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In 2018, 3 Delco ‘Angels on Earth’ Kept Girl’s Wish Alive
Three Delaware County men helped keep alive a wish made by a little girl who wanted to cheer up hospitalized children, writes Rose Quinn for the Delaware County News Network. Ridley Township Detective Gerard Scanlan Jr., Jeff Tyler of Tyler Transport Solutions in Chester Heights, and Dan Emmerson of Ridley Township continued the legacy of…
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Peddler’s Village to Host Fire & Frost Fun Celebration on Four January Evenings
Peddler’s Village will be hosting Fire & Frost, several family-fun events in the coming weeks, and locals and visitors are invited to all the fun. The countryside shopping, dining, lodging, and family entertainment destination in the heart of historic Bucks County will host Fire & Frost Fun on select Friday and Saturday evenings in early January. Against…
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This Family of Postmasters Keeps the Mail Flowing
The twin Keller brothers, who both serve as local postmasters with the U.S. Postal Service, followed the example of their father when looking to do a good job, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Joe Keller is postmaster of the Morton Post Office. His twin brother Mike is postmaster of Swarthmore Post Office and…
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Weekend Wanderer: Spending Christmas with Rick Steves
I accidentally spent $177 on a beef tenderloin. One hundred and seventy-seven dollars. It all started with Rick Steves’ European Christmas. I watched it on PBS during last year’s Christmas season. Many times. Many, many times. Rick Steves’ European Christmas combines three of the best things ever — Christmas, Europe, and Rick Steves. Rick Steves…
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Clifton Heights Man Reunites With Woman He Saved After Crash
In a heartwarming follow-up to a harrowing tale, Coatesville’s Carla Long was able to find and reunite with the Clifton Heights man who saved her life last week after her car slid on ice on Route 82, flipped on its side, and crashed into a ditch, reports Inside Edition. Once the car stopped, she was…
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Nick Spica of Secane Makes Sure Santa Answers Kids’ Letters
Kids in Delaware County don’t have to go too far to find a mailbox for Santa’s letters, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. For the third year, Nick Spica invites kids to drop letters off at his special mailbox set up in his yard in the 800 block of Springhill Road in Secane. Children…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Night of the Banana Bread
Well, last week we talked about Thanksgiving. Today, we’re talking about The Night of the Banana Bread. Indy wasn’t feeling great. He was, in fact, one sick dude. Parkinson’s disease is like that — one minute you’re fine, the next minute fine is acting like you owe it money and stole its girl. I headed…
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Media’s Desert Rose Owner Saves Toddler After 14-Month-Old Falls into Pool
Well known borough chef/owner Jason McHugh decided to close his Desert Rose restaurant on Sundays to have more time with his family. So what did he do on Father’s Day? McHugh saved a life, writes Susan Serbin for the Daily Times. McHugh, his wife and their boys joined friends at his sister’s home in Middletown.…
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WWII Vet’s Upper Darby High Diploma Finds Its Way Back to His Family
The long-lost high school diploma of World War II veteran Francis DiGiovanni was returned to his son six years after it disappeared, reports Christy Turner for fox30actionnewsjax. The diploma belongs to Francis DiGiovanni, who graduated from Upper Darby High School on June 12, 1930. Claudio Alvarado found the diploma in the parking lot of the…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Thanksgiving That Almost Was
I know Thanksgiving is over. I mean, my Christmas decorations have been up for a week. But I have to tell you about the Thanksgiving that almost was. Over Halloween, my brother told me he wasn’t hosting Thanksgiving this year. “I’ll just put together a little something to eat at Willie and Indy’s on Thanksgiving,”…
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DELCO Today Wishes You a Happy, Healthy Thanksgiving
The staff at DELCO Today would like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for, as we enter our seventh year of growing our affiliate partners’ businesses, strengthening the fabric of Delaware County, and uniting people in a celebration of community, relationships, and life. Thank you for…
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Weekend Wanderer: Mother Nature Is Cruel. Just Ask My Purse
I complain about the cabin a lot. The cabin. The Cabin. I don’t own it. That honor goes to my husband and father-in-law. It was my husband’s grandfather who built it. And because he’s the one that built it, I don’t hate it. Most of the time I’m neutral about it. It’s the way I…
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Weekend Wanderer: Being Alone for the First Time in Years
So with two gainfully employed adolescents, a few nights a week I find myself in a peculiar position. I am, for the first time in 17 years, consistently and completely alone in my house. And I don’t know what to do. I mean, I have an hour and 45 minutes to myself. An hour and…
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Allison Mintz & James Tomosky: A Shore Thing
James and Allison met during a West Wildwood summer visit with friends, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Allison, from East Lansdowne and Havertown; and James, also from East Lansdowne, hit it off that weekend. “He’s really cute, really nice, and really funny,” Allison thought to herself. James thought the same about…
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Weekend Wanderer: More Than One Way to Bury a Cat
A few weeks ago, I made a comment about my dead pets’ ashes. In my bar. My pets’ ashes are in my bar. I thought nothing of the comment because I think nothing of my pets’ ashes being in my bar. That’s where they belong. But then my editor said he was going to need…
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This Triathlete From Upper Darby Looks to Her Grandmother for Inspiration
This runner and triathlete Maria Fernandez from Upper Darby looked to her grandmother for inspiration, writes Emilia Benton for Runners World. Maria Paredes Fernandez’ immigrant parents saw sports as something kids do for fun, but her late maternal grandmother, Mariana Zambrano de Fernandez, was enthusiastic about her sports pursuits. “She had this determination of really…
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Weekend Wanderer: Fostering Independence — and Taking It Away
I think I did the worst thing I’ve ever done. It was a chilly but sunny Friday, the trees just beginning to embrace their fall colors. And I, what did I do on that dazzling autumn day? I took Indy and Willie on a tour of an assisted living facility. If there is anything more…
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Weekend Wanderer: Surviving the Haunted Hotel
Well, guys, here I am. I survived the haunted hotel. And I’m like 98 percent sure nothing followed me home. But that two percent sure gives me chills when I jolt awake at two in the morning. Which I’ve done every night since I slept at the haunted hotel. Kidding, guys, kidding. Our drive to…
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