A new title, Edge Effects: The Border-Name Place, by Dr. Robert D. Temple focuses on border towns. The author provides a fascinating and entertaining look at more than eighty north American border towns in Edge Effects. With an adventurer’s heart and a historian’s keen eye, Temple explores life on the edge and how these places…
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Officer’s 1910 Sacrifice Being Remembered by Philadelphia PD; Searching for Relatives of the Rowlandsville Man
Chief Inspector James Tiano of the Philadelphia Police Department and his staff are trying to locate the relatives of Officer George Barnett, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on Nov. 28, 1910. A plaque-dedication honoring his sacrifice is set for July 22 at 42nd and Pine streets, West Philadelphia, where he…
Chautauqua 2009 Coming to Cecil County July 10, 11 & 12
Chautauqua 2009 – “Rights & Reformers” – July 10, 2009 When:4 pm – 6 pm Where: Perryville Outlet Center, Heather Lane, Perryville, MD Description: Performers bring important historical personalities and their accomplishments to life, in live, free, summer presentations. This year’s theme is “Rights and Reformers”. On Friday the 10th, listen to Woody Guthrie celebrate…
Video on Robert F. Kennedy’s Funeral Train
On the 40th anniversary of the passage of RFK’s Funeral train down the northeast corridor, through Cecil County, we posted a piece on some recollections of that sad day as many Cecil Countains stood along the tracks to honor the fallen leader. A few days ago, a documentary producer reported that they are looking for…
Cecil Observer: Spanish Flu Epedemic Killed More Than 150 in Cecil County
The newest area blogger, the Cecil County Observer, has published an interesting historical piece on the an earlier flu Epedemic in Cecil County. We’re clipping the introduction here. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to go to the full piece. ———————————————– Flu fears are beginning to subside in Cecil County and…
Witnesses to Robert Kennedy Funeral Train Sought by Delaware County Newspapers
Our news aggregator grabbed this interesting piece of regional news published by the Delaware County Times. An HBO producer is looking for witnesses to the passage of Robert Kennedy’s Funeral Train through this region. We are sure that many of our citizens recall that June day in 1968 as the train passed sadly through here…
Bringing the Train on Down the Line in Western Cecil
The Oxford Area Transit Service, a nonprofit group, is working to restore rail service between Philadelphia and Perryville on the old Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, which once served towns and villages in northwestern Cecil County. The public transportation advocates say that “with the influx of people connected to BRAC” this move would provide a…
Former Cecil County Author Jack D. Hunter will be remembered for classic war Novel, “The Blue Max”
David Healey, an author specializing in historical fiction and Chesapeake Bay regional history has provided us with a piece on the passing of the author of “the Blue Max,” Jack Hunter. He also maintains “David’s Blog” and he has allowed us to publish this piece here on Someone Noticed, as well. Thanks David. ——————————- by David Healey “He took the…
Bringing the Train On Down the Line in Western Cecil
A nonprofit group in Oxford Pa is attempting to restore rail service to the old Octoraro Line through Cecil County. Click on this link here to go to a full piece on this subject over on our public affairs blog.
Looking Back on Main Street: The Decades Bring Changes
In the heyday of downtown Elkton, Chief William White or one of his police officers directed Friday evening traffic at the heart of the business district, Main and North streets. Lines of automobiles, hundreds of shoppers, and more than a few strollers streaming into town from throughout Cecil County moved through that intersection. This activity,…