Spring City
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Punch Buggy Brewing Brings Craft Beer to Spring City with New Main Street Taproom
A Philadelphia craft brewery is putting roots in Chester County, and owner Patrick Coyne already calls the borough home, writes Brooke Schultz at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Punch Buggy Brewing Company opens its second taproom in Spring City on Saturday, June 13 after a year-long renovation of the former Main Street hardware store. Coyne, 42, moved…
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Plan for Major Data Center at Former Pennhurst Site Faces Resident Opposition
A plan to redevelop the former Pennhurst State School and Hospital site in East Vincent Township into a large-scale data center is meeting resistance from nearby residents, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Megan Heiken, who recently purchased a home near the site, recently launched an online petition, urging her neighbors and local officials…
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Spring City Man Among First U.S. Patients Receiving Lung Transplant as COVID-19 Treatment
Spring City resident John Silknitter, 68, is one of the first patients in the United States to receive a lung transplant as a treatment for COVID-19, writes Jason Laughlin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Silknitter’s lung suffered extensive scarring during his infection with COVID-19. It left him unable to cross the room without running out of…
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FROM CHESCO: What Happened Behind Pennhurst’s Closed Doors Stayed There … Until Now
Pennhurst, a groundbreaking documentary chronicling perhaps the worst case of institutional abuse of disabled people in U.S. history, will be released on Apple iTunes on March 26. The film follows the stories of former Pennhurst residents who relate their tales of abuse and survival against devastating odds. A visit to the former institution and interviews…
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