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Volleyball Marvel Abby Harrell Heading to Villanova
Challenges surrender before incoming Villanova University volleyball player Abby Harrell, writes Scott Spruill for Yakim-Herald-Republic. She was a big force from her freshman days forward playing volleyball with the Ellensburg High School Bulldogs in the Kittitas Valley in Washington State. Harrell helped lead the team to its first all-state honors and has had back-to-back…
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Aqua Invests $2.9 million in Main Replacement Projects for Delaware County
Aqua Pennsylvania has announced that $2.9 million in main replacement projects are underway in Media Borough and Marple Township. This investment is part of Aqua’s continuing infrastructure improvement program to improve reliability for customers throughout Delaware County. In Media Borough, crews are working to replace 5,778 feet of aging 4-, 6-and 8-inch water mains with…
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The Great DuBois Circus Act Comes to West Chester for One Night Only
The Great DuBois, the two-person circus act that was showcased in the movie The Greatest Showman, is coming to West Chester University for one performance only on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 PM. Tickets are now on sale to the public at wcupatix.com or 610.436.2266. The performance will take place in the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall in the Philips…
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Lansdowne’s Michael Millon a Rising Star at Lark Restaurant
Restaurants are more than the person that owns them. The hardworking chefs, sous-chefs, managers, servers, dishwashers, bartenders, and farmers keep the restaurant going, writes Craig LaBan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. LaBan featured 16 rising stars at the region’s top 10 restaurants, including Michael Millon from Lansdowne, executive chef at Lark Restaurant in Bala Cynwyd. …
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Virtual Exchange at Penn State Brandywine Connects International Education Students
Penn State Brandywine Professor of Education Lynn Hartle has used virtual exchange technology to give her students an international experience without leaving their home campus. During the spring semester, Hartle collaborated with Luciana Cabrini Simões Calvo, professor of language teacher education at the State University of Maringá in Brazil, to provide virtual experiences for their…
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Motoring in Miniature: Strasburg Scooters Offers a Unique Perspective on Lancaster Countryside
“There’s something about encountering this landscape at a slower speed,” says Marc Crusemire, President at Strasburg Scooters. “It’s just a completely different way of seeing things. You get to see the surroundings; you get to smell it; and with some of our tour stops, you also get to taste it.” Crusemire has vast experience in…
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Psychiatrist From Glenolden Fighting Stigma of Mental Illness
Ken Duckworth’s family moved away from Glenolden when he was eight years old because of his father’s mental illness, but no one in the family said it out loud, writes Abraham Gutman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. There was s a commotion while he was playing in the basement of his Glenolden home. A police officer…
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Delaware County Residential Real Estate Pace Slows a Bit
The residential real estate market in Delaware County is changing, but it’s a move that’s actually returning it to normal, say some real estate experts. That hasn’t stopped people from worrying, asking brokers if we are in a recession, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Beth Endrizzi, a real estate agent with the…
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Lincoln Center Named ‘2022 Top-Rated Nonprofit’
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) has been named a “2022 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading website for community recommendations of charities and nonprofits. TLC is an entrepreneurial nonprofit providing innovative education, coaching, and counseling services to individuals and families, as well as grant writing and management services for school districts and…
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SEPTA’s Proposed Bus Network Provides Several Improvements, But Also Has Some Drawbacks
SEPTA recently released its proposed bus network for public comment, and while the new plan offers several improvements, it also comes with some drawbacks, writes Sandy Smith for the Philadelphia Magazine. SEPTA’s Bus Revolution website features interactive maps that allow visitors to use sliders to compare the bus service available now to what SEPTA is…
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Scandinavian Prison Approach Working at SCI Chester
The United States has the largest number of people incarcerated in the world and so it deals with overcrowding, violence, long sentences, and hopelessness, writes Jordan Hyatt and Synove Nygaard Anderson for yahoo.com But a unique approach used at Scandinavian prisons now being tried at a state prison in Chester may hold solutions. The approach…
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Look No Further Than Clifton Heights for Good Drinks
The Philadelphia region has plenty of variety when it comes to wetting your whistle, whether it’s a cutting-edge cocktail, a bone-dry wine, or a really good beer. A more traditional no-frill cocktail drinking experience can be found at the Original Clam Tavern in Clifton Heights, the only Delaware County restaurant to make a list of…
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Delco Locales Finally Make It to the Monopoly Board
A special new edition Monopoly game board released Oct. 11 has a Main Line theme, but includes places like Villanova University, Haverford College and the Glen Mills Train Station located in Delaware County, writes Franki Rudenesky for Philly Voice. The game is a collaboration between Hasbro and game company Top Trumps USA. The Atlantic City-themed…
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Weekend Wanderer: What to Watch When You’re Alone
It is the very nature of fall that brings about my complete abandonment. As October unfurls each year, my husband fades from my world, like Marty McFly playing the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance in Back to the Future. By November, he is completely gone, as though his parents never shared that first kiss ultimately…
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Georgia Is the Next State on Wawa’s New Store List
The first Georgia location of a Wawa convenience store should open by 2024 as the chain continues to expand, writes Beth McKibben for atlanta.eater.com. The popular convenience store chain has been finding success with new locations in Florida, so the company announced Oct. 5 that nearby Georgia is its next Southeastern target. It will be…
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P.J. Whelihan’s Readying for November Opening at Lawrence Park
A new PJ Whelihan’s restaurant will anchor a redeveloped Lawrence Park Shopping Center when the restaurant opens in late November, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Construction is nearly complete on the 8,000-square-foot building designed by Eimer Design. It will feature vaulted ceilings and woodwork. The restaurant and bar area will include a state-of-the-art…
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9 of the Largest Family-Owned Regional Businesses are in Delco
Many of the Philadelphia region’s family-owned businesses expanded last year — whether by revenue or employee count, according to a list of 75 of the largest family-owned business in the region, writes Todd Romero for Philadelphia Business Journal. Nine of those were in Delaware County. Nolan Painting Inc. in Havertown, founded in 1979, ranked…
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Another Delco Invention–the Stromboli, First Made in Essington by an Italian Immigrant
Delaware County can proudly lay claim to the invention of the Stromboli, specifically to Essington Pizzeria, writes Joseph A. Gambardello for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nazzareno (Nat) Romano was an Italian immigrant who opened Essington Pizzeria in 1944. He was trying to come up with new stuffed pizza dishes. He stumbled on cotechino salami, cheese and…
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