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Haverford Middle School Teacher Teams Up With Shark Tank Winner to Create Distracted Driving App
A technology teacher at Haverford Middle School has partnered with a former “Shark Tank” winner to create an app that will help prevent distracted driving, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nate Wagner and Ryan Frankel designed This App Saves Lives (TASL). It launches Nov. 12. Using the distracted driving app, you accrue one…
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Lenape Nation Signs Treaty With North American Land Trust
The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania has recently signed a “Treaty of Renewed Friendship” with the North American Land Trust (NALT). The signing ceremony took place at Haverford College, reports the North American Land Trust via Newswires. Shelley DePaul of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and Amy Bruckner of NALT were the treaty signers. The Treaty…
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The Haverford School Begins Its 139th School Year
The Haverford School celebrated the Opening Day of the 2022–2023 school year on Sept. 8. In keeping with tradition, the day began with the traditional Walk of Virtues procession, where Sixth Formers guide kindergarteners to the opening day assembly on Sabol Field at M&J Spencer Stadium. Head of School Tyler Casertano and student body president…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Traditional in Haverford
A gorgeous traditional home from renowned Main Line architect Perc Kennedy on 2.09 stunning acres with six bedrooms and four full and two half bathrooms is available for sale in Haverford. This Perc Kennedy 1975 residence offers privacy and convenience in the beautiful and highly sought-after Merion Golf Neighborhood. The home has undergone several major…
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Haverford School’s New Head Tyler Casertano Aims for Student Growth
The new Head of School for Haverford School, Tyler Casertano, is a lifetime educator, minus the one year he took off to go work at Wall Street, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. Casertano is the son of educators and grew up on two different prep school campuses. He initially opted for finance as…
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Garrett Brown Changed Movies Forever, and He’s a Haverford Grad
Garrett Brown, an American inventor who revolutionized the way movies are made, was a student and graduate of Haverford High School, according to Wikipedia. Brown is the inventor of the Steadicam, for which he won an Academy Award in 1978. The Steadicam allows camera operators to film while walking without shaking or jostling the image. …
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Norman-Inspired Mansionette in Haverford
An exquisite Norman-inspired mansionette carriage home with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Haverford. The residence welcomes you with a central foyer bracketed by a spacious living room and the elegant dining room. An archway leads to a butler’s pantry that is connected to the chef’s kitchen featuring…
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Charlie Health Founder’s on Call 24/7, but She’s OK With That
Charlie Health was created by Haverford native Carter Barnhart to offer therapy to at-risk youth, she writes for Entrepreneur. The job means mixing her work and her life—she gets calls at breakfast, at the movies, on Saturday nights, but the tradeoff is worth it. “To say the work is rewarding is an understatement, since we’re…
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Pride Month Good to Beyond the Bell Tours in Post-Pandemic Times
The LGBTQ Philadelphia touring company “Beyond the Bell Tours” started by two Haverford College alum, has doubled its attendance since 2018 and its weekend Pride tours this month are sold out, writes Isabel Tehan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The travel route taken by a rainbow trolley takes guests through Philadelphia’s Gayborhood and features live music,…
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C&N Bank Makes Significant Donation throughout the Collar Counties to Bolster Education Efforts
C&N recognized the importance of investing in local education with donations totaling $800,000 to area educational improvement, scholarship and prekindergarten scholarship organizations. The donations were made under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). Education is key to a strong and prosperous community. However, there are many budgetary roadblocks preventing children from receiving the level…
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This Hat Lady From Haverford Is Big Into Real Estate
She’s known in Haverford and Bryn Mawr as “The Hat Lady,” a title she wears proudly. Award-winning real estate agent Michelle Leonard sports unique and fancy hats that set her apart from other agents, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The ensemble is complete with unique dresses and a signature large pearl necklace. This…
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Owner of County Line Pharmacy, Frances Foti of Haverford, Has Died
Frances Pignoloni Foti of Haverford Township, who ran the popular Ardmore neighborhood drugstore County Line Pharmacy long before CVS and Rite Aid, died April 27. She was 97. “She tended to hire women,” her son Lawrence Foti said, because, in her words, “‘I wanted to give women a chance.’ She was ahead of our time.…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Invests $7.1 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Projects in Haverford Township
Aqua Pennsylvania has announced that $7.1 million in infrastructure improvement projects are underway in Haverford Township to improve service reliability for customers throughout the Main Line. Crews are working on a $4.6 million project to replace 10,311 feet of aging six-, eight-, 12-, and 16-inch cast iron water mains with new ductile iron water mains…
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Volunteer Artists Bring Painted Flowers to Havertown Business Windows
Haverford Township businesses received some window flowers this past weekend thanks to a community project, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The Discover Haverford Mayflower Project was set in motion by volunteers who brightened up windows and painted flower designs. Jeanne Angell, executive director of Discover Haverford, said board member Gina Ranieri, owner of…
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Haverford Leads Way in Delco With Plastic Bags Ban
The Haverford Township Board of Commissioners has passed an ordinance 8 to 1 restricting distribution and use of plastic bags, beverage stirrers, and straws starting January 2023, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Businesses in town in the new year will no longer be able to offer customers single-use plastic carry-out bags and stirrers. Plastic straws…
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Iconic Photojournalist Dirick Halstead, Once at Haverford College, Has Died
Photojournalist Dirck Halstead, who captured the beginning and end of the Vietnam War, and who photographed key presidential moments, has died, writes Mat Schudel for The Washington Post. Dirck Halstead, who attended Haverford College, died March 25. He was 85. Mr. Halstead got his first camera when he was 13. From that point on,…
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Ukrainian and Russian Students Link Up at Haverford College Against the War
A Haverford College student from Moscow never imagined that the genocide she learned about in a “transitional justice” class would be perpetrated by her own country, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Oleh Shostak, 21, a sophomore from Ukraine, told the student she was not on the side of the perpetrators. “You come from…
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Couple Who Put a Lot of Themselves into Drexel Hill Tudor Move for the Last Time
The Sabatinis, Joe and his wife Danielle, have put so much effort into their Haverford home that when they move soon to Chester County, it will be their last home, writes Paul Jablow for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple bought their corner property in the Pilgrim Gardens section of Haverford in 2018 after renting in…
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