York Daily Record/Sunday News
June Burk Lloyd on York's mysterious Declaration of Independence signer
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- June Burk Lloyd on York's mysterious Declaration of Independence signer
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- 7:50
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- June Burk Lloyd speaks on Declaration of Independence signer James Smith and the American Protective League, a WWI citizen force, during Storytellers.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
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- Hear Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Miller on Lafayette's visits to York
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- 8:31
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Miller speak about Lafayette's visits to York during the York County History Storytellers event on Dec. 11, 2025.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
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- Ben Neely on the Committee of Safety and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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- 9:02
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Ben Neely speaks on the 1774 Committee of Safety and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper during York County History Storytellers event on Dec. 11, 2025.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
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- See opening day at Roundtop Mountain Resort in northern York County
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Roundtop Mountain Resort opened for skiing on Dec. 13, 2025. Raw video provided by Roundtop Mountain Resort.
( VIdeo Paul Kuehnel )
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- See structural issues prompting Union Lutheran Church redevelopment proposal in York, Pa.
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- 4:33
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Rev. Joel Folkemer tells everyone that he has a love-hate relationship with the nearly 100-year-old Union Evangelical Lutheran Church building on West Market Street in York.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story:
It's a beautiful Late Gothic Revival-style church designed by local architect John Dempwolf. The sanctuary features stained glass windows created by Rudy Art Glass Studio of York, according to architectural historian Scott D. Butcher.
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- Huge retro candy shop opens Dec. 12 on Continental Square, in York, Pa. at 4:05 p.m.
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop is bringing retro candy, fun soda and international treats to downtown York's Continental Square.
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- Scott Mingus on freedom seekers vs. bounty hunters at York history event
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- 7:38
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Scott Mingus speaks on freedom seekers vs. bounty hunters during York County History Storytellers Dec. 11, 2025.
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- Samantha Dorm speaks on military woman at York history storytellers
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- 5:52
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Samantha Dorm speaks about the Six Triple Eight and Staff Sgt. Fairy Ensminger Decker at York County History Center Dec. 11, 2025.
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- Shot on the job, a York cop had to make sure he was fit for duty, physically and mentally
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- At about 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2018, York City Police Detective Kyle Pitts was among the members of the U.S. Marshal Service’s Fugitive Task Force who had descended on a house in Harrisburg’s Allison Hill neighborhood to secure the arrest of a woman wanted on a weapons charge.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/12/10/wounded-on-the-job-york-cop-had-to-heal-physically-and-mentally/87235450007/
The members of the task force entered the house and while Pitts, who had just been assigned to the task force, was taking the woman into custody, they heard a man’s voice from the second floor of the rowhouse.
“Are you looking for me?” he yelled from the top of the stairs.
They hadn’t been. Although, they would have had a reason to be looking for him. The man, 31-year-old Kevin Sturgis, was wanted in Philadelphia, accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a pregnant woman.
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- The fascinating story behind these iconic York County tree sale signs
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- When Glenn Olsen was in high school in Reading, his mother helped him find a job at Karetas Fruit and Produce.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/12/09/a-surprisingly-interesting-story-behind-these-iconic-york-county-signs/87672799007/
It was a good job and he enjoyed it. It fit in with his school schedule and the baseball season – he was a pitcher on Wilson High School’s powerhouse team back then.
During the holiday season, the produce distributor sold Christmas trees and put Olsen in charge of the lot. He oversaw marketing, and he painted the signs advertising the lot and placed them around town. The lot did well, selling some 300 trees when he was running the lot.
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- Take a last peek underground at York's comfort stations before they are sealed up #urbex
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Framing the southeast corner of Continental Square for 96 years, the curved iconic stone railings of the comfort station in York are now gone. Their embedded memory still guides the imagination down the surviving stairs and rooms hidden below.
( Video/story: Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/videos/news/local/2025/12/09/see-a-prohibition-era-piece-of-history-sealed-under-continental-square/87664504007/
Although now sealed and only accessible by a locked trap door, the sturdy finishes of copper, tile and stone − materials and workmanship not often designed into public restrooms today − will sit in darkness beneath the square waiting for a future plan.
