Mason and Dixon get overdue local recognition
Newlin site draws widespread audience of surveyors, historians and more
Updated at 8:30 a.m. Sunday to correct supervisor’s comment
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Todd Babcock, the chairman of the Mason and Dixon Line Preservation Partnership, drives the commemorative iron spike into Stargazer Road.
Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg missed out, but hundreds of others did not,...
Artist brings history alive for painting series
Reenactors create authentic tableaus, using Marshallton and Newlin as backdrops
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Sarah Papenhausen (top left) and Mark Slouf help Adrian Martinez reattach his Indian hairpiece.
The process proved painstaking: A Downingtown artist shaved his head and mustache, donned handcrafted American Indian garb, and then attempted to reattach some hair – a...
Living History: The Kennett Underground Railway
Chester County offered hope and a route to freedom for slaves
By Gene Pisasale, Special to The Times
The Progressive Friends Meeting House in Kennett is now the Chester County Visitors Center — but was a key border hub in the movement of slaves north of the Mason-Dixon Line and freedom.
More than any other issue, the Civil War was fought to decide whether “the peculiar institution” known as...
State grant gets Stargazers Stone project halfway home
Local officials hope for county open space funds to match $100K state grant
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Surrounded by a century-old stone enclosure, the Stargazers Stone sits in an open field in Newlin — with no parking or grounds for visitors.
NEWLIN — It sits quietly, almost a historic afterthought. Aside from an old sign, somewhat obscured by vegetation and an old stone monument,...
