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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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This Limerick Resident Has Plenty of Skeletons in His Closet, and He’s Proud of All of Them
Pat Baker is only so-so about his Limerick home’s annual outdoor Christmas display. Whereas other Montgomery County homeowners festoon their properties with lights, garland, decorations, creches, Santas, and other Yuletide gee-gaws, he tucks an inflatable snowman on his Limerick lot in late November and calls it a day. He is by no means a Grinch.…
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Nemour Children’s Health Coming to Broomall
Broomall Commons is getting a new addition to its vast retail space. The property that Giant supermarket used to occupy will transform into a highly ranked children’s health facility, writes Al Urbanski for ChainStorage.com Nemour Children’s Health signed a lease with real estate company Urban Edge Properties to take over nearly 20,000 square feet…
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Springfield Restaurant Raises Awareness of Premature Birth
Steve and Jenna DeVito have dealt with insurmountable heartache as parents. They’ve lost two of their first children to premature birth. Now they’re channeling their grief into the community, with their new charity-oriented restaurant in Springfield. Dom & Mia’s honors the memory of their two lost children, Domenico James and Mia Isabella, writes Natalie Jason…
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Weekend Wanderer: Going Back in Time
Take my hand. Join me in the 1980s. For I am trapped there, and though the end is in sight, it is but a glimmer in the distance. There are so many good ways to be trapped in the 1980s. Stranger Things, for example. Or Sunday morning, when I found Can’t Buy Me Love playing…
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A Heartfelt Reunion: Soldier Surprises Son at Drexel Hill Middle School
Nick Meehan was teaching business at Upper Darby High School when he was summoned abroad. The Army National Guard soldier was called to be stationed in Kuwait at Camp Buehring for a motor transport operator position, writes Pete Bannan for The Daily Times. Meehan jetted out Thanksgiving of 2021, leaving behind his family for…
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Broomall Man Remembered as the ‘Ironman of SEPTA’
Retired SEPTA bus driver James J. McCloskey earned his sobriquet, the “Ironman of SEPTA,” after his last shift in 1994. His coworkers arranged a farewell event to celebrate the Broomall resident’s 45 years of uninterrupted service. Broadcast reporter Bill Baldini was covering the event when he came up with the moniker, writes Gary Miles for…
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Cherry Crest Adventure Farm Is an Award-Winning, A-Maize-ing Fall Destination
Autumn adventurers who feel they’re up to the challenge of a corn maze honored by USA Today for 10 years running should use their directional skills to get to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm in nearby Ronks, Pa. The Signature Attraction The 2022 edition of the destination’s signature attraction is 2.5 miles of paths crafted in…
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Weekend Wanderer: My Not-So-New Car
You may recall I scrapped my dad’s not-so-new car. I got rid of my mom’s not-so-new car, too. Doing so was way more work and way less fun than getting rid of my dad’s not-so-new car. I mean, my mom’s car didn’t have unlabeled bottles of what my dad, AKA Indy, called “either vanilla extract…
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Two Upper Darby Police Officers Help Deliver a New Born in a Parked Car on West Chester Pike
Two Upper Darby police officers are now honorary uncles, thanks to some quick thinking last week, writes John Luciew for pennlive.com. The two helped bring Baby William Orlando into the world, handling the delivery from the backseat of a car parked along West Chester Pike. “By the time we got there, the full head was…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Staying at a Haunted Hotel
I was all in when I committed to staying in the haunted hotel. Now, not so much. In a parenting triumph I’m sure would impress Dr. Spock, I have raised one of my children to be every inch the horror aficionado I am. Great. Awesome. I have a partner for every horror movie that hits…
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Halloween from Timid to Traumatic: Lancaster County Has Both Extremes and Everything in Between
The broadening of Halloween’s appeal over the past decades has evolved it — perhaps mutated it — into something much more than candy collectors in costumes. In response, organizers of October-themed experiences — especially in nearby Lancaster County — have gauged their seasonal entertainment options accordingly. Some skew mild. Some skew wild. Dutch Wonderland Dutch…
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Weekend Wanderer: When Mom and Dad Have Competing Calendars
So I don’t like the outdoors. Obviously. But I married an outdoorsy guy. I’ve written many words about our opposing views in this space. Guys, I’ve written a whole blog about our opposing views. I’ve even written about it for outdoor journals. Over the years, we’ve created a system for making this whole thing work.…
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Delaware County Couple Stayed Together, Even When Apart, Then They Wed
Josh and Sarah met in Wildwood in 2011, the day after Sarah D’Orazio graduated Springfield High School, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Josh Dukes grew up in East Lansdowne and was lifeguarding following a freshman year at West Virginia University. Josh and Sarah were drawn to each other’s outgoing personalities. it…
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Couple Looking to Buy Home Ends Up Owning Whole Town in Pennsylvania
When Cleaveland couple Saji Daniel and Shannon McGauley got an invitation in October 2020 from their neighbor, Dr. Lou Keppler, to visit Foxburg, they thought it would just be a nice daily escape from the city. Katherine Clarke, in The Wall Street Journal, chronicled how it lead to a real-estate buying spree. The couple did…
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Weekend Wanderer: Please Don’t Make Me Scuba Dive
I told you a few weeks ago I’m about to get scuba certified. I told you this certification is a whole new level of horror. Before I explain, let me just say I love the water. While watching, say, a sunset or birds might be fascinating to some, I could never sit still. But put…
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Oy Vey! Doylestown’s First Jewish Deli Closes Just Days After Grand Opening
The first ever Jewish restaurant and delicatessen in Doylestown closed its doors just days after celebrating its grand opening. Ed Doyle wrote about the sudden closure for TAP Into Doylestown. Matzah Balls, which just celebrated its grand opening last Friday, had its doors closed following a dispute between the new owner and the landlord. Several…
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2022 Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire: Weekends of Minstrels and Merriment, Jousting and Juggling, Frolicking and Feasting
Attend, lords and ladies! The 2022 Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire is underway at Mount Hope Estate & Winery in Manheim, Pa. Take a trip of fun and fantasy to a 35-acre English Village where colorfully costumed characters take visitors on an adventure of jousting knights and royal delights. Music, stunts, theater, magic, comedy and live jousting…
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