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Drexel Awards Broomall Native, Cardinal O’Hara Alum Basketball Coaching Extension
The winningest coach in Drexel’s women’s basketball history is now signed through the 2023 season, as the Broomall native at the helm of the Dragons just signed a new contract extension, the university’s athletic department recently announced. Cardinal O’Hara High School graduate Denise Dillon is currently in her 14th year at the Drexel post, and…
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Neumann University’s Men’s Basketball Team Secures First-Ever National Ranking
The undefeated Neumann University men’s basketball team is now nationally ranked for the first time in program history. The Knights, who are off to an 8-0 start this season, including a 3-0 mark in the Colonial States Athletic Conference, are No. 23 in D3Hoops.com’s latest Top 25 poll. “I think what it means for the…
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NFL’s Houston Texans Bench $72 Million Quarterback in Favor of Springfield Native
In a scenario the Houston Texans never would have envisioned at the beginning of the season, the NFL franchise – which is tied for first place in the AFC South with two games left to play – have benched the quarterback they rewarded with a $72 million contract in the offseason. Brock Osweiler’s poor play…
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Hannum’s Harley Davidson of Media to Bring Holiday Cheer to Kids, Adults at Elwyn
Hannum’s Harley Davidson of Media will partner with the Harley Owners Group today to bring delight to the many children and adults of Elwyn, a premier educational and behavioral health organization based in Delaware County. The HOG visited Elwyn in September, and everyone in attendance was thrilled to see the riders on their impressive motorcycles.…
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Much-Hyped Urban Renaissance Fails to Dethrone Suburbs
The idea that millennials are shifting from suburbs and back into cities has been challenged in a new report by the Urban Land Institute’s Terwilliger Center for Housing, writes Eleanor Klibanoff for Keystone Crossroads. The report, entitled “Housing in the Evolving American Suburb,” looked at the years 2000-2015 in the 50 largest metro regions nationwide,…
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Newlywed from Glen Mills Thankful for New Life After Addiction
Wallowing in the pain of divorce, she turned to heroin — and embraced a horrible addiction that took more than treatment and rehab to break free from. But this Thanksgiving, Nicole (Kapulsky) Braclalenti of Glen Mills was grateful for new highs in life that have come heroin-free. “Six years clean in two months,” she wrote…
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Pearl Harbor Sent Delaware County into Action
Well before the afternoon news of Pearl Harbor’s disaster on Dec. 7, 1941 sent Delaware County and the rest of Philadelphia into a frenzy, local residents had already ramped up the war effort. The Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone and Ford Motor Co. factory in Chester were producing tanks, half-tracks, and jeeps, according to a…
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Did You Know? The Brandywine Once Served as the Industrial Center of New Nation
According to information provided by the Brandywine Conservancy, the Brandywine River once supported over 125 mills, including steel mills in Coatesville, grist mills in Chadds Ford and gunpowder mills in Delaware. All kinds of mills were located along the Brandywine. In the 18th century, mills on the Brandywine produced most of the paper used in…
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Cubs Outfielder, World Series Winner from Villanova an MVP for Bone Marrow Donation
There was a 1-in-80,000 chance that he’d be able to help anyone, but Chicago Cubs outfielder Matt Szczur’s risky decision to try as a young athlete at Villanova has saved a life and inspired many others. Just one month before his participation in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, Szczur, who played football and baseball for the…
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Delaware County Community College to Host Nationally Renowned Ensemble on Sunday
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) will present “Untempered,” a musical performance by composers who play in the nooks and crannies of musical tuning systems, on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 PM. The performance is part of Delaware County Community College’s New Music Concert Series, and will be held in the Large Auditorium of the Academic…
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Local Artists to Sell Work During Media Arts Council’s Annual Holiday Sale, Exhibit
The lights, color, and sparkle of the season extend from the charming storefront shops on one end of State Street to the Media Arts Center and Gallery at the other. Annually, artists sell their original work during the Holiday Exhibition, running this year from Dec. 3-23. The public is invited to attend the Opening Reception…
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Neumann to Host Live Nativity Celebration on Sunday
Neumann University will host its annual Greccio Live Nativity Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 4. The program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:15 PM in front of the Mirenda Center for Sport, Spirituality, and Character Development on Convent Road. Neumann students, faculty, and staff will re-enact the Franciscan tradition of the…
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Havertown Native Runs Perimeter of the U.S. to Bring Home Brother’s Ashes
She has run nearly 10,000 miles around the perimeter of the United States, and last weekend she carried the ashes of her brother home — and broke a world record for most steps run in a day. Havertown native Helene Neville is One on the Run, and her final “marathon of love” took her from…
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U.S. Postal Service to Mark Centennial of Andrew Wyeth’s Birth with Stamps Featuring His Work
The United States Postal Service has announced that it will issue a pane of stamps in 2017 inspired by the art of Andrew Wyeth to commemorate the centennial of the artist’s birth, according to ArtfixDaily.com. Wyeth was born and spent his life in Chadds Ford, home of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, which displays…
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Untouched for Half-Century, Corvette Tells Story of Delco Legend
Even after it sat untouched for 50 years, the 1963 Corvette recently pulled out of a forlorn Delaware County garage practically still smelled of raw power and speed. It was the life savings and first big dream of Henry “Hank” Wendt, a Ridley Township High School graduate who in 2013 passed away at the age…
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Chester Native, Winner of ‘Chopped Junior’ Enjoying Her Newfound Celebrity
Tavia Isaac, the 12-year