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‘Football and Family’: Retired Cardinal O’Hara Coach Bob Ewing Dead at 88
Bob Ewing, head football coach for 16 seasons at Cardinal O’Hara High School, died Monday night at age 88, writes Terry Toohey for the Daily Times. For Ewing, life was about family and football, sometimes at the same time. “It was a family thing,” his son, Bob Jr. said of his father’s career. “Our family…
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Washington Post: 5-Year Probation for Marple Man in Voter Fraud Guilty Plea
A Marple man pleaded guilty Friday to voter fraud. He was charged with using his dead mother’s name to cast a vote for Donald Trump, writes Jaclyn Peiser for The Washington Post. “I was isolated last year in lockdown,” Bruce Bartman, 70, said. “I listened to too much propaganda and made a stupid mistake.” He…
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Marple Commissioners Reject Preliminary Plan for Don Guanella Development
Marple Township Commissioners have unanimously rejected a preliminary plan for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia-owned former Don Guanella site, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. “Clearly, this is a windfall for the Archdiocese,” Commissioner Michael Molinaro, a practicing Catholic, said. “(They) never have paid anything to our township. We’ve been nothing but good to…
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Cardinal O’Hara Grads Fulfill Friend’s Wish With a Long-Running Charity
Friends for Friends is a fulfillment of a wish, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bob Carroll visited his friend Al Patrone in the hospital after organizing a fundraiser to help pay for his cancer treatments. There were 1,200 people at the fundraiser, with $55,000 raised. “He was so excited about how many people…
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National Guard Called in to Broomall Nursing Center to Shore Up Staff Shortages
The Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Marple Township has asked the National Guard to help them provide routine care to non-acute patients as it deals with staff shortages triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, reports philadelphia.cbslocal.com. A team of 18 nurses and medics from the National Guard will work 12-hour shifts at the facility for…
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Latest Proposal for Don Guanella Tract in Marple Calls for 105 Single Homes, 36 Twins
The latest land development plans for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Don Guanella property at Sproul and Reed roads in Marple call for 141 single and twin homes, writes Leslie Krowchenko for the Daily Times. The preliminary plans by Sproul Road Developers were presented to the Marple Planning Commission last Thursday. A 2015 plan by Goodman…
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Marple Newtown Teacher Who Took National Award Honored at State Capitol (Video)
Marple Newtown High School biology teacher Elizabeth Landes, winner of the national Milken Educator Award, was recognized Nov. 20 by the Pennsylvania House, writes Paul Vigna for pennlive.com. Elizabeth Landes was one of 40 teachers nationally and the only one from Pennsylvania to be given what’s called the “Oscars of teaching.” Pa. state Reps. Jennifer…
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Delco Bear Spotted in Three Locations, From Villanova to Aldan
There’s a bear in Delaware County and he’s fast-moving, according to a report from Dan Koob for Philadelphia.cbslocal.com. Delaware County officials first heard about a black bear wandering a driveway on Harrison Road in Villanova Friday morning. By Friday night, there was a second sighting on Cove Road in Maple Township. Since then, two more…
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Bill Lyon, Marple Township Resident and Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Sports Columnist, Dies at 81
Bill Lyon, a long-time must-read sports columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, has died at the age of 81 at the Marple Township facility where was living, write Frank Fitzpatrick and Gary Miles for The Inquirer. Lyon had been afflicted with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases for the last several years. During his decades as a sports…
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PA Student Debt Is Second Highest in the Nation. 2 Legislators From Delco and Bucks County Have Started a Coalition to Do Something About it.
Pennsylvania has the dubious honor of having the second highest amount of student debt in the nation, an average of $37,061 per student, writes Ford Turner for The Morning Call. State residents have $68 billion in student debt. Over 10 years, tuition increased 40 percent while higher education state funding dropped 5 percent. “You hear…
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See Which Eight Delco Schools Scored in the Top 50 in the 2019 Keystone Exams
Eight Delaware County high schools placed in the top 50 for 2019 Keystone Exam scores in the Philadelphia region, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal. Students were scored in Algebra I, literature and biology. Delco schools on the list are (lowest rank to highest rank): Marple Newtown High School, 48th. Scores: 83.8% in literature; 79.9% in…
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Marple Newtown Marching Band Offers a Teen Oasis From Crazed Competitiveness
The Marple Newtown Marching Band exists apart from today’s anxiety-ridden competitiveness of all-season league sports, video games and college applications, writes Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The no-cut, no-tryout marching band has remained largely untouched by the ‘sorry-you-didn’t-make-the-cut’ culture that seems to have swallowed childhood and poisoned extracurricular activities from elementary school on up.…
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Marple Newtown Teacher Tops in the Nation, Wins Milken Educator Award
Marple Newtown School District teacher Elizabeth Landes has been named a winner of the Milken Educator Award, the “Oscars” of teaching, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The award naming her one of the country’s finest teachers, went out to about 40 teachers nationwide. It included a $25,000 check. “It’s my lifetime dream to…
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Latest Proposal for Don Guanella Tract in Marple Calls for 141 Homes
There is a proposal to build 141 homes on the site of the former Don Guanella School in Marple, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Sproul Road Developers will present its plans for 141 single and twin homes on 89 acres of the 213-acre land along Sproul and Reed roads to the Marple Planning…
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Delaware County Leadership: State Sen. Tim Kearney
State Sen. Tim Kearney, 58, represents the 26th District, which covers 18 Delaware County communities as well as Easttown and Willistown in Chester County. In 2018, he defeated Republican Tom McGarrigle in an upset to become state senator, the first Democrat to represent the 26th district since 1978. DELCO.Today recently spoke to Sen. Kearney about…
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Seven National Night OUt Events in Delco Aug. 6 Focus on Safe Neighborhoods
Seven police departments in Delaware County are hosting events at this year’s annual National Night Out Aug. 6. This community-building campaign, held the first Tuesday in August, promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie with the goal of making neighborhoods safer. Events are planned at the following locations: Upper Darby: 6 to 8 p.m., Upper Darby…
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Meet the Legislator From Delco Who Knows About Student Debt and Wants to Tackle It
When State Rep. Jennifer O’Mara (165) left West Chester University in 2011, she was the first in her family to earn a college diploma, earning a dual degree in history and education. She also left college with a $36,000 debt, the average college debt in Pennsylvania, writes John Baer for inquirer.com. Now, 29, she’s a…
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Across Pennsylvania, Communities Voted to Turn On the Taps
In some Pennsylvania communities, alcohol is still the devil’s drink and bars are an unnecessary evil. But with Election Day came an opportunity to turn on the taps in those towns — and many of them seized it, writes Emily Opilo and Peter Hall for The Morning Call. Voters in 20 municipalities considered referendums to…
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