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Members of Broomall Synagogue Knit Hats for Israeli Soldiers
The Sisterhood of a synagogue in Broomall gathers every other Thursday to participate in the worldwide knitting project, Hats for Israeli Soldiers, writes Andy Gotlieb for the Jewish Exponent. Through this, the knitters at Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid help to ensure that the soldiers are kept warm all year, especially during the colder winter months.…
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How Does Delco’s Life Expectancy Fare Compared to State’s, Nation’s?
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that people living in Delaware County have a slightly lower life expectancy than the national average, writes Joel Achenbach for The Washington Post. The average for Delaware County at 78.82 years is only slightly below the national average of 79.08. Delco averaged 801.35 deaths per 100,000…
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WalletHub: Pennsylvania Provides Not-So-Happy Mother’s Day
The best gift for Mother’s Day this year might just be to see Pennsylvania roll up its sleeves and do something for working moms, because the state has a lot of work to do if it wants to treat the vast majority of moms with young children right. More than 70 percent of moms with…
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Football All-Stars to Compete in Hero Bowl Benefiting Families of First Responders
Every year, it seems our communities are shaken by the tragic loss of a brave first responder, whether he or she serves as police officers, firefighters, or emergency medical personnel. When that happens, the Delaware County community comes together to support the families and fellow first responders. Since 1977, the Hero Scholarship Committee has been…
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Reward Renews 50-Year-Old Mystery of Murdered Boy Scout from Darby
The kind of fun-filled camping adventure that most kids dream about ended up as the worst imaginable nightmare for one Delaware County child nearly 50 years ago. Delaware County Boy Scouts woke up the morning of April 26, 1970, to find one of their own, 11-year-old Terry Bowers, stabbed to death in his sleeping bag…
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Autism Bowling League Holds Celebratory Breakfast at MacDade Bowl
The Autism Spectrum Disorder Bowling League held a celebratory breakfast at the MacDade Bowl in Holmes earlier this month, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The event marked the end of the season for the league. The league members now get to enjoy a few weeks off before the action resumes again in June…
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Delco Leads State in Lives Saved with Anti-Overdose Drug
As drug overdoses surge in the state, Delaware County stands first in the line of defense against the spreading epidemic. Police throughout the county have saved more people from deadly drug overdoses than any other county in Pennsylvania, according to a Daily Times report by Kevin Tustin. The numbers total 545 of the 3,000 statewide…
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Swarthmore Woman Breathes Easy After Puzzling Disorder
As her air passageway gradually and dangerously narrowed, a Swarthmore woman steadily sought out an answer, and although that answer was a rare narrowing of the windpipe, she breathed a big sigh of relief when it was finally figured out. “It was very frustrating, because for more than a year, nobody could really figure out…
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With Faster-Growing Populations, Phoenix and Miami Threaten to Pass Philadelphia
Philadelphia and its suburbs were a refuge for people during the Great Recession, but now, there’s not quite the same draw. Population growth in the area has dwindled, and the city is quickly being passed by faster-growing metros like Washington, D.C., Phoenix, and Miami. Apart from 1986 and 1987, Philly’s population shrank between 1971 and…
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King of Prussia 2.0 Challenges Stereotype of the Millennial Habitat of Choice
It’s a phenomenon that puzzles sociologists who think they’ve figured out millennials, and delights data scientists who defy popular belief about the supposedly city-centric trends. It’s the new Town Center at the heart of the Village at Valley Forge in King of Prussia, and it’s building a brand new downtown in the middle of a…
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Singles in Suburban Philadelphia Are Smart and Hard-Working but Hard to Find
If you’re looking for love this Valentine’s Day, your best bet in the Philadelphia suburbs is finding a smart, hard-working guy in his 20s. That’s the word from a Trulia feature by Mark Uh that analyzed the stats on singles in America’s top 100 metros. While the city of Philadelphia itself had the eighth-highest ratio…
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Pittsburgh Receiving Record-High Influx of Philadelphians. Why?
While Pittsburghers used to head east for greener pastures in recent decades, the tide has now changed with the latest census data on migration patterns showing that Pittsburgh is gaining residents, many of them from the Philadelphia region, writes Gary Rotstein for The Philadelphia Tribune. The five years of compiled migration data from the U.S.…
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Broomall Man Leaves Legacy of Local Involvement, Railroad History
At the same time his family business was building landmark bridges, steel mills, and power plants across Philly and the East Coast, John H. “Jack” Grant was also building a legacy of community service and historic preservation. On Saturday, Grant officially passed that legacy on; his funeral is set for today, according to a Philadelphia…
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Wounded in Mass Shooting, Chadds Ford Native Returns Home from Istanbul as Terrorism Survivor
He left the Philadelphia area looking forward to a new year of life, but returned home thankful just to see another day. Chadds Ford native William Jacob “Jake” Raak was wounded in Istanbul, Turkey, on New Year’s Eve when an act of terrorism struck the Reina nightclub where he was celebrating with friends, according to…
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Hannum’s Harley Davidson of Media to Bring Holiday Cheer to Kids, Adults at Elwyn
Hannum’s Harley Davidson of Media will partner with the Harley Owners Group today to bring delight to the many children and adults of Elwyn, a premier educational and behavioral health organization based in Delaware County. The HOG visited Elwyn in September, and everyone in attendance was thrilled to see the riders on their impressive motorcycles.…
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Much-Hyped Urban Renaissance Fails to Dethrone Suburbs
The idea that millennials are shifting from suburbs and back into cities has been challenged in a new report by the Urban Land Institute’s Terwilliger Center for Housing, writes Eleanor Klibanoff for Keystone Crossroads. The report, entitled “Housing in the Evolving American Suburb,” looked at the years 2000-2015 in the 50 largest metro regions nationwide,…
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Newlywed from Glen Mills Thankful for New Life After Addiction
Wallowing in the pain of divorce, she turned to heroin — and embraced a horrible addiction that took more than treatment and rehab to break free from. But this Thanksgiving, Nicole (Kapulsky) Braclalenti of Glen Mills was grateful for new highs in life that have come heroin-free. “Six years clean in two months,” she wrote…
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Neumann to Host Live Nativity Celebration on Sunday
Neumann University will host its annual Greccio Live Nativity Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 4. The program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:15 PM in front of the Mirenda Center for Sport, Spirituality, and Character Development on Convent Road. Neumann students, faculty, and staff will re-enact the Franciscan tradition of the…
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