Author: Doug Humes

On March 28, 1881, 19-year-old Newtown resident Robert Orr left home with a plan. From hisfather’s farm on the southern boundary of Newtown near Crum Creek, he walked to a neighbor’sproperty in Edgmont.

This summer, a Media baseball team became just the 3rd team from Delaware County to…

How long does it take to get from 4th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia to the Greentree Building at Gay and High Streets in West Chester?

A long time Marple resident donated several old high school diplomas to the Historical Society…

In 1995, there was no community-wide celebration in Newtown. But one was planned. The Newtown Square Historical Society hosted a full day of activities to highlight the history of the township.

First things first: no Virginia, there was no Sandy Flash. However, that fictitious character was modeled on an actual bandit, James Fitzpatrick, the self-styled Captain Fitz.

Last month I received this note: “I grew up in Newtown Square in the 1950s…

In 1957, Tim McCarthy, youngest of eight children of a steamfitter from Havertown, opened up…

“With the slow pace of life in the village of Newtown Square at the beginning of the 1800s, a few landowners or wealthier residents rose above the usual farming level to become outstanding in one way or another.

The United States celebrated its 200th birthday in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1976. The Bicentennial was a stone in the pond, whose ripples continue to be felt. In Newtown Square, some history-minded people got excited about their own history, noticed that Newtown Township would be 300 years old in 1981, and ended up writing a thorough local history book, “Historic Newtown Township.”