→ Ghost hunters will gather at haunted house in Bainbridge on Saturday - LancasterOnline

Clam Jam to return in August to Easton - lehighvalleylive.com Check the website for updates.

→ Discover Lehigh Valley Announces Lehigh Valley Ale Trail A new resource for beer and food lovers can be found at lehighvalleyaletrail.com where you will find:  ...a comprehensive list of Lehigh Valley breweries, bars & ...

→ A new marketplace in York will host 10 merchants: Business Buzz | PennLive.com. redeuxmarketplace.com Redeux is a vintage and handmade marketplace in the heart of York City’s newest neighborhood, Royal Square. ...

→ Hotel and restaurant at Spooky Nook Sports to cost $9.5M, create 100 jobs - LancasterOnline Of particular interest to visitors who might be in the area during the winter months and ...

Factory 449’s ‘The Amish Project’: A one-woman show about a community tragedy - The Washington Post. The play was written by Jessica Dickey who describes it as a “fictional exploration” based on fact. ...

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With the hot summer months upon us your going to want to visit the Cave Hill Park & Nature Preserve in Carlisle, PA.  Cool off in the 52° cave located on directly ...

→ $1.1 million restoration gets started at Martin’s Mill Bridge - Waynesboro Record Herald

→ The 'Yankee' Thanksgiving was initially rejected by Pennsylvania Germans - Reading Eagle The Pennsylvania Dutch didn't start adopting the Yankee holiday of Thanksgiving until the early 20th century. They had ...

→ Spring is coming: Octoraro Orphie makes his yearly pronouncement, defying Phil's forecast - LancasterOnline It's a good question: Which groundhog's prediction is to be the final word in the battle ...

→ Fraktur: More than Pennsylvania German artwork - Pocono Record.com

The San Francisco-based firm was unveiled Tuesday as the developer of a facility and exhibits master plan for Da Vinci Science City. The museum, movie theater, event center and aquarium ...

→ Two York County state parks get kudos in Smithsonian - The York Daily Record The parks were mentioned in the article "The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2014". Coming ...

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 The Central National Bank building in downtown Columbia, PA. Photo © visitpadutchcountry.com.

→ Stunning quilts at MFA wow with colors and complex designs - Braintree Forum.

→ Spring adventures a the Norristown Farm Park - Times Herald For more information on upcoming events at Norristown Farm Park click here.

→ Buggy license fees shoot up | The Journal Gazette This article deals with Amish living in Allen County Indiana. However, the issue in question is one that effects the Amish of ...

Scott Mingus tells the story in his upcoming book on the Underground Railroad about a fugitive who made it across the Mason-Dixon Line, traversed York County and then faced the bridgehead at Wrightsville. Source: Unearthing ...

→ Celebrate Harvest Time at Hopewell Furnace Sept. 13 - berksmontnews.com The day-long free event will feature the behind-the-scenes work and harvest activities of a 19th century “iron plantation.” Hopewell Furnace is ...

→ A sweet taste of Birdsboro’s history Bill and Tracy Smith opened Moonlight Winery in early 2014 to run as a side business in order to keep their full-time positions while still ...

→ Mike Argento: A witness to the Hex murder passes - The York Daily Record Jeannette Harvey's father was friends with Nelson Rehmeyer, the victim in the infamous 1928 Hex murder in southern ...

→ Religious groups call for an end to 'Amish Mafia' | PennLive.com

→ Cocoa crazy: Spending time in Hershey, Pennsylvania - Philly.com Some ideas for what to do on your next trip to Hershey.  

→ Pictures: Shooting in the New Year in Kutztown - The Morning Call

→ Series looks at 'Anabaptist Faith' - LancasterOnline Details of Highland's Spring Senior Life Institute, open to the public, follow: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 3: "Introduction to Anabaptism," with Bach ...

→ At Weiser and Boone homesteads, they're remaking history | WEEKEND The French and Indian War will be returning this Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Conrad Weiser and Daniel Boone ...

→ Making apple butter the old fashion' way - News, events, information, PA - The Luminary It is a time consuming process but your effort will be rewarded. How much apple butter can ...

→ The Historian: Himmelsbriefen were in most homes - Berks Mont News

→ Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom adding new family ride, barbecue restaurant next year - lehighvalleylive.com

→ When The Cause Was Glorious: The Fields Of Gettysburg And The Nature Of Philanthropy Thoughtful piece on the continuing effect the Battle of Gettysburg has on American society and the ...

