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Standing on the stone bridge connecting New Hope to Lambertville, I watched the Delaware River flow beneath me and realized something profound. While thousands of tourists cross this bridge daily, rushing between Pennsylvania’s artsy shops and New Jersey’s antique stores, they’re missing the real treasure. This 2,627-resident borough guards secrets that predate the American Revolution by decades, hidden in plain sight along streets most visitors never explore.
Most travelers know New Hope as a quaint weekend getaway, but few understand they’re walking through one of America’s most authentically preserved colonial river towns. The median age here is 58 years, and these long-time residents have quietly protected stories that would make Williamsburg envious. What I discovered during my extended stay changed everything I thought I knew about Pennsylvania’s Delaware River Valley.
Unlike the crowded tourist corridors of Philadelphia’s Old City or the manufactured charm of Brandywine Valley attractions, New Hope’s authenticity runs deeper than its 1837 incorporation date suggests. The indigenous Lenni-Lenape called this confluence of the Delaware River and Aquetong Creek home for 10,000 years before European eyes ever saw these rolling hills.
The Revolutionary Secret Hidden in Plain Sight
Washington’s Forgotten March Route
Every American knows about Washington crossing the Delaware, but here’s what the history books skip: in 1776, Washington marched his troops directly through what’s now New Hope’s Main Street. The Logan Inn, still operating after three centuries, wasn’t just a colonial tavern – it was a strategic waystation where revolutionary plans were whispered over ale. Local historians at the New Hope Historical Society showed me documents proving this building witnessed conversations that shaped American independence, yet tour groups rush past without a second glance.
The Lenni-Lenape Legacy Tourists Never Learn
While visitors snap photos of Victorian architecture, they’re standing on ground that holds deeper stories. The…
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A mother’s plea to find her missing son
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A 17-year-old has been missing from Wilkes-Barre since July 3.
And his mother is desperate to find out what happened to him.
“That’s my first born, he’s the reason I learned to be a mom,” said Jazzmen Owens, mother, Nanticoke.
Owens, a mother of four doing her best to provide for her children.
Search for missing 37-year-old man
Last week, her oldest son, Mark Ward, didn’t answer his phone after she dropped him off at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre.
Owens then went searching for Mark, following the phone’s location.
“I then got in the car and I went to the location that the phone was sending me. As I was crossing the bridge, it told me I arrived to the location, and then I drove back and put on walking distance and his phone was on the bridge cracked into pieces,” recalled Owens.
Owens contacted the police, and they are actively searching for him, but a close family friend says she still can’t believe what happened.
“Honestly, I cried because it’s just very sad to know that like you know, you see stuff like this on the news and in other places, but for it to happen to someone who’s close to you and who you’re close with, it’s like I couldn’t even imagine what his mother’s going through,” expressed Giavanna Twyman, family friend, Wilkes-Barre.
As more time passes without updates, Owens is holding on to her motherhood to keep her steady.
“I haven’t always been the best in life, I’ve been through so much, but one thing I stand on is being a mom. I feel like I was put here to be a mom,” said Owens.
Owens says she will be putting up posters around the community and urges people to help if they can.
“Please…
The spokesperson for a would-be ownership group looking to bring the WNBA to Boston says the Mohegan Tribe wants to keep the Connecticut Sun in the state.
AJ Gerritson, spokesperson for Boston Women’s Basketball Partners, told the Boston Globe last week that the Mohegan Tribe indicated in conversations that it would be seeking owners who would keep the team in Connecticut.
“In terms of the path forward for us, it looks more and more like it’s going to be expansion,” Gerritson told the Globe.
The Boston group, which includes former NBA player Michael Carter-Williams and actor Donnie Wahlberg, did not submit a bid for a franchise during the latest round of WNBA expansion. Many took that as a signal that the most likely scenario was the Sun’s eventual relocation to the city. Gerritson told the Globe that the group didn’t submit a bid “purely because of timing.”
“Since then, we have worked tirelessly to meet and exceed all standards for expansion,” Gerritson said.
