Just a fun little example of “Only in York County.” One of the YDR’s former correspondents and an online friend of mine, Greg Gross, upon realizing that my family had the Fitzkee’s-and-other-candy stand at the Market & Penn Farmer’s Market in the 80s and 90s, said: “I am positive I
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,
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
Thanks to all of you who voted in my “favorite local fruit” poll. And the winner, with 55 percent of the vote? STRAWBERRIES! You guys had a lot of berry thoughts to share. Here’s just a few: Jo said she picked about 12 quarts total of the biggest and most