[14 Jun 2012 | Comments Off on Motoring In To The Mack Museum | ]
You’d think that a building big enough to hold a couple dozen Mack trucks would be easy to find. Uh-uh. The Mack Trucks Museum is hidden away on the back …
[4 Oct 2011 | Comments Off on Museum Of Indian Culture, Allentown Fish Hatchery Make For a Great Fall Outing | ]
There’s an old joke that holds that when Squanto saw the Mayflower drop anchor off Plymouth Rock, his first reaction was “There goes the neighborhood.” I’ve never believed that Native …
[21 Apr 2011 | Comments Off on Civil War Not Forgotten In Pennsylvania | ]
I read a story recently bemoaning the fact that the northern states seem to have forgotten the Civil War, aka the “War Between The States,” the “War Between Brothers” or …
[1 Apr 2011 | Comments Off on Fonthill A Tribute To Mercer’s Eccentric Genius | ]
Approach Fonthill on a gloomy afternoon in late March and you can easily imagine Jane Austen or one of her heroines opening the large, heavy front door, dressed in a …
Days before he died in September 2010, Allentown’s Jack McHugh summoned Joe Garrera to his home. McHugh, a beloved principal at the city’s William Allen High School for years and …
[7 Jan 2011 | Comments Off on January Is A Capital Time For A Trip To Harrisburg | ]
Let’s see, we’re wrapping up the first week of January and another snowjob, er, storm is headed for Pennsylvania. That can mean any of three things:
One, the Farm Show is coming …
It’s after noon on Dec. 21 and that means there are only about 48 hours left to finish your Christmas shopping. Guys, we better get started.
I’ve always been fascinated by …
[2 Dec 2010 | Comments Off on America On Wheels “A Sparkling Little Jewel” | ]
As the mother of two young boys and calendar coordinator for her Mom’s Cub, Jennifer Jones has become somewhat of a regular at America On Wheels in Allentown. As her …
[17 Nov 2010 | Comments Off on There’s More To Jim Thorpe Than Bike Trails and Haunted Jails | ]
As you climb the steep steps from Hazard Square in the center of Jim Thorpe and look up the hill to the mansion that, let’s face it, looms over the …
[11 Nov 2010 | Comments Off on “… The Last Full Measure of Devotion” | ]
The first time I visited the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was on a misty, chilly night when I was helping to chaperone about 100 of my son’s …