Hometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco Backstory

Why York County Mattered: The summer we broke up with Britain We're kicking off our 6th season of Hometown History at the Hard Bargains outdoor installation or sculpture in York. This brand new exhibit explores the Articles of Confederation adopted in York in 1777. This was America's first constitution, the predecessor to the U.S. Constitution. This framework helped bring France on board as an all...

EPISODE 5.11 REBOOT - Strand Theatre at 100: Hometown History hosts an evening of memory sharing at the Appell Center Young John Andrews arrived at York’s Strand Theatre early on a Thursday in late August 1925 equipped with a newspaper, a magazine, a lunch box and a soapbox to rest his feet. The Yorker was there about 12 hours in advance of opening night for the brand-new North George Street theat...

Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 2 About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preser...

Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 2 About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preser...

Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 1 About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preser...

About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a k...

Greg Halpin - A retired fire chief shares the history of firefighting, the rebirth of the Police Museum, and his efforts to document lock-ups around the county.

Episode 5.6 In the 1800s, York County grew up as a community. The county provided an almshouse and hospital for children, poor people and disabled adults. The Ladies Aid Society supported soldiers and the York County community in the Civil War. York Hospital formed to host patients needing overnight care. The Children’s Home of York formed as an orphanage to care for families disrupted by the dead...

The Marquis de Lafayette’s spent less than a week total in his visits to York County, but his legacy marks our landscape: the sculpture outside the Gates House, a former men’s club, a street near York’s oldest park and the name of the nicest banquet room at WellSpan Park. In the February episode of Hometown History, Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell about this French nobleman who came a...

Grove and Juffe speak about the treasures that can be found at the Dallastown Area Historical Society

Mr Bupp recalls his personal memories of LBJ's visit to Dallastown.

With Jimmy Carter’s recent death, some people wondered whether he ever visited York County. Of course he did, as a candidate in 1975. York County is the place to visit, as more than 30 other presidents, ex-presidents or presidential hopefuls can attest. The county sits in the middle of things - close to Washington, D.C., and Gettysburg and its national park and cemetery. And Harley-Davidson has be...

With Jimmy Carter’s recent death, some people wondered whether he ever visited York County. Of course he did, as a candidate in 1975. York County is the place to visit, as more than 30 other presidents, ex-presidents or presidential hopefuls can attest. The county sits in the middle of things - close to Washington, D.C., and Gettysburg and its national park and cemetery. And Harley-Davidson has be...

Ms Mundis shares stories and first-hand accounts about the Modernaire Motel

Those icons of old American roads - motels, drive-in theaters, bowling alleys and diners - made travel possible and interesting. Today, the Modernaire Motel in Springettsbury Township is among those retro places along the Lincoln Highway that is long closed and facing an uncertain future. Hometown History’s Jame Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller talk about Lincoln Highway historian Tom Davidson’s...

Hometown History interviews Terry Tolomeo and Ron Bunce of the Children’s Home of York For more information: (717) 755-1033 https://www.childrenshomeofyork.org/

In the 1800s, York County grew up as a community. The county provided an almshouse and hospital for children, poor people and disabled adults. The Ladies Aid Society supported soldiers and the York County community in the Civil War. York Hospital formed to host patients needing overnight care. And the Children’s Home of York formed as an orphanage to care for families disrupted by the deadly Civil...

Part 3 When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened after renovations in October 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the best dance halls in America. The 2,000 people attending the opening of this North George Street venue did, too. They kept coming back to the 260-by-60-foot hall, entering under a stainless-steel marquee with neon lighting. Fourteen murals of la...

Part 2 When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened after renovations in October 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the best dance halls in America. The 2,000 people attending the opening of this North George Street venue did, too. They kept coming back to the 260-by-60-foot hall, entering under a stainless-steel marquee with neon lighting. Fourteen murals of la...

Part 1 When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened after renovations in October 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the best dance halls in America. The 2,000 people attending the opening of this North George Street venue did, too. They kept coming back to the 260-by-60-foot hall, entering under a stainless-steel marquee with neon lighting. Fourteen murals of la...

York's Continental Square has been in the center of things since before the mid-1750s when the 45-foot by 45-foot York County Court House went up in its middle. Initially, the square was aptly called Centre Square, and it became York County's heart as the place that the region's main east/west and north/south routes crossed. Indeed, changes in and around the square helped spell out different chapt...

York County History Storytellers Night 2025 special episode- Quakers of York County

The Hex Murder of 1928 has rightly scored the tag as York County's crime of the 20th century. You have three guys, including two teens, killing a farmer in a remote part of the county in the days before Thanksgiving. The trio went to Rehmeyer’s Hollow to break what they believed was a malevolent spell that Nelson Rehmeyer had cast on them. Something went awry, and they killed Rehmeyer, a benevolen...

Not long ago, Hometown History’s Dominish Marie Miller learned of once-welcoming blue-and-gold Keystone Markers rusting in a Newberry Township storage. In their day, these two vintage roadside markers announced the village of Newberrytown as a place worthy of notice. Domi approached township supervisors about repairing these cast-iron monuments, and they agreed. Domi gained other partners and the...

Discussing other do it yourself projects happening in York County