→ Black bears are expanding their range in Pennsylvania; Lancaster County could be their next home - LancasterOnline

→ The Historian: Butchering Day on the Farm - Berks Mont News Back when keeping pigs was common among farm and village dwellers alike, butchering day was an important event for the ...

→ Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine: The real deal - The Washington Post Right out of the gate the writer makes a very important point about PA Dutch cuisine in particular, and PA Dutch ...

→ Berks County history lives in the Beidler House  

→ New Kimberton Whole Foods opens doors in Malvern - Main Line Media News

A celebration of apples - LancasterOnline: Local News I attended an open house the weekend prior to the Apple Festival and was delighted to tour the mansion and the grounds. A representative ...

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→ Hummelstown B&B named one of 10 best in the country Learn more about The Inn at Westwynd Farm here.

→ The Lehigh Valley's craft beer scene comes of age If your into craft brew you might want to plan a beercation to the Lehigh Valley. This article is filled with info ...

→ Top 10 Craft Beer Destinations in Lebanon County - RhenTime

After George Washington's army was defeated at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, 500 of the wounded soldiers were sent to Lancaster County Pennsylvania to convalesce at the ...

→ Cherry Crest readies maze for July 4 opening day - The Unionville Times

The Warehouse Hotel at the Nook, the new hotel at Spooky Nook Sports, will open Friday, May 22 — the start of Memorial Day weekend. Source: Hotel at Spooky Nook Sports ...

→ Visitors to York County, Pa.: Don’t be like the British and let a town fool you - York Town Square

The Conejohela Flats are one of two spots in Pennsylvania — the other is Presque Isle along Lake Erie — that have been designated key resting and feeding areas for ...

→ Lehigh Valley Zoo, PennDOT mark reopening of Schlicher's Covered Bridge | lehighvalleylive.com

UPDATE: Just spotted (3/2/2015) a Bald Eagle flying near a billboard on the south side of PA Route 30 as it crosses the Codorus Creek in York County. I turned off immediately, grabbed ...

→ The Historian: Clover, Part I - Berks-Mont News → The Historian: Clover, Part II - Berks-Mont News

Santa Claus, the pleasant bearded elf dressed in red (in case you thought I was referring to some other Santa Claus), was not predestined to be a worldwide Christmas icon ...

The novels relate the lives of a real Pennsylvania German farm family who lived in the Waynesboro area at the beginning of the 1800s. The authors bring to life the struggles ...

→ Pride of Susquehanna to be launched for season April 8 | PennLive.com

View Northhampton County, Pa. Covered Bridge in a larger map

→ Renfrew Museum to rebuild historic summer kitchen - Herald Mail Media Ever been to the Renfrew Museum & Park? If not, a great time to see it would be on Saturday, ...

  Source: ‘S Kutztown Folk Festival hot gschtaert | The Pennsylvania German Newspaper

Currently, more than 50,000 Lancaster County Amish can trace their lineage to just 80 ancestors, less than a tenth of what that number would be outside of the religious community ...

→ Spring Gulch fills roster for 28th annual folk festival - LancasterOnline

→ Christiana Fire Company auction set for Saturday, Sept. 20 - LancasterOnline

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→ Don't pull the plug on the Civil War Museum just yet: Matt Zencey | PennLive.com For the $15 million they spent on this museum they could have rebuilt the Columbia-Wrightsville ...

→ Need a new buggy? Check out Schrock's  - Times Reporter This article describes an Ohio based manufacturer of buggies.

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  The U.S. Army Heritage Trail in Carlisle is a free, outside attraction. It's a great place to take children, with many structures and objects to explore and plenty of open space along ...

→ York studio offers wheel throwing and handbuilding pottery classes - PennLive.com I was driving through downtown just last week and I saw the storefront. A welcome addition to that block. The ...

By 1890, usage of Pennsylvania Dutch, a primarily oral language with roots in 18th-century German immigration to North America, reached its zenith. Perhaps as many as 750,000 Americans and eastern ...

Pennsylvania Germans, also known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, are a unique cultural group formed by early German-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania. The settlers also brought something else with them — their beliefs ...