The comfort stations operated on the square from 1929 until around 1978. York was a bustling downtown center in the early years with train service and street cars bringing travelers to a robust downtown commercial scene. The stately restrooms were built out of a need for a new public...
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- Take an early look inside West York’s The Bakery entertainment venue
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Bakery Entertainment Complex, a 52,000-square-foot dream by Ben Sutton is taking shape inside a massive former bakery building at 1501 W. King St. in West York.
( Video/ Story: Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: Take an early look inside West York’s The Bakery entertainment venue
"The goal of the whole project is to create the ultimate destination for everybody, not just the young crowd, not just the 60+, not just for kids," Sutton said giving a tour while contractors completed plumbing, carpentry and painting on Dec. 4.
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- See York's 2025 Christmas tree lighting on Continental Square
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Crowds gathered for the annual tree lighting ceremony in downtown York.
(Video by Paul Kuehnel )
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- York County's new coroner plans in-house autopsies in coming years
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- York County Coroner-elect Tania Zech plans to bring autopsies in-house in the coming years rather than sending decedents to a hospital hours away to determine how they died.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/12/05/york-county-coroner-elect-tania-zech-aims-to-bring-autopsies-in-house/87376383007/
The effort started with current York County Coroner Pam Gay, who had a new morgue built in Springettsbury Township during her tenure. It includes an autopsy suite.
Zech, chief deputy coroner, recently won election in an uncontested race to serve as the next York County Coroner. Gay is retiring at the end of her third term in January 2026.
"... I would love to see the York County Coroner's Office doing our own in-house autopsies," Zech said, adding she believes it will happen in the next year or two.
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- See first seasonal snowmaking at Roundtop Mountain Resort, Lewisberry
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Roundtop Mountain Resort will continue to make snow when they have cold weather stretches. See current conditions at skiroundtop.com.
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- Bishop Road bridge faces demolition as commissioners won't transfer
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A 14-year saga to either preserve or demolish the Bishop Road bridge has likely come to an end with the Cumberland County Commissioners deciding not to entertain a motion to transfer ownership to Upper Allen Township during a commissioner's meeting meeting Dec. 4. The 127-year-old iron bridge is scheduled to be demolished early in 2026.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/12/04/historic-bishop-road-bridge-slated-for-demolition-in-early-2026/87603959007/
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- The York Barbell guy - an I-83 roadside icon - will spin once again
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A couple of weeks ago, York Barbell asked its followers on Facebook to vote on whether Norb, the barbell guy who has served as a company symbol and roadside icon for decades, should spin once again.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/12/02/norb-the-i-83-york-barbell-guy-will-spin-once-again/87566488007/
Norb - performing a weightlifting motion called a split and clean - is mounted on a rotating spindle that has not rotated in years. When York Barbell asked whether Norb should spin again, the outcry was overwhelming: Yes!
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- Two York County police chiefs bound by tragedy find ways to move forward
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- On a recent afternoon, Dave Lash and Matt Millsaps sat side-by-side at a table in Lash’s office in Northern Regional’s headquarters to talk about their experiences of the past few months.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/02/bound-by-tragedy-2-york-county-police-chiefs-millsaps-lash-find-ways-to-move-forward/87341724007/
They have a lot in common. They are veteran cops with decades of experience between them, and they lead police departments – Lash is chief of Northern Regional and Millsaps is chief in West York Borough.
And they have the tragic distinction of leading departments who lost officers to gun violence this year.
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- Retro candy shop to open in York with $5 candy buffet, shakes & more
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop is bringing retro candy, fun soda and international treats to downtown York's Continental Square.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/12/02/grandpa-joes-candy-shop-to-bring-sweet-nostalgia-to-downtown-york-pa/87552570007/
Inspired by musical fantasy "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," Grandpa Joe's founder and CEO Christopher Beers opened his first candy shop in downtown Canonsburg, right outside Pittsburgh. Now, he's bringing his 21st location to Central Pa.
Beers said he has been following the growth and resurgence of downtown York for years and is excited to be part of the community.
