Dover gets ready to chomp a piece of broccoli. The samples were offered during the Broccoli Bash at the farmers market on Saturday. (Daily Record/Sunday News photo by Jason Plotkin) If you didn’t already, make sure to check out Sunday’s story on the “Broccoli Bash” held
Hubby took me for a “fair date” tonight. Best date ever!! He won me a Kit-Kat and Starburst playing the candy spinner game, and then… I introduced him to the infamous Boxall’s I Got It… and I won! I chose a very lovely new lasagna/roasting pan as my prize. Other
You might have seen this already, but if you haven’t… you should. It’s the full, produced version of the video from the “flash mob dance” in downtown York a few weeks ago. (I especially like this version because I could see one of my friends, an awesome dancer who was