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,...

Celebrating local legacy of Mason and Dixon

 Star Gazers’ Stone is one of sites to be showcased during 250th anniversary festivities By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The Star Gazers’ Stone in Newlin Township is one of the sites being celebrated during the 250th anniversary of the survey by Mason and Dixon. Nearly two-hundred and fifty years ago, when satellites weren’t on anyone’s radar, astronomer Charles...