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- Hellam Twp. refugee from Congo reunited with brother after 24 years
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- It was a normal morning. Well, as normal as life could be in Matadi, a town at the western point of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the central African nation’s chief seaport, along the Congo as it flows into the Atlantic.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/11/24/hellam-twp-refugee-from-congo-reunited-with-his-brother-after-24-yrs/87323214007/
Makaya Revell left his home early that morning. He doesn’t remember anything strange about it. His father was in the hospital with an unknown ailment. He remembered hearing gunfire and armed rebels walking the streets. That was what passed for normal. He left home that morning to take a driving lesson; at 16, he was learning to drive.
“Our country was in bad spirits,” Revell said. “It was normal but wasn’t a normal morning either.”
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- A turkey tradition: Union Lutheran Church and T C Backer partner to feed community
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Ty Backer, motivated by witnessing food insecurity in York, partnered with Union Evangelical Lutheran Church during COVID, now serving 1,500 dinners this year. During the pandemic, Union Lutheran stepped after Backer was turned away from several locations. The tradition has continued for six years.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
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- This new Dallastown restaurant mashup blends sweets and meats
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Two former Franklin Street Social vendors joined forces to open up a new concept in Dallastown, merging smoked meat with waffles, slushies and sweets.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/11/25/sweet-steer-munchies-bbq-blends-barbecue-burgers-desserts/87316776007/
Reese Martin, owner of Urban Steer known for its steak dinners, partnered with Ashley and Efrain Hernandez, who own Sweet Tooth Waffles & Munchies, to launch Sweet Steer, Munchies & BBQ: a one-stop-shop for barbecue, burgers and desserts under one roof at 64 East Main Street, Dallastown.
Both vendors started out as food trucks before making the leap into opening in the Social, and as their clientele grew, they each wanted a bigger space to expand their offerings.
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- See Ellen Freireich honored for 28 years on York Suburban School Board
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Ellen Freireich was celebrated before her last school board meeting with a reception as a 28-year member who attended just about every student event.
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- See the cars up for auction by York County District Attorney Nov. 28
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The annual Drug Task Force auction set for Nov. 28 at Schaad Detective Agency, 1114 Roosevelt Ave., York. Auction begins at 10 a.m. with 30 vehicles.
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- York County cop endured more trauma than most police & now works to help officers get help
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- It was a Monday night, usually a slow night as far as police work goes, weekends being prime time for malfeasance and disturbances of the public peace.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2025/11/24/york-county-cop-jamie-miller-who-endured-trauma-now-counsels-other-police-officers-to-get-help/87210006007/
Jamie Miller was on duty with his partner of six years, a woman whose husband was one of their supervisors at Springettsbury Township, a police department with 32 officers dedicated to protecting and serving the suburban community in York County.
A typical night would include what could be considered routine calls – domestic disputes, shoplifting, traffic stops, that kind of stuff.
The afternoon before – Feb. 16, 2014 – had been anything but routine. And looking back, Miller believes it was a harbinger of the events of that Monday night. That night, he and his partner responded to a call ...
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- 5 great dive bars to try in York County, Pa.
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Who doesn't love a good dive bar? Here are 5 to try in York County, Pa.
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- See regional designers make their mark with Christmas Tree Showcase at Hershey Gardens
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Christmas Tree Showcase at Hershey Gardens runs from Nov. 21 through Jan. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. More info hersheygardens.org.
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- York’s No. 17 steam engine is back on track in New Freedom after year-long inspection
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Northern Central Railway of York's 1860s-replica steam engine, known as the William H. Simpson No. 17, will returned to its home in New Freedom Nov. 19 after successfully completing an inspection.
(Video/story Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/11/20/york-pas-1860s-replica-steam-engine-returns-after-400k-inspection/87351915007/
For the past year, the locomotive has been out of service and at Strasburg Mechanical Services in Ronks, Pa., undergoing the 1472 inspection, which is a comprehensive and lengthy assessment required by the Federal Railroad Administration.
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- From farm fields to server farms, York County grapples with potential data center invasion
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Back in May or June, David Naylor, chairman of the East Manchester Township board of supervisors, received a call from a woman who told him that she had received inquiries from a developer interested in buying her farm to build a data center.
