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Category: New Hope

The truth about Pauline’s Trestle in New Hope

January 25, 2021 carllavo

“Perils of Pauline” film heroine was lashed to train tracks in town. Or wasn’t she? Mary Anne and I years…

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Posted in: New Hope, Uncategorized Filed under: "Perils of Pauline", circus, Fort Lee, movie studio, New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, Pathe Brothers, Reading Railroad, silent movies

Oldest Restaurant in Pennsylvania?

November 22, 2020 carllavo

Magazine claims Lancaster eatery is oldest in constant operation but 2 in Bucks beg to differ. My friend Rich Hart…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, New Hope, Yardley Filed under: Abigail Adams, Benedict Arnold, Bordentown, Col. John Cadwalader, Continental Tavern, Coryell's Ferry, ferryJohn Adams, george washington, ghosts, Joseph Bonaparte, N.J., Napoleon, Stockyard Inn

How Rinker Buck crossed the Delaware

November 2, 2020 carllavo

The Lambertville-New Hope bridge posed quite an obstacle for the 7-year-old in a Conestoga wagon. I’ve had many adventures on…

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Posted in: Lambertville, New Hope Filed under: Conestoga wagons, Delaware River, Nantucket sleigh ride, New Hope-Lambertville Bridge, World War II

The French Chef and the Bucks Artist

June 8, 2020 carllavo

TV star Julia Child discovered Bucks after marrying Charlie Child’s brother. The only thing I wonder is this: Did Charlie…

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Posted in: Lumberville, New Hope Filed under: Bucks County Playhouse, Charlie Child, Greenhill Road, Harvard Lampoon, Paul Child, Pennswood Village

Safe Haven in New Hope

April 24, 2020 carllavo

Divorced mom and toddler son find grace in legendary art community in 1935. In the harshest days of the Great…

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Posted in: New Hope, Solebury Township Filed under: Bucks County Playhouse, Charlie Child, Dr. George Marshall, Holmquist School for Girls, Karline Holmquist, Lumberville, New Hope art colony, New Hope Artiss' Co-Op Gallery, New Hope Artists Colony, Phillips Mill, Solebury School, William Berkeley, william lathrop

Horse Thieves and Other Villains

February 27, 2020 carllavo

A look back at bringing culprits to justice in 19th century Bucks County. There was no messing around when it…

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Posted in: Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Doylestown Township, Edison, Falls Township, Lambertville, New Hope, Northampton Filed under: Horse thieves, insurance company, Judge Henry Wynkoop, telegraph committee

History in the remaking

January 13, 2020 carllavo

Icons of New Hope are getting a make over. Mary Anne and I remember the “old New Hope” of the…

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Posted in: New Hope Filed under: Canal House, Chez Odette, Jessica Savitch, Karla's, Logan Inn, Mansion Inn, Martin Fischbein, Mother's, New York Post, River House at Odette's

Bring back the water wheels

October 28, 2019 carllavo

Here’s why the historic Delaware Canal periodically dries up below New Hope. A month ago, all was picturesque on the…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Falls Township, New Hope, Uncategorized Filed under: Archimedes Screw, Chez Odette, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Friends of the Canal, Point Pleasant, Susan Taylor, Tohickon Creek, waterwheel, wing dam

Charlie Phillips’ mill

September 11, 2019 carllavo

The 1920s will be reborn in October to mark 90th anniversary of New Hope’s iconic art haven. My late grandmother…

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Posted in: New Hope, Solebury Township, Uncategorized Filed under: George Morley Marshall, New Hope art colony, Pennsylvania Impressionists, william lathrop

Delaware Canal Tales

July 12, 2019 carllavo

Of mule teams, lock tenders and hazards on Bucks County’s 19th century wonder. Just about any point along the 60-mile-long…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Milford, New Hope, Solebury Township, Yardley Filed under: Canal boats, canal locks, coal, edward redfield, New Hope impressionists

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