Asked for comment, Mohegan Tribe leadership told The Courant in a statement:
“Mohegan continues to evaluate all strategic opportunities in the best interest of the CT Sun, MTGA (Mohegan Tribe Gaming Authority) and WNBA. The CT Sun has had monumental changes over the past 18 months and Mohegan is very proud of the success, increased interest and what remains to be such incredible community impact off the court as well. The WNBA overall has also seen immense growth in viewership and interest. These are fantastic trends for what is an amazing sport, with extremely dedicated and talented women.”
The WNBA announced the addition of three expansion franchises, in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia on June 30, bringing the league to 18 teams. The Cleveland team will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029,…
Prospect Park Alliance and the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective highlights centuries of indigenous history through a video exhibit on view from July 12 through November 30, 2025, at Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park.
The Prospect Park Alliance and the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective are bringing Eelunaapéewi Ehaptoonáakanal: Voices of Lunáapeew/Lenape to Lefferts Historic House from July 12 through November 30, 2025.
The exhibit features video interviews with Lunáapeew/Lenape knowledge-keepers and culture bearers sharing their relationships to their ancestral homelands and their ongoing resilience despite centuries of displacement.
“We are a nation who has been scattered to the winds because of the greed of not just the Dutch, but also the English after that and so forth, who chased us and massacred us for our land,” said George Stonefish, co-founder, Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective and ReImagine Lefferts advisor.
The Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective is a partnership among Delaware, Munsee-Delaware, Lenni-Lenape, Lenape and Lunáapeew communities working to unite displaced members of the nation across Turtle Island through shared projects and storytelling.
“We are honored to join our partners at the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective to share with our community the history, resistance and resilience of the Indigenous people of Lenapehoking, as well as the enduring art, culture and stories of the Lenapehoking today,” said Morgan Monaco, Prospect Park Alliance President.
Visitors are invited to the opening celebration on Saturday, July 12, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. The exhibit is free but click here to RSVP.
This installation is part of the ReImagine Lefferts initiative, which is transforming the historic house into a space that explores the lives and resistance of the Indigenous people of Lenapehoking, the unceded ancestral lands that include Brooklyn and the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family.
As part of this broader effort, the Alliance will also host the Second United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow on September…
NANTICOKE – One inning. That’s all it took to send Carbino Club/Archbald into the elimination round of the Pennsylvania State Major Softball Tournament.
St. Mary’s scored six runs in the fifth inning, and pitcher Gia Straub held the Section 5 champs to just three hits en route to a 7-3 win Thursday night at the Nanticoke Little League field.
It was Carbino Club/Archbald’s first loss in the tournament, and also, the first setback of the 2025 all-star season.
“It was just one bad inning,” Carbino Club/Archbald coach Sumer Ploskonka said. “We made some mistakes, and we just didn’t play up to our standards today. We are still in it, and we just have to make some little adjustments here and there.”
St. Mary’s advances to the winner’s bracket final Saturday to face off with Caln Township, while Carbino Club/Archbald starts the climb back Friday with a 4 p.m. matchup with District 9 champ Bullskin Township.
“That was the goal for us. We wanted to play in the 7 p.m. game today, and play in the 7 p.m. game on Saturday,” St. Mary’s coach Doug Straub said. I really like our ballclub. We are working really hard, and I think it’s going to be a really good one with Caln on Saturday. Valley View is a really solid team. We struggled with their first pitcher (Alana Lophovsky). She threw well for them.”
Straub stood in right field as his St. Mary’s squad danced and celebrated the win.
He took a quick glance at the scoreboard, and saw the red six glaring under the fifth inning. It was one day ago where St. Mary’s put a six-spot on the scoreboard in the fourth inning to push past Stroudsburg to open up the state tournament.
Thursday, they did it once again.
“I would…
The Mohegan Sun guest won big Wednesday morning while playing on a Spanish 21 table in Casino of the Earth. It’s one of the casino’s top five payouts of all-time.
MONTVILLE, Conn. — Life comes down to several big moments, and Wednesday morning was one of them for a lucky Mohegan Sun guest who won a $2 million jackpot.
