Mason and Dixon get overdue local recognition

Newlin star-gazing site attracts surveyors, astronomers, historians and more By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Todd Babcock, the chairman of the Mason and Dixon Line Preservation Partnership, drives the commemorative iron spike into Stargazer Road. Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg missed out, but hundreds of others did not, traveling from as far away as England and Australia to participate...

Celebrating local legacy of Mason and Dixon

Star Gazers’ Stone, Harlan House in spotlight as 250th anniversary approaches By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The Star Gazers’ Stone in Newlin Township is one of the sites being celebrated during the 250th anniversary of the survey by Mason and Dixon. Nearly 250 years ago, when satellites weren’t on anyone’s radar, astronomer Charles Mason and surveyor Jeremiah Dixon arrived...

New ChesLen Preserve parking area provides access for visitors

Residents can now easily visit the Star Gazer’s Stone  The Star Gazers’ Stone is an historical monument located off Route 162.Photo Credit: Holly M. Harper, Natural Lands Trust NEWLIN — The Star Gazers’ Stone is an unassuming quartzite rock measuring no more than 18 inches in height, but it played an outsized role in the political fates of our nation. For many years, the Stone was...