The new opera is inspired by the conservation legacies of Gifford Pinchot (pictured, dated 1909) and the Lenni Lenape. ( Photo courtesy the Library of Congress) Pike Opera commissions an original chamber opera for 2025 In addition to the fifth annual performance of Opera! Pike! Park! at the Ann Street Park on August 25 at 4 p.m., Pike Opera... Entertainment 16 Jul 2024 | 11:52
The Welcome Party will take place under the tent on June 22. MEC announces 2024 Milford Welcome Party Milford Enhancement Committee (MEC) President Eileen Smith has high praise for their annual Welcome Party fundraiser. In... Local News 04 Jun 2024 | 03:53
Hand-carved bird houses at the Festival of Wood sponsored by the Grey Towers Heritage Association ( Photos by Marilyn Rosenthal) Women’s visions at Grey Towers Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, wife of conservationist Gifford Pinchot, was not only a conservationist herself, but also a progressive... Home 17 Oct 2022 | 08:32
Eileen Smith and Chief Daniel Strongwalker Thomas ( Photo by Marilyn Rosenthal) Lenape Chief appears at Lenape documentary screening In “The Water Gap; Return to the Homeland,” screened at Milford Theater recently, Delaware Nation tribal citizens visit their... Home 30 Jul 2022 | 02:21
Social capital on Sarah Street Pirates with eye patches and assorted other characters,365 altogether, mingled and lingered at large round tables under a... Local News 05 Jul 2022 | 11:00
Thanks for Milford Enhancement help Dear Editor: I wish to express my appreciation for all the people who volunteered their time, goods, and services to the Milford... Letters to the Editor 29 Jun 2022 | 05:18
Steve Weis, left, with Bobby Kyle ( Photo by Marilyn Rosenthal) Happy blues romp with Bobby Kyle and Scott Weis at the Milford Theater When Bill Rosado was informed that 10,000 Maniacs had to cancel their sold-out show scheduled for the opening night of the... Entertainment 13 Jun 2022 | 08:50
Treasures of Milford to be 2022 Welcome Party theme--pirates may lurk Milford – Frequently, a visitor, new resident or someone just passing through Milford has exclaimed, “Milford is a treasure!”... Entertainment 16 May 2022 | 01:06
Grey Towers Heritage Association has new president and acting director The Greatest Good Legacy Continues Gifford Pinchot, a previous Pennsylvania governor, is known to have said: “The vast possibilities... Local News 27 Apr 2022 | 10:44
George Lutfy and Pete Cooney (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Two on Milford council object to sewage enforcement training Jeff Phillips, Milford Borough’s alternate zoning and code enforcement officer, will attend a course for sewage enforcement... Local News 27 Jan 2022 | 02:43
Newest borough council member Dale Thatcher was sworn in by Mayor Sean Strub. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Dale Thatcher fills vacancy on Milford Borough Council Dale Thatcher has stepped into the seat on the Milford Borough Council that opened up when Rob Ciervo resigned during last... Local News 12 Jan 2022 | 01:41
Newcomers to Milford: The 2021 new attendee group photo being taken by official Milford Enhancement Committee photographer Allan Kaplan (Photo by Marilyn Rosenthal) ‘Fabulous to see a town so divided come together’ Spirts were high and hugs and kisses abounded at the 17th annual Milford Welcome Party, after having been cancelled last... Entertainment 24 Jun 2021 | 01:02
The cleanup crew (Photo provided) Community cleanup day is a resounding success The First Annual Bill Kiger Community Cleanup Day, held Saturday, April 24, was an unqualified success with more than 170... Local News 28 Apr 2021 | 02:12
President John F. Kennedy with Dr. and Mrs. Pinchot at the Finger Bowl at Grey Towers in Milford, where Kennedy declared Gifford Pinchot to be “more than a forester, he was the father of American Conservation.” (Photo: U.S. Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site) Bill Kiger Community Cleanup Day is part of a long legacy When Atlantic Magazine called Milford “the prettiest county seat in America,” in the early 1960s, it wasn’t an achievement... Letters to the Editor 01 Apr 2021 | 01:56
Bill Kiger with his broom (Photo by Linda Pinto) Help ‘polish and shine’ Milford on Bill Kiger Community Cleanup Day Businesses, schools, youth groups, and non-profit organizations are encouraged to come together for a day to “polish and... Local News 01 Apr 2021 | 01:54