“What’s a data center?” she asked Naylor.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/data-center/2025/11/19/york-county-pa-grapples-with-potential-data-center-invasion/86949111007/
Naylor wasn’t quite sure, so he did some research. It was a different kind of development for the rural northeastern York County township. The municipality is home to 8,400 people spread over 17 square miles, bordered on the east by the Susquehanna River, the bulk of it farmland. The township’s industrial zones are located in its westernmost tip and along a strip of land on the west bank of the river, between the York Haven hydroelectric dam and the Brunner Island power plant downstream.
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- Taste the county fair year-round at Hunnie’s Country Chicken now open in Red Lion
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Hunnie's Country Chicken, a spot that feels like the county fair all year long, is now officially open at the Franklin Street Social.
( video Paul Kuehnel )
Inspired by chicken concepts popping up all over the country, including Wingstop, Dave's Hot Chicken and Raising Cane's, the owners of the Red Lion food hall launched Hunnie's as a fast-casual chicken tender and wing spot, located on the second floor of the Social, next to Wild Batch Bistro.
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- See a service at Weigelstown Elementary School remembering veterans in Dover
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- A Veterans Day Field of Flags program honored veterans of students and teachers.
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- See York's 2025 Christmas tree, cut in Springettsbury, arrive in York - and hear its story
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Donald Reigart II tells how this year's 38-foot Christmas tree started life, and see its path from cutting to touching down on Continental Square.
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- See York College students placing flags around campus for Veterans Day 2025
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Members of York College's ice hockey and baseball teams, as well as those involved in volunteer groups, placed flags on campus Nov. 11, 2025.
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- York salutes generations of Marines in flag-raising ceremony at city hall
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Honoring 250 years of Marine Corps history in York County, the Marine Corps flag was raised in front of York City Hall on Nov. 10 in a ceremony with First Capital Detachment of The Marine Corps League.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
Sgt. Brendan Willett, an active duty Marine from York Township, raised the flag while a line of the First Capital Detachment sang the Marine Corps hymn.
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- Red Lion man helped liberate notorious WW II Buchenwald concentration camp
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- A couple of years ago, a small, overstuffed envelope made it to the desk of the Jewish Community Center’s Adriel Resh.
( Video Paul Kuehnel, Story Jim McClure ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/11/06/red-lion-pa-man-helped-liberate-buchenwald-concentration-camp/87084006007/
It, thus, found a home on just the right desk. Resh, the York JCC’s Jewish life and culture director, is a specialist in World War II history with a deep interest in the Holocaust and the liberation of concentration camps that the Nazis operated in Germany, Poland and elsewhere.
She opened the envelope and found pictures from a soldier with a camera who documented sites around Germany as the Allies quashed Hitler’s ranks in 1945.
As American forces rolled across former German Army strongholds, they came across concentration camps where Hitler’s Nazis sought to exterminate Jewish, Roma and Slavic people, people with physical and ...
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- 'Near and dear to my heart': West York H.S. flag project benefits disabled veterans
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- West York Area High School social studies teacher Emily Rubalcaba was inspired by her Army veteran father Gerry Corcoran.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
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- Veterans honored at York Expo Center send-off for Naval Academy trip
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Hundreds of veterans gathered for a send-off at the York Expo Center on Nov. 6 for an annual trip to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis hosted by Bailey Coach.
( Video/ Story: Paul Keuhnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2025/11/06/york-county-honors-101-year-old-wwii-vet-quentin-stambaugh-at-send-off/87122885007/
A ceremony before the busses departed included local dignitaries and a speech by recently retired Major General Dave Hill and a presentation by Gold Star parents.
World War II veteran Quentin Stambaugh, a 101-year old who survived 39 bombing missions, was awarded a proclamation by York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler.
Hill summed up his military career during his speech, "What did my time of service mean to me and my family? ...Gave us purpose, the kind that lasts beyond any assignment or rank, it gave us opportunity, to grow, lead, to fail and try again and most of all gave us connection,...
