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Chester County Home to One of Pennsylvania’s Best Tubing Spots
If you are looking for a nice place to enjoy a relaxing float down the water with family or friends, there is the perfect spot for tubing right here in Chester County, writes Ashley Adams for The Keystone. Northbrook Canoe Company in West Chester offers you a chance to fully take advantage of the lazy…
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Montgomery County Home to One of the State’s 10 Most Historic Abandoned Places
Visiting abandoned places has become a popular activity among tourists across the country. From ghost towns to abandoned historic sites, these places are filled with eerie stories about life in earlier centuries. In Pennsylvania, there are ten sites that Joshua Childu at The Travel considers the most historic abandoned places in the state. Among them…
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Theater Project Brings Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Philly Colleges Together
Villanova associate professor and renowned playwright Ijames, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Broadway play “Fat Ham”, had another of his works “Media/Medea” staged in a collaborative project with students from Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, and the Community College of Philadelphia, writes Judy Hill for the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin. Media/Medea is a…
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Book Recalls Impact of a Marple Neighborhood Unsolved Murder
On Aug. 15, 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was walking to Bible school from her Marple Township home, writes Kim Douglas for Main Line Today. She never arrived. Her body was discovered two weeks later. Joanna Falcone Sullivan and Mike Mathis were 9 years old at the time, living in Marple. Now their story is captured…
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Marines Give First-Person Accounts of Fighting in Iraq in New Book
Retired Marine Lt. Col David E. Kelly from Springfield recently published his second volume of interviews with combat Marines deployed to Iraq, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. He was one of two Marine Corps field historians sent there to conduct the interviews, “First Fights in Fallujah” includes interviews with infantrymen, tankers, helicopter crews,…
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Recreation Area Near Bucks County Could Become America’s Next National Park
A beloved outdoor area near Bucks County is being considered as the location of the country’s next national park. Miles Howard wrote about the location for National Geographic. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, located between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is one of several outdoor areas in the United States being considered to become…
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Artist With Down Syndrome Teams Up to Create Pet Portraits
A partnership between Jake Spencer, an artist with Down Syndrome, and his support professional, Caron Lee, is generating some impressive pet art, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. Lee works for The Arc of Chester County helping adults with disabilities get out into the community. She partnered with Spencer about six years ago. “And we started…
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Lonzo Starr Puts Delaware County, People of Color in His Comic Book
Delaware County has made the superhero comic book circuit, thanks to Derek “Lonzo Starr” Allen of Lansdowne, writes Tara Behan Marmur for Main Line Tonight. Starr is the creator and owner of Konkret Comics, an independent Black-owned publishing company he started in 2019. Amongst his superheroes of Color are Akolyte, Kandake, and Luna. They hang…
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Charlie Gracie Remembered With ‘Forever Fabulous’ Tribute
Tributes and condolences continue to pour in worldwide from fans remembering rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Charlie Gracie of Drexel Hill, who died on Dec. 16. Thousands of friends, musical peers, and fans have reached out to his family, including video messages from Paul McCartney, Graham Nash, Van Morrison, and other celebrities. On June 23, a…
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The Brandywine River is Home to One of Pennsylvania’s Best Tubing Spots
If you are looking for a nice place to enjoy a relaxing float down the water with family or friends, there is the perfect spot for tubing right here in Chester County, writes Ashley Adams for The Keystone. Northbrook Canoe Company in West Chester offers you a chance to fully take advantage of the lazy…
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Soul Singer Devon Gilfillian Is Back in Delaware County, Promoting His New Album
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Devon Gilfillian recently found his way home again, celebrating the release of his new album Love You Anyway with a trip to one of his favorite haunts, Charlie’s Hamburgers. Gilfillian comes from Morton but for the past 10 years, he’s been living in Nashville, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Gilfillian’s…
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Did Astrud Gilberto, ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ Singer, Live in Narberth?
Astrud Gilberto, singer of the globally popular “The Girl From Ipanema,” passed away in Philadelphia recently at 83, but it is her home of the last several decades that remains a mystery, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Gilberto, who popularized Brazilian bossa nova worldwide with her 1963 hit, had a long history with…
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Lincoln Professor’s Installation Project Shows Brandywine Valley Artists in Another Dimension
A Lincoln University professor is showing Chester County artists in a new light. The Projected in Place exhibit is the brainchild of Michael Lynch and collaborator Matt Nelson. The works from artists such as Brandywine Valley legend Andrew Wyeth, Howard Pyle, and Karl J. Kuerner are projected onto their sites of inspiration, writes J.F. Pirro…
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Famous Theater in Bucks County Kicking Off Summer with Cult-Classic Movie Series
A well-known theater in Bucks County will be showing several classic films to kick off their summer festivities. The Newtown Theatre, located at 120 North State Street in Newtown, will debut “The Cult Vault” this summer, a series of 10 cult-classic films that will all be shown for free.to series sponsor Attleboro Wealth Management in…
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Philadelphia Boys and Philadelphia Girls Choirs Announce Spring Shows
The Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale will perform its concert — entitled “United We Stand! Celebrating the American Spirit: Music of the North and South” — at the Temple Performing Arts Center on June 10 at 3 PM. The Philadelphia Girls Choir will then perform (at the same venue) “A Concert of Musical Gems Spanning…
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Washington Post: Founder of Exton’s Tree Top Builders Offers Tips on Building Treehouses
Treehouses are epicenters of endless adventures for both the young and the young at heart, but constructing one that is safe can take some time, writes Nevin Martell for The Washington Post. It requires thoughtful planning and sturdy design along with careful building. But even if this may sound daunting, the process is not that…
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Betsy Wyeth, Wife Andrew Wyeth, Played Role in Artists’ Legacy
Betsy Wyeth, wife of famed Chadds Ford artist Andrew Wyeth, was responsible for much of Andrew Wyeth’s legacy, writes Julia Shipley for The Philadelphia Inquirer. An exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum, “Home Places,” features drawings and paintings of many Chadds Ford houses Andrew Wyeth painted that exist within two square miles of the museum.…
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‘I was in Shock’: Local Teen Fights Off Shark Attack in New Jersey
Maggie Drozdowski, a Chester County teenager, survived a shark attack during a surfing outing over the weekend in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, write Matt Petrillo and Alicia Roberts for CBS News Philadelphia. “I was in shock and I didn’t even realize what was going on until I was out of the water,” said Drozdowski. The…
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