The casino reports that the victory occurred in Casino of the Earth, as the unnamed guest from Connecticut was playing on a Spanish 21 table. The winner opted for the $5 Bonus Spin Xtreme side bet and spun Triple Diamonds.
The Triple Diamonds landed the guest $2,018,742.
Mohegan Sun reports that not only is this the biggest jackpot win at the casino in 2025, but it also ranks among the top five largest table game payouts in its history.
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The unnamed winner was not the only Mohegan Sun player to emerge victorious over the past four days.
On Sunday, July 6, “Jimmie B.” from Bridgeport was playing in Casino of the Sky when he hit the Super Grand jackpot for $211,079 while playing Dollar Storm by Aristocrat Gaming.
The next morning, “Patrick H.” from a place unannounced was playing Railroad Riches by Sega Sammy Creations in Casino of Sky and hit the Grand Jackpot for $115,266.
Both Jimmie and Patrick were playing games at the casino’s Hold & Spin Slot Zone when they won their respective prizes.
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This area was established by Mohegan Sun in Casino of the Sky in 2024 and is home to over 250 slot games. Each game features the exciting Hold & Spin bonus feature.
The Hold…
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New campsite system available at Mohican
PERRYSVILLE — A new system for campsite reservations is now available for Hocking State Forest and for Mohican-Memorial State Forest.
There are 23 campsites available for reservation at the Hocking State Forest Horse Campground, and seven Park-and-Pack campsites available at Mohican-Memorial State Forest. The sites were previously first come, first served camping areas.
“Ohio’s state forests provide visitors with a unique camping experience,” said ODNR Division of Forestry Chief Dan Balser.
“This new system will not only allow people to plan ahead but give us a better idea of who is using the campground and allow us to improve our services.”
The new reservation system is now available to book reservations that start on Monday, Sept. 1 and beyond. When making a reservation, people will be asked to provide their name, address, vehicle license plate number, as well as the camping equipment they plan to bring to the site.
After Monday, Sept. 1, all campers at Hocking and Mohican-Memorial state forests will be required to show a valid camping permit.
All permits will be issued through the new reservation system via email when booking reservations are completed. Campers can bring a printed copy or save a digital version on their phones.
The ODNR Division of Forestry provides the following guidelines for making reservations with the new system:
- There is no charge to set up an account. Accounts are set up using the OH|ID secure login system.
- There is no charge to create or cancel a reservation.
- Users may reserve a campsite up to 90 days in advance.
- Users are limited to reserving 14 days within a 30-day window.
- Users may reserve up to two campsites for the same dates at one campground.
- Check-in starts at 3 p.m. on the start date of the reservation. Check-out time…
New York, Jan 3 (IBNS) Casualty figures for Iraq in 2014 were at their highest in over five years amid a spate of deadly violence which has been convulsing the country, the United Nations mission in the country reported on Friday.
According to the latest figures issued by the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), last year saw a total of 12,282 Iraqis killed and another 23,126 injured, registering as the worst outburst of violence experienced by the country since the 2006-2007 biennium.
“Yet again, the Iraqi ordinary citizen continues to suffer from violence and terrorism,” said Nickolay Mladenov, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of UNAMI, in a press release.
Since the beginning of 2014, Iraq has experienced a surge in violence as militants associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) conduct an ongoing offensive against the Government, threatening the country’s overall stability as well as the lives of thousands of Iraqi civilians.
In December alone, 1,101 Iraqis were killed and another 1,868 were wounded in what UNAMI defined as “acts of terrorism and violence,” The country experienced the peak of devastation in June with a total of 4,126 civilian casualties. UNAMI also noted that Baghdad was the worst-affected Governorate for the month of December with a total of 1,051 casualties reported.
Nonetheless, due to difficulties in conducting on-the-ground verifications of casualty figures, the UN Mission warned that the figures reported “have to be considered as the absolute minimum.”
In the press release, Mladenov condemned the “very sad state of affairs” afflicting Iraq and voiced hope that 2015 would usher in a glimmer of peace, as he urged political actors to unite in finding “peaceful solutions to the problems that face the country.”
“I do hope that 2015…
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