→ Birders watch as migrating fowl fly through Pa - philly.com Click here to see some photos of the Middle Creek migrating Snow Geese.

2 cups milk 1 yeast cake, dissolved in 1 cup warm water 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 or 7 cups flour 3 eggs, well beaten 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 cup melted butter Scald the milk and set ...

Although it is possible that some Amish individuals emigrated to Pennsylvania between the the years of 1710 and 1736 - either among the Swiss Mennonites that settled the Pequea Colony ...

A patented aluminum alloy is fashioned in giftware and collectibles by one York-based manufacturer. Made-in-the-midstate looks at the products made in central Pennsylvania. Source: Made in the midstate: Pewter company has big-time ...

All 44 Presidents under one roof in Gettysburg - abc27 WHTM. This is a local news piece done for Presidents Day 2014. Part of the Gettysburg Tour Center, The Hall of Presidents ...

→ Throwback Thursday: Remember Dutch Pantry Restaurants, the hex signs and apple fritters? | PennLive.com.

→ Virginville historic farm offers tour of ‘good, bad & ugly of wetland plant life’

→ Gettysburg National Military Park's boundary expanded by Congress - The Morning Call  

If you're looking to get underground during your visit to Pennsylvania Dutch Country there are three options available to you: Indian Echo Caverns, Crystal Cave and Lost River Caverns. Indian Echo ...

→ Steam into History Northern Central Railway York 17 to Hanover Junction - YouTube

If you've ever wanted a primer in "Pennsylvaanish Deitsch," the Kutztown Folk Festival has a class for that.Keith Brintzenhoff, 72, of Kutztown, has taught Pennsylvania Dutch in various capacities for ...

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While eateries like the ones mentioned in the article have become incredibly popular it should be noted that truly authentic Pennsylvania Dutch cooking bears little resemblance to what you'll find at places ...

→ Bull's Head named among Top 5 beer bars in the Northeast - LancasterOnline

Have you been lucky enough to see a Snallygaster?Accounts of the Snallygaster of Western Maryland are said to date to the 1730s. According to storytellers, the dragon-like creature was named... Source: ...

→ Amish Outlaws to perform at Harrisburg's Appalachian Brewing Company | PennLive.com. There are two aspects of the "Amish way" that I personally could not abide by: Non-violence in regards to defending yourself and ...

The Susquehanna River offers plenty of places to fish, but there are plenty of other spots to cast a line. Source: 10 great places to go fishing in Lancaster County - ...

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→ Manheim group plans renovation of 18th-century log house - LancasterOnline 18th century log home will be used for period demonstrations, exhibits and special events.

→ Chambersburg chocolatier a finalist for national award - Chambersburg Public Opinion Check out the chocolate at NathanMiller.com, or stop by the Nathan Miller Chocolate Cafe in Chambersburg.  

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→ Gettysburg park named top US landmark - Evening Sun The park was also ranked 9th overall in the world in the landmarks category. The results were based on an algorithm ...

→ Old-fashioned Christmas in Lehigh County offers look at Pennsylvania German life in 1842 - lehighvalleylive.com Saturday, December 6: 1:00 pm– 6:00 pm, last tour 5:15: A Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas Travel back ...

→ High river levels extend Pride of the Susquehanna trips - abc27 If paddle boats interest you and you're willing to travel a little farther up river (25 miles) be sure to check out ...

There’s a saying that everything but the squeal was used in the early days of pig butchering. And there is some truth to that, as frugal and careful butchers kept not ...

Ancient caverns, speakeasies, the underground railroad, ghosts, and beer. What's not to like about Mount Joy's Bube's (pronounced boobεhs) Brewery. They do ghost tours too. Interested in Lancaster County paranormal? You ...

→ It's triplets! Another successful peregrine falcon nesting on Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge - LancasterOnline The article predicts that the young falcons could make their first flights within the week. My only questions: What ...

→ Jonathan Yeager, friends, will get the taps flowing at the Lancaster Craft Beerfest - LancasterOnline On Saturday, Sept. 6, the second annual beerfest will be held in the 100 block ...

Days of the week also used to have alternate names associated with domestic chores - Muundaag, for instance was Weschdaag (Wash-day), Dinschdaag, or Tuesday, was Biggeldaag (Ironing-day) and Sunndaag was ...