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Darby Native Propels Florida to Back-to-Back NCAA Track and Field Championships
Darby native and Penn Wood High School graduate Eric Futch, a redshirt senior at the University of Florida, won the 400-meter hurdles at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Friday, thus propelling his Gators to their second-consecutive NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field championship. Futch, the reigning champion in the 400-meter hurdles from last…
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FROM MONTCO: Archaeology Student Unearths Valley Forge Bayonet Stash, Writes Dissertation
When the Continental Army packed up Valley Forge and headed on toward victory in the Revolutionary War, a stash of bayonets was left behind. Almost 250 years later, a group of archaeologists was also about to pack up and head out, but this time they didn’t leave the bayonets behind. The rare historical find almost…
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Pennsylvania’s Most Misspelled Word Is …
When it comes to food, Pennsylvanians feel the need to get it right. At least that’s how Google saw it early this year when the most popular “how to spell” search in the state came up as “sauerkraut.” Google Trends dubbed “sauerkraut” and dozens of other hard-to-spell words as America’s Most Misspelled Words in honor…
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New Exhibition Presents Andrew Wyeth ‘Through the Eyes of His Family’
An exhibition displaying Andrew Wyeth’s life and work through the eyes of his family recently opened at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., writes Dodie Kazanjian for Vogue. The exhibition is co-curated by the famous painter’s only granddaughter, Victoria Wyeth, who frequently gives lectures on her grandfather. She assembled the exhibition as it annoyed…
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Cemetery Volunteer on Mission to Honor Veterans Buried at Mount Hope in Aston
His is a silent vow to never forget the sacrifice of America’s military veterans, and with each flag he posts at a veteran’s cemetery gravestone, his patriotic statement grows louder and louder. “I came back. They didn’t,” said Navy veteran Tony Clark of Chester County’s Sadsbury Township in a Philadelphia Daily News column by Stu…
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Terrain Garden Café in Glen Mills One of America’s Top 100 Brunch Restaurants
Delicious food and undeniable rustic charm has put the Terrain Garden Café in Glen Mills among the nation’s top 100 brunch restaurants, writes Karla Alindahao for Forbes. The Delco eatery is featured on OpenTable’s annual list of the Best Brunch Restaurants in America, one of the best barometers of where regular people like to eat.…
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Yeadon’s Mount Moriah Cemetery Holds Memorial Service to Honor WWI Heroes
Mount Moriah Cemetery recently held a memorial service to honor those who died in World War I, writes Anne Neborak for the Daily Times. The Yeadon cemetery is the final resting place for veterans from as far back as the Revolutionary War. Also buried alongside the more than 2,400 fallen heroes are many other members…
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Quadriplegic Priest, Legendary Monsignor Bonner Teacher Considered for Sainthood
A local community of believers already considers him a saint, but now the Catholic Church has officially opened the book on the Rev. William Atkinson’s life of faith and ministry en route to consideration for sainthood. Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput dedicated a recent Villanova University mass to the sainthood quest for the 1963 Monsignor…
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Villanova Professor Collecting Ads That Bring Emancipation to Life
In the aftermath of the Civil War and the first breaths of newfound freedom, former slaves sought to reunite with long-lost family members. Now, the digitization of 1,000 such emancipation ads brings their stories to life for the rest of history to remember. “History is stacked against enslaved people, because their literacy was carefully outlawed…
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Upper Darby High School Senior’s Artwork Set for Display in Nation’s Capitol
The artwork of Upper Darby High School senior Blya Ange Krouba has been chosen to represent the First Congressional District as part of the 2017 Congressional High School Art Exhibition, writes Ryanne Persinger for The Philadelphia Tribune. The 12th-grader, who was born in the Ivory Coast, created the mixed media artwork after she was told…
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Garnet Valley Graduate Named Lacrosse All-American at James Madison
A dominant year crowned with a pair of college records, a conference championship, conference Player of the Year honors, and now dual All-American accolades has put Glen Mills native Haley Warden in the national lacrosse spotlight. This season, the Garnet Valley High School graduate scored 28 goals and contributed eight assists as a junior midfielder…
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As His New Book Illustrates, Owner of Cocco’s Pizza the Personification of the American Dream
From shoe-shining and hawking newspapers, to serving in the military and selling insurance, to starting a pizza chain and investing in real estate, Andrew Cocco has lived the American Dream. And now he’s sharing his story with the rest of America. The patriarch of the now-famous Cocco’s Pizza chain recently published It’s a Hell of…
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Media’s Academy of International Ballet the Region’s First School to Have Composer in Residence
The Academy of International Ballet in Media has announced the appointment of Jennifer Nicole Campbell as Composer in Residence. “This amazing opportunity makes our ballet academy the first in the region and one of the very few in the nation to have a professional classical composer in residence,” said AIB artistic directors Anastasia Babayeva and…
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Haverford College Grad Ditches Legal Career to Create Popular Distance-Running Website
Bryon Powell, a 2000 graduate of Haverford College, ditched his legal career to start iRunFar.com, one of the world’s most popular websites for ultra and trail running, writes Mara Miller for Haverford College. Powell was an enthusiastic cross-country and track athlete during his years at Haverford. After completing his major in history, he found post-graduation…
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Almost a Century Later, Judge Erases Criminal Record of Executed Teen, Glen Mills Student
Doubt about what 16-year-old Alexander McClay Williams could have done in the space of 20 minutes at the Glen Mills Schools has grown so strong in the 86 years since he was executed that a Delaware County judge has agreed to expunge the boy’s criminal record. “I feel very strongly that this kid was executed…
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Move Over, Melinda Gates and Beyoncé! Make Room on This List for SAP’s Jennifer Morgan
For her role in transforming the cloud and championing gender equality in the workplace, Jennifer Morgan, an executive board member of Newtown Square’s SAP, finds her name right alongside famous moms like Melinda Gates, Adele, Beyonce, J.K. Rowling, Chelsea Clinton, and Ivanka Trump. Morgan was selected as one of the elite 50 Most Powerful Moms…
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Where Are the Best Places to Buy a Home in Delaware County?
Spring is here, and with the change in season, people often take some time to consider the benefits of moving into a new home, according to a staff report for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To help with this, Niche.com has a compiled a list of the best places to buy a home in Greater Philadelphia.…
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Actress from ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Credits Upper Darby Summer Stage for Her Success
Monica Horan Rosenthal, best known for her role as Amy in the popular television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, credits the Upper Darby Summer Stage for fostering her love of performing, writes Marissa Stern for the Jewish Exponent. According to Horan Rosenthal, a Darby native and Archbishop Prendergast graduate, it was one of the theater program’s…
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