Outdoors
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“Scarecrows in the Village” To Return To Peddler’s Village. Find Out How You Can Participate in the Fun
The popular “Scarecrows in the Village” event will be returning to Peddler’s Village in September, kicking off the local Halloween season. From Sept. 5 to Halloween Day, the Lahaska village will see an army of scarecrows standing around the area. Each year, entrees become more and more creative with their spooky creations. From Disney characters…
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Unexpected Inlet Incident Interrupts Lafayette Hill Beachgoer’s Reading Session
Of the things that could have interrupted her quiet shore day (errant beach ball, hungry seagull, quick-moving storm), Lafayette Hill resident Anna Habel never expected to be startled by something so significant. Trish Hartman, 6abc, sifted the story of what caused Habel to abandon her book. Habel and her beachgoing friends were stretched out near…
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Pa. Uses a Fine Approach — Meaning Both Workable and Costly — to Tamp Down Lanternfly Infestation
State officials have enacted fines for businesses and organizations that do not adhere to quarantine rules in 34 counties to help mitigate the spread of the spotted lanternfly (SLF), writes Brian X. McCrone for NBC10. The measures are designed to keep the invasive insect from spreading from Pa. to New England, Washington D.C., and as…
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Peddler’s Village in August: Peachy-Keen
This may come as a shock, but summer 2022 is elapsing. The time for outdoor fun is growing short, but fortunately, local event calendars are stocked, including Peddler’s Village’s, which is celebrating Peach Month. Highlights of all things Prunus persica (the genus of a peach) are: A sidewalk sale kickoff to the event (Aug. 5–7),…
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Porch Thieves Are Sly Ones. Cameras Finger Foxes as Culprits
There have been a rash of missing shoes and other stuff showing up in odd places in Media. Now we know why, writes Joe Holden for CBS Philly. It took months to track the perpetrators down but they’ve been exposed on camera. Just as you suspected, it was a den of foxes. “It’s the talk…
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Bucks County Offers Plenty of Proximity to Shedding Modern-Day Stress — And Dress
Bucks County vacationers who want to truly escape modern life are well-positioned. After navigating a relatively short commute from the area (less than 90 minutes) a unique getaway awaits. All it takes is a tankful of gas, some sunscreen, and perhaps a dose of bravery to give a clothing-optional destination a try. Admittedly, clothing optional…
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William Penn Foundation Funds Effort to Promote, Protect Pleasant Pathways
The William Penn Foundation has awarded $5.9 million in grants to help extend the Greater Philadelphia Circuit Trails network. More than $1 million of the investment is earmarked for projects in the four collar counties, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Circuit Trails network is planned to stretch for about 800 miles, with…
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Lifeguard Shortage Spares Chester, but Closes Some Pools and Jersey Beaches
The pools will be open in Chester this summer but elsewhere, a shortage of lifeguards is threatening beach and pools throughout the Philadelphia region and New Jersey, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The municipal pool in Chester has had no problem hiring and retaining lifeguards, said Duane Lee, the city’s deputy director of…
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Delco Swim Clubs Doing Well Going Into the Summer of 2022
The Nile Swim Club in Yeadon, the nation’s first African-American-owned swim club, survived foreclosure four years ago only to see membership dop during the pandemic, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Membership dipped before vaccines were available but the pool rebounded in the summer of 2021. Now, with COVID still lurking in Delaware County,…
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Bucks County’s Natural Pinnacle Gains Permanent Protection; Views Will Remain Unimpeded Forever
Haycock Mountain, and the 15 acres that surround it, is now protected by a Pa. Game Lands designation that will keep its natural beauty forever. News of the environmental win was aired by Mae Axelrod in the Bucks County Herald. “This land is just stunning,” said Oliver Bass, president of Natural Lands of Media, Pa.…
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Spring 2022: Budding Flowers, Singing Robins, and Patches of Lanternfly Eggs, Prime for Killing
While the area’s most prolific summer pest won’t fully appear until May, their harbinger — lanternfly eggs — make themselves known earlier. And that appearance provides an apt time to eliminate them, reducing future numbers before the adult bugs can lay siege to area yards, streets, parks, and gardens. Frank Kummer reports on the value…
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Collingdale Teen, Police Officer Rescue 3 Kids Who Fell Through the Ice
Anthony Alexander was with his three friends at Collingdale Park Monday afternoon when he heard screams from the partially-thawed pond, writes Jaclyn Lee for 6abc.com. Two little girls and a boy fell through into the icy water. Alexander tried to pull them out with a stick but then jumped in after them. “It was…
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Heated Pool in Winter Turns the Tide for Lawrence Park Swim Club
In 2019, the Lawrence Park Swim Club, an outdoor pool in Broomall, was struggling, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. The 53-year-old facility saw its membership drop to 175 people. Then something happened that no one expected, The pandemic. It closed indoor pools, the destination of choice for swimmers in wintertime. Lawrence Park…
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Ridley Tattoo Artist Roddie Cooper Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro With Delco Flag
“I did it for Delco,” says Roddie Cooper, posing for a picture at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro holding a Delco sign. The Ridley High graduate is a stilt walker, “Star Wars” stormtrooper, and tattoo artist who decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania last year to fly the Delaware County sign at the top…
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December 2021: The Second-Warmest Holiday Season in Phila.’s 147 Years of Weather Records
If December 2021 felt like Santa needed Bermuda shorts and Frosty could have used an iced tea, there’s a reason: It was the second-warmest final month of a Philadelphia year in 147 years of record keeping. Frank Kummer simmered the particulars for The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 31 registered an average daily temperature of 51 degrees,…
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Sapling from Czech Concentration Camp, Preserved in Chester County, Is Transplanted to New York Museum
A silver maple tree with a lineage that goes back to a Czech concentration camp has been transplanted to the New York Museum of Jewish Heritage. The second-generation tree grew for a time at Longwood Gardens, writes Sasha Rogelberg for the Jewish Exponent. The tree was donated by former Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia President…
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If You See It, Saw It: Chester County Farms Ready for Christmas Tree Shoppers
If you are ready to start hunting for the perfect Christmas tree, local farms offer a great selection, write Jillian Wilson and Grace Dickinson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Clark’s Christmas Tree Farm and Christmas Shop in Cochranville offers 25 acres of trees and is home to varieties such as Fraser fir, Douglas fir, Canaan fir,…
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Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary: It’s Prime Hunting Season, Especially for Lanternfly Egg Masses
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding issued the reminder that the chance to get ahead of the 2022 lanternfly season is to prevent them from hatching in the first place. The way to do that, according to a staff report from The Sentinal, is to destroy lanternfly egg masses that are being laid now. “Every spotted…
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