Bucks County Reporter Returns to 1976 Double Murder Case in New True Crime Book
June 12, 2026
It started with a tip at a 7-Eleven. Nearly 50 years later, that chance stop has become a book, and for Kathryn Canavan, a reckoning with one of the most haunting stories of her journalism career, writes John DiCarlo for Main Line Today. The former Bucks County Courier Times reporter recently published Killer in the…
How Levittown’s Home Construction Method Transformed Homeownership After World War II
June 11, 2026
A simple slab of concrete helped reshape the American Dream, and its origins trace back to Bucks County, writes staff for PhillyBurbs. After World War II, millions of veterans came home to a country without enough housing. Levittown planner and builder Bill Levitt had a solution, and it started from the ground up. Rather than…
Chester County Reenactors Ready Their for Busiest Year Yet as America250 Kicks Into High Gear
June 10, 2026
When Randell Spackman steps onto his Thornbury Township farm, he’s standing on hallowed ground. The Battle of Brandywine was fought largely in what is now his backyard, and 249 years later, that history is anything but distant. As America250 celebrations ramp up across the region, Spackman is among the Revolutionary War reenactors preparing for one of their busiest years ever, writes…
130 Years Later, the Phoenix Wheel Returns to the Borough That Built It
June 9, 2026
The Phoenix Wheel returned to Phoenixville on Saturday, more than 130 years after it was first forged there, in what the Schuylkill River Heritage Center is calling the culmination of a nearly two-decade restoration effort, writes Emily Neil for WHYY. What once carried riders high above the Jersey Shore now stands still in the Pennsylvania borough where it was…
How New Hope Became, and Stayed, One of America’s Greatest Art Towns
June 9, 2026
Walk through New Hope on any weekend and you feel it before you can explain it. Something about the place hums. Galleries tucked into 18th-century storefronts. Live music spilling out of open doors. Theater companies, sculptors, photographers, and painters all sharing the same few walkable blocks along the Delaware. What most visitors do not know…
Coatesville Artist Seeks to Elevate Chester County Through Mind and Body
June 7, 2026
Harmony is one word that describes everything that Coatesville artist Malik Mos High aims to accomplish in his daily life and career. His art comes not from the paintbrush, but the pen. Born as Randolph Green, he uses both identities to create what he calls a divine duality. Randolph is the one who channels…
Secret Cave That Used to Serve as Hideout for Revolutionary War Outlaws Discovered in Bucks County
June 6, 2026
A secret cave that used to house Revolutionary War outlaws – British spies and armed thieves also known as the Doan gang – was recently discovered in Bucks County and is currently being excavated, writes John McDevitt for KYW Newsradio. Known as America’s first outlaws, the men were considered to be the “greatest threat to the American…
300,000 Books and Counting: Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester Named One of America’s Best
June 5, 2026
Baldwin’s Book Barn has long been a beloved place for book lovers in Chester County. It recently made a list of the best independent bookstores in America, in a roundup written by Kat Chen for Condé Nast Traveler. Housed inside a five-story stone barn built in 1822, Baldwin’s Book Barn was founded by William and Lilla Baldwin in 1946 and has spent the…
Street in Kennett Square Bears the Moniker of a Revolutionary War Traitor
June 3, 2026
Sandy Flash Drive in Kennett Square carries the moniker of James Fitzpatrick, a Revolutionary War traitor and highwayman who died by hanging, writes Joseph Gambardello for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Fitzpatrick’s life story was anything but simple and sheds light on an aspect of the Revolutionary War that is often overlooked: how divided loyalties tore apart…
Step Inside History Saturday at the Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse Open House
June 2, 2026
On Saturday, June 6, 2026, step back in time at one of Delaware County’s unique historic treasures. Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square will host a special open house at the historic Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse, located on the community’s picturesque campus at 3500 West Chester Pike in Newtown Square. The schoolhouse will be open to the…
How Philadelphia’s John Fitch Launched America’s First Steamboat on the Delaware River in 1787
June 2, 2026
Long before Robert Fulton became a household name, a lesser-known inventor was already churning up the Delaware River. In 1787, John Fitch launched what is widely recognized as America’s first functioning passenger and freight steamboat right here in Philadelphia, writes Violet Comber-Wilen for Billy Penn at WHYY. His original 45-foot vessel was a radical idea…
Before It Was Replaced by a Mall, This Amusement Park Delighted Locals for Nearly Eight Decades
June 2, 2026
The space that is today occupied by Willow Grove Mall was once home to Willow Grove Amusement Park, which delighted residents for nearly eight decades, writes Alonzo Kittrels for The Philadelphia Tribune. The park, which opened in 1895 and closed in 1972, was seen as more upscale than the nearby Woodside Amusement Park, projecting a…
The Summer Camp That Never Really Ended for These Chester County Men
June 1, 2026
Every Friday, about 20 men scattered across the country open their laptops and dial into a Zoom call. They’re in their 70s and 80s now, but for an hour or so, they’re kids at camp again. The thread connecting them is Camp Saginaw, the overnight camp in Oxford farmland where they spent their summers in…
Five Hit Summer Events Taking Off in June
June 1, 2026
Summer is right around the corner, and there’s no better time to kick off the hot weather than heading to these June events in Chester County, writes Gina Lizzo for Main Line Today. From concerts to festivals, here are five things to look forward to this month. Flight Night—Malvern. On June 3 at People’s Light,…
Researchers Unveil Findings of Mass Grave in Downingtown, Likely Connecting to Duffy’s Cut
May 31, 2026
A newly discovered mass gravesite in Downingtown is believed to be the final resting place of around 120 Irish railroad workers who died in 1832, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. The breakthrough discovery of human remains at Northwood Cemetery was announced by brothers Dr. William Watson and Rev. Dr. Frank Watson during…
Phoenixville Gives Up Secret Stash of Revolutionary War Artifacts
May 31, 2026
A treasure trove of historical artifacts from the Revolutionary War have left Phoenixville after 17 years in hiding. Items like “Gen. George Washington’s luggage bag, a Revolutionary War soldier’s foot locker, and a pensioner jacket from the 1812 era worn by a Revolutionary War veteran” were recently moved to the new Museum of the American…
William Hood Dunwoody: The Man Behind Dunwoody Village
May 29, 2026
The history of Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square is closely connected to the life of William Hood Dunwoody, a Pennsylvania-born flour merchant and investor whose business career helped shape what later became General Mills. The continuing care retirement community has equally deep roots in the land. It resides on a property that dates back more…
“Make a Left at the Airplane”: The Story Behind Penndel’s Most Iconic Landmark
May 29, 2026
For decades, one phrase instantly told people they were in Lower Bucks County: “Make a left at the airplane.” Long before GPS, nearly everybody knew exactly what that meant. The Airplane Family Restaurant and Diner in Penndel was one of Bucks County’s most unforgettable landmarks. Sitting at the corner of Route 1 and Durham Road,…