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Ridley High Graduate Reconnects With Vietnamese Family
Mark Chew, a Ridley High School graduate, and a successful restaurateur, continues to connect with his family in Vietnam, writes Steve Cahalan for the La Crosse Tribune. Chew operates nine restaurants in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Chew, 58, is an adopted Vietnamese native who came to the U.S. in 1972 at age 11, living…
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Boeing’s Focus on Safety, Not Sales, Netted Results at Paris Air Show
Boeing Co. arrived at the world’s largest aerospace extravaganza, the Paris Air Show, battling the biggest crisis in its history. It departs having secured a crucial vote of confidence in its beleaguered 737 MAX jetliner and the prospect of further orders, writes Robert Wall and Andrew Tangel for the Wall Street Journal. Boeing’s efforts to…
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Another Delco Hotel, Candlewood Suites, Opens in Downtown Chester
Chester City officials gathered June 20 to mark the opening of the new Candlewood Suites at Third and Welsh streets, ending a decades-long absence of hotels in the downtown area, writes Colin Ainsworth for Delaware County News Network. The ribbon-cutting ceremony by developer Sailesh “Sam” Patel and officials brought a two-year construction process and decade…
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Shop Destroyed, Delco Barber, 84, Finds New Temporary Home in a Beauty Salon
Joe Reilly was walking up the stairs from his barbershop when he heard a bomb going off, writes Anna Orso for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The 84-year-old barber found, not a bomb, but a red Subaru entirely inside his Aston storefront. Five employees and a patron inside were missed but the front of Reilly’s 54-year-old business…
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From Upper Darby, She Was at Stonewall Inn the Night of the Uprising 50 Years Ago
The Stonewall uprising is a source of inspiration for the modern transgender right movement. Some accounts of the riots say that trans women led the resistance against police. For a long time their stories weren’t well known, but that’s beginning to change, writes Tim McLaughlin for KYW Newsradio. Nance Lomax grew up in Upper Darby.…
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DNB First House of the Week: All-Brick French Colonial in Newtown Square
An all-brick French colonial with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Newtown Square. Situated in the desirable Springton Pointe, this well-maintained home offers an open floor plan and comfortable living throughout. Among the first-floor highlights is a large island kitchen with custom cabinetry, pantry, and eat-in area. This…
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This Country Band has Its Roots in Havertown and the Main Line
Meet the members of Rylan Brooks, the Main Line-area’s country music band. The band earned the Main Line Today 2019 Critics’ Choice Best New Band (Original Music) award, writes Hobart Rowland for Main Line Today. Chris Brooks and Nate Rylan recently shared how they became the best original outlaw country act to hail from the…
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Southwest Philadelphia Refinery to Close Following Explosion, 1,000 Face Layoff
Philadelphia Energy Solutions is closing its South Philadelphia refinery by next month following an explosion and fire last week, writes Kennedy Rose for Philadelphia Business Journal. “I’m extremely disappointed for the more than one thousand workers who will be immediately impacted by this closure, as well as other businesses that are dependent on the refinery…
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Pa. House Passes Budget With No Tax Increase; No Minimum Wage Increase, Either
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed a $34 billion 2019-20 budget June 25 that includes no tax increase, but also no minimum wage raise, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. The budget has more school money, new agricultural investments and a healthy deposit in the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The Senate is expected to vote on it…
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Washington Post: O’Hara Grad’s Basketball Comfort Zone Helped Her Find Her Voice
Natasha Cloud, 27, a Cardinal O’Hara High graduate, would be the only Washington Mystics player addressing the media after the game June 14. She read a statement on behalf of the team on gun violence, writes Ava Wallace for the Washington Post. Cloud’s public action culminated a long journey and a level of comfort in…
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Portrait Honors Villanova Peace Activist Who Opposed Vietnam War
The Rev. Daniel Berrigan, a legendary peace activist who led protests against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons that landed him in jail, has been memorialized in a portrait by a Philadelphia-born artist unveiled recently at Villanova University, writes Melanie Burney for the Philadelphia Inquirer. A Jesuit priest and poet, Berrigan was known for defiant…
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Delco Invites You to Celebrate Summer by Planting Yourself in a Garden, Kayak, or Soccer Stadium
Located in the heart of America’s Garden Capital (36 gardens within 30 miles), Chanticleer Garden is the only Main Line Estate that is still open to the public. It was named one of North America’s Most Beautiful Secret Gardens by National Geographic Traveler magazine, perhaps because of the Alice-in-Wonderland nature of the estate. There’s a…
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Upper Providence 8-Year-Old Girl Awaits Donor for Heart Transplant
Emma Tipping, 8, a third-grade student at Rose Tree Elementary School, is like most other little girls her age, writes Peg DeGrassa for Delaware County News Network. But life changed for Emma three years ago when she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. The condition weakens heart muscles which can no longer pump blood effectively, leading…
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Child Guidance Resource Center Therapy Focuses on Parent/Child Interaction
Child Guidance Resource Centers offers Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), an evidence-based, research supported therapy model for children ages 7 and under. (PCIT) is a combination of play therapy and behavioral therapy for young children and their parents or caregivers. The adults learn and practice new skills and techniques for relating to children with emotional or…
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Five Star Senior Living to Showcase Talent of One of Its Residents, a Former Architect and Artist
Silvio Pietrinferni, a resident at Exton Senior Living, will host an event that displays his original artwork on Thursday, June 27 from 5-7 PM. Pietrinferni, who moved to the United States from Italy in the 1960s, began painting when he was a teenager. He studied fine arts in college and earned his degree in architecture.…
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Public Input Needed on Five New Voting Systems That Offer Paper Trails
Delaware County will be required to use voting machines that have a paper trail that can be verified by voters and audited, according to a county press release. The new system will need to be in place by the 2020 primary election. Residents are being asked to weigh in on five new voting systems that…
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Rooftop Dining May Be Coming to Wayne
Those who enjoy dining alfresco when the weather is pleasant may soon be able to sit on a rooftop in Wayne, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Media News. The Hemcher Family Partnership, which owns the Great American Pub, asked the Board of Commissioners at a recent meeting to change the township zoning code to…
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Newtown Square’s Dunwoody Village Receives $15,000 Grant from Philadelphia Foundation
Dunwoody Village – a continuing care retirement community in Newtown Square that offers residents unparalleled comfort, award-winning healthcare and rehabilitation, and a vibrant lifestyle – has received a $15,519.56 grant from the Philadelphia Foundation. The grant was made from the foundation’s John B. Gest Memorial Fund, the William P. Gest Memorial Fund No. 2, the…
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