2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (508+ words) Because of the coldness of the river water, the Alpha Boat Club will not hold the usual Fourth of July aquatic sports until the latter part of the month or the beginning of August. Not even the heat of the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (40+ words) Delaware is “possibly is the last state to have its boundaries settled,” according to “East of Mason-Dixon Line: A History of the Delaware Boundaries."... Why is Delaware shaped like a nose? Did you know we're both first and last?...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (919+ words) The Delaware history column features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com. May 3, 1926, The Evening Journal Editor’s note: This report also has excerpts about the collision from…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (107+ words) Excerpts from The News Journal archives include Hartly arsons in 1926, investigation of a bank failure in 1976 and the shootout in St. Georges in 2006... Delaware history in News Journal archives April 19-25: Shootout, arsons The Delaware history column features excerpts from The…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (773+ words) The Delaware history column features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com. April 13, 1926, The Evening Journal The Henlopen Lighthouse toppled into the Atlantic Ocean at 12:45 o’clock this…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (808+ words) Communist Party members and their intellectual and emotional bedfellows are getting ready for TOD (Take-Over-Day) along the Delaware River waterfront in the Chester-Eddystone-Marcus Hook areas. 100 Years Ago, 1926: A “charm school” for Chester policemen is to be organized this spring by…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (809+ words) Delco Times 100 Years Ago, 1926: Thoroughly modern in every detail and planned with a view of meeting the storage requirements of the entire Delaware county district, the new fireproof storage warehouse of the Headley’s Express and Storage Company, Fifth and Upland…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (773+ words) The Delaware history column features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com. March 22, 1926, The Evening Journal The official arrival of spring lured thousands of fireside-hunters from their…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (304+ words) Most say that kind of service — as well as his long list of legislation that had a huge effect on life in Delaware County and Pennsylvania — is what the longtime state rep will be most remembered for. 100 Years Ago, 1926: Hundreds…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (844+ words) The Delaware County Commissioners are making plans for the construction of two new buildings as an annex to the courthouse at Media. President Commissioner John H. Doherty in announcing that the... 100 Years Ago, 1925: Chester is among the three third-class cities in…...