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- West York honors Officer Duarte with memorial, gallery, and heartfelt community tribute
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- A crowd gathered Thursday afternoon at Freedom Park to dedicate the West York Borough Fallen Officers Memorial in honor of Officer Andrew Duarte, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this year.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/31/west-york-dedicates-fallen-officer-memorial-to-andrew-duarte/86995767007/
The memorial is the culmination of the work of Chief Administrator Shawn Mauck, the elected officials, the employees and the community. Nancy Duarte Matarese thanked them for keeping her son's memory alive "in such a beautiful way."
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- Sheepford Road Bridge restoration begins with dramatic lift after 138 years.
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- A historical bridge restoration project years in making literally took off in minutes as the 1887 Sheepford Road Bridge took to the sky on Nov. 4 as it was lifted off its 138 year-old resting place, spanning the Yellow Breeches Creek in Fairview Township crossing into Cumberland County.
Video by Dino Sorbello, Story Paul Kuehnel
Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/11/05/sheepford-bridge-to-be-restored-in-york-repainted-blue-and-pewter/87085478007/
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- Two found dead inside home in northern York County, 911 spokesman says
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Police in northern York County found two individuals deceased inside a home, said Ted Czech, public information officer for York County 911.
( VIdeo Paul Kuehnel )
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- It's the end of an era as master York luthier Mark Bluett passes business to apprentice
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Mark Bluett began making violins, cellos, guitars, mandolins and just about anything that can make music with strings more than four decades ago, since apprenticing with a renowned luthier in Washington.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/30/master-york-pa-luthier-mark-bluett-is-retiring-and-passing-the-torch/86949099007/
Over the years, he’s built hundreds of finely crafted instruments – works of art, really – and restored hundreds of others in his shop, called Bluett Brothers Violins, housed in a former neighborhood Rutter’s store in Elmwood.
And this year, he’s retiring, passing the business onto his apprentice, Quentin “Q” Fisher.
“It seemed like a good time to pass the torch,” Bluett said. “It’s been 42 years.”
Bluett Brothers has been around since 1984, founded in a shop on West Market Street in York. Mark moved the shop to the Foundry Plaza i...
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- West York honors Officer Duarte with memorial, gallery, and heartfelt community tribute
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- A crowd gathered Thursday afternoon at Freedom Park to dedicate the West York Borough Fallen Officers Memorial in honor of Officer Andrew Duarte, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this year.
( VIdeo Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/31/west-york-dedicates-fallen-officer-memorial-to-andrew-duarte/86995767007/
The memorial is the culmination of the work of Chief Administrator Shawn Mauck, the elected officials, the employees and the community. Nancy Duarte Matarese thanked them for keeping her son's memory alive "in such a beautiful way."
It includes a memorial stone with an inscription of the Bible verse John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Officer Duarte and other law enforcement rushed to UPMC Memorial Hospital on Feb. 22, 2025 for a report of an active shooter with hostages. The transcripts of the 911 calls detail the pleas for help ...
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- York County Food Bank is already experiencing declining supply as SNAP benefits terminate
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- While the shelves inside the York County Food Bank are the most bare that CEO Jennifer Brillhart has seen in a long time, the nonprofit organization is preparing to serve more hungry people when the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits dry up on Saturday, Nov. 1.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/30/york-co-pa-food-bank-already-low-on-supplies-worries-over-snap-cuts/86960624007/
Brillhart walked through the warehouse in East Manchester Township on Wednesday, Oct. 29, pointing out the half-empty shelves, as she explained that approximately 60,000 neighbors in York County will be losing their SNAP benefits. The nonprofit typically serves 40,000 individuals each month.
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- See this amazing Halloween light show at a home in York Township
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Tyler Paules shared video of his home Halloween display at 115 Lexington Road in York.
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- York County's new tech ballot request system dramatically cuts wait times
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- About 6,000 people came into the York County Elections and Voter Registration office requesting an over-the-counter ballot before the last presidential election, according to York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler. At times the line stretched down the hall, and it took voters and staff up to 30 minutes to work through the process of transferring hand-written information from each application to a ballot.
( Video/story: Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/10/29/york-county-pas-new-tech-ballot-request-system-cuts-wait-times/86957738007/
It was a new workflow, in high demand after it became an option for Pennsylvania voters following the passage of Act 77 in 2019. At peak times, people waited in line for hours to complete the process.
The election team went to work automating the bottleneck and has perfected and expanded the workflow over the last two ballot cycles.
For future e...
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- Flame of Hope carried through York in Special Olympics run with law enforcement
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Heading into an autumn sunset, Special Olympics runners and law enforcement carried a torch through York streets from the city's police station to York College on Oct. 22 for the Inaugural York City Hometown Torch Run. The event is part of multiple torch runs that will culminate with Fall Festival at Villanova University Nov. 7-9.
( Video, story Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/23/york-city-torch-run-rallies-support-for-special-olympics/86849233007/
The Hometown Torch Run mobilizes law enforcement, Special Olympics Pennsylvania volunteers, and athletes to carry the Special Olympics Flame of Hope through towns to raise funds and awareness.
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- State, business, Airville farm partner for cleaner water by planting 700 trees at stream
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- 700 trees were planted by state partnership along a York County stream to improve local water quality and the Chesapeake Bay.
( Video Paul Kuehnel )
On a breezy, brisk, fall morning near Airville, a group passionate about planting trees fanned out on either side of a creek to plant 700 trees in a public, private partnership Oct. 23. In the past two years, the state has assisted in planting 1.5 million trees on 7,700 acres near creeks to strengthen ecosystems, capture carbon, and safeguard clean water, officials said.
The 2.5-acre streamside forest buffer includes about 35 species of trees and shrubs such as hackberry, sycamore, pin oak, swamp white oak, boxelder, elderberry, and silky dogwood. The planting is part of a larger 10.35-acre project that will establish 2,700 trees across the third-generation dairy farm in Lower Chanceford Township, which supplies milk to Land O’Lakes, state officials said at the event.
Also part of the p...
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- Statewide teen driver safety forum held at Northeastern High School
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Pennsylvania officials shared the importance of driver safety with young drivers at high schools across the commonwealth during the annual Teen Driver Safety Forum, including at Northeastern High School on Oct. 21.
(Video edit Paul Kuehnel using PACast feed)
The forum featured a panel of representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania Insurance Department, and local safety advocates. The panel answered questions from an in-person and online audience of students on topics ranging from safe driving tips to how to get a driver’s license.
“We can all help make highways safer by working together to help new drivers gain experience and knowledge,” PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Driver and Vehicle Services Kara Templeton said. “Parents and teachers can help set a good example for teens by making safe driving choices.”
- Title
- A new competition for disabled equestrians is happening in Dover Twp.
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- As Peyton Guresh rode her pony, Milo, around the ring at Walnut Grove Farm, led by a couple of handlers, you could tell she was in her happy place.
She had a huge smile on her face, and her arms twirled through the air, “helicoptering,” as her mother Stacie described it.
( Video Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/disabled-rider-inspires-an-adaptive-horse-competition-in-dover-twp/86675313007/
“She is free up there,” her mother said as she watched Peyton riding Milo. “She can’t walk. The horse is her legs, for a little bit anyway.”
Peyton loves riding Milo, a gentle, 18-year-old pony with a mane that looks like a zebra cookie. When her riding session ends, she doesn’t want to dismount.
Riding Milo gives her joy, her mother said. And she needs as much joy as she can get. Peyton was born with a rare genetic disorder that affects the STXBP1 gene, a bit of molecular c...
- Title
- See how the new York Community Compost Co-Op works at the Horn Farm
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- A 17-year-old York Suburban student wants to build community, reduce waste in landfills, and enrich the soil through a new community compost bin project.
( Video/Story: Paul Kuehnel ) Full story: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/21/student-led-compost-project-builds-community-fights-landfill-waste/86802858007/
For Alexia Purkanto, it began with a compost bin at home, expanding into her school and eventually modeling a similar program in Lancaster County. Her goal is to "spread awareness about environmental issues and (to show people) how easy it is," Purkanto said, adding, "... then it also builds community."
