South central pennsylvania. I have always been interested in the local history and particularly with the involvement of slavery in this area of pennsylvania. We often think of slavery as a southern institution. In my research i found this area of pennsylvania i called southcentral pennsylvania which is cumberland, franklin, york and adams counties was the slaveholding capital of pennsylvania from the 1770s on until almost the 1820s and 1830s and even though slavery was abolished in a gradual abolition act by the state in 1780, it still lingered in this local area which was very close to maryland, closer to southern markets and more southern ties and it made this area very distinct from the rest of the state what we tend to think of is east of here in the philadelphia area. I thought that was interesting and as time went on this area transition from a slaveholding capital to one of the greatest and most frequent places on the underground railroad because of the geography and the people
Could triple the monday morning commute. Chase cain has more. Reporter both sides came out a little more than an hour ago and said they were done for the day. Neither side had a grand revelation. They have worked out a lot of the small details but they have a lot of the big sticking points, pay, health care, they have yet to come to terms on. The union reps have their cost teams inside the building crunching the numbers to see where they start the day tomorrow. Of course everyone is hoping they can avoid what would be a very difficult strike. B. A. R. T trains keep rolling down the tracks but frustration and worry keep going up for b. A. R. T riders. Get it together. Simply get it together. Appease each other so we can get on with our business. Reporter as the business of negotiation continued the two sides bounced blame back and forth. We still hope we get this thing done. Whether or not we do thats up to them, not us. We are waiting for a response the union has presented ideas to man
Ten area residents transformed themselves into “books” to tell their own stories as participants in the Adams County Library System’s (ACLS) “Living Library” program.
Wind and rain whipped across Lancaster County on Wednesday, bringing down trees and power lines, flooding waterways and roads and injuring at least two people.