Environment & Outdoors
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As Frequency of Mass Shootings Increases, Local Lawyer’s Website Aims to Prevent Murder
West Chester-based attorney James Kimmel Jr. — a renowned author and academic lecturer — has spent the last 20 years researching and writing about preventing murder. It’s an issue that hits home for Kimmel, who leads the Healthcare Law Practice Group at Buckley, Brion, McGuire & Morris. He grew up in central Pennsylvania, and almost…
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Smedley Tract to Become Recreational Area in the Heart of Middletown
Plans to develop Middletown’s Smedley Tract as a recreational area are ready to move forward after more than a decade of planning, writes Leslie Krowchenko for the Delaware County News Network. Township Engineer Eric Janetka recently gave an update on the 76-acre property at the northeast corner of Rose Tree and North Middletown roads. The…
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Drexel Hill Resident Discusses Her Sexism Experiment That Went Viral
Drexel Hill’s Nicole Hallberg and Philadelphia’s Martin Schneider saw a huge change in the way their clients treated them when they switched genders and communicated to their audience as each other, writes Michael Boren for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the e-mail experiment that went viral after they posted it on twitter in March, Hallberg found…
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Breakfast Seminar to Discuss Fighting Addiction in the Workplace
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, Delaware County Heroin Task Force, and MVP Recovery are partnering together for an Addiction in the Workplace breakfast event. The educational seminar, combined with a question-and-answer structured event, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 26 at Fellowship Hall, located at 350 West State Street in Media. Registration and breakfast…
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New York Times: Delaware County, Chester County Embrace Diversity
While immigration influenced the presidential election throughout the majority of rural Pennsylvania, Chester and Delaware counties remained steadfast, writes Thomas Edsall for The New York Times. The influence of immigration, measured through the diversity index, ranks geographical areas on a scale from 0 to 100. The higher the number, the greater the chance that two…
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Springfield Cares Coalition to Host Town Hall Meeting on Early Warning Signs of Addiction
The Springfield Cares Coalition is hosting a town hall meeting at E.T. Richardson Middle School, located at 20 West Woodland Avenue in Springfield, on Monday, Oct. 16 from 7-8:30 PM. This free event is open to the community, as well as surrounding communities. Featured speakers and presentations will provide education and information on the disease…
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Check Out Where Pennsylvania Ranks Among America’s Happiest States
Pennsylvanians are happier than more than half of the country, according to a new study on the happiest states in America, writes Richie Bernardo for WalletHub. The study used previous research on happiness to determine which environmental factors have been linked to overall well-being and satisfaction. Previous studies have determined that good economic, emotional, physical,…
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Tyler Arboretum in Media Offers the Perfect Getaway
Media’s Tyler Arboretum, one of the oldest arboretums in the Northeast, is the perfect getaway with 550 acres of nature and 20 miles of stunning hiking trails, writes Meisha Johnson for CBS Philly. Tyler Arboretum, which began as a side project by a farming family at the beginning of the 19th century, now draws in…
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Villanova Prof Digs Into I-95 Rain Garden Project
It’s not a hobby, nor is it a source of fresh produce. But Villanova University Urban Stormwater Partnership Chairman Robert Traver is planting big gardens alongside Philly’s I-95 expansion anyway. Advertisement What he will harvest, with the help of PennDOT and Temple University, is a million gallons of dirty water headed for the already-overwhelmed city…
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New Study Claims Pennsylvania One of the Worst States for Women’s Equality
According to the latest analysis by WalletHub, Pennsylvania has a long road ahead when it comes to women’s equality. A study, entitled 2017’s Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality, puts the Keystone State seventh from the bottom, making it one of the worst states when it comes to the issue of women’s equality. The…
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County’s Vision of Having a ‘Ribbon of Green’ Furthered with Phase 1 of Darby Creek Trail
Delaware County Council recently joined Upper Darby Mayor Tom Micozzie and Director of Delaware County Parks and Rec Marc Manfre to visit the site and see the progress of the future Darby Creek Trail in Upper Darby. Construction has begun on Phase 1 of the trail. The project is a joint venture between Delaware County…
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Five-Member Team from Penncrest High School Wins National Envirothon
A five-member team of students from Penncrest High School recently won the 2017 National Conservation Foundation Envirothon – the world’s largest natural resources education competition – besting 53 other teams from the U.S., Canada, and China. Cole Gaboriault, Thy-Lan Gale, Dennis Harrsch, Rachel Hughes, and Abigail Schwartz took the top prize, a $15,000 check, at…
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Coverage of Ardmore Shooting Wounds Neighborhood Advocates in Haverford Township
If people don’t like unwelcome development in their backyard, they sure don’t like crime there. And in the last week, residents of Ardmore and its surrounding neighborhoods have defended their turf over a recent shooting that killed a 29-year-old man. The incident took place near the border of two communities, two townships, and two counties.…
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Radnor Bracing for Invasion of Tree-Killing Bugs
Radnor Township is being urged to draw up battle plans for the imminent invasion of the emerald ash borer. The ash tree-killing Asian bug has been on the march from Michigan since 2002, according to a Main Line Media News report by Linda Stein. The long-term battle plan recommended by township arborist John Hosbach Jr.…
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New Street Lamps, Brighter Lights to Illuminate Upper Darby
Upper Darby will shine brighter after the $3.9 million plan to upgrade its 4,600 streetlights to LED lighting is implemented, writes Linda Reilly for the News of Delaware County. Mayor Thomas Micozzie recently revealed the two-month plan that is being financed through a bond issue. “A comprehensive audit and illumination study was undertaken to assess…
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Check Out the Average Credit Score of Each Town in Delco
Besides Pennsylvania’s vital role in U.S. history, the state’s economy has become one of the most crucial pillars of the financial health of the country, writes Mike Brown for LendEDU, a marketplace for private student loans, student loan refinancing, credit cards, and personal loans. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are home to a combined 15 Fortune 500 companies, and…
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Havertown’s Teach Anti Bullying Awards Assault Victim with Medal
After suffering an unsuspecting assault by a few youngsters, a Philadelphia man is now feeling the unexpected support of a few hundred or more sympathizers from across the country. And Havertown nonprofit Teach Anti Bullying was at the center of a celebration for the victim, Mark Smith. Teach Anti Bullying Founder and CEO Claudio V.…
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Local Investors Both Large and Small Vote for ExxonMobil Climate-Change Analysis
Local investors of both thousands and millions defied the ExxonMobil board’s recommendation and passed a resolution that called for the energy company to analyze what it would take to keep the Earth from warming another degree Celsius. The resolution originated from members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility like the Aston-based Sisters of St.…
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