In 1976, Mary Ellen McConnell, a “concrete city kid,” moved from Bethesda, Maryland, to the verdant hills and river valleys of Clearville, Pennsylvania. She fell in love with rural life and settled on ...

A Lehigh Valley grist mill built before the Declaration of Independence has achieved national recognition. The Heller-Wagner Grist Mill site has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, ...

After dozens of childhood cancer cases surfaced in Southwestern Pennsylvania in 2019, state health officials embarked on a multi-study project to determine whether the region’s boom in oil and gas ...

HELLERTOWN, Pa. – The Hellertown Historical Society (HHS) has announced that the historic Heller-Wagner Grist Mill site has been officially added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

I don’t recall seeing a grist mill in 19 years living in California and another 10 in Florida. To me they were the stuff of idealistic photos and illustrations from Switzerland and New England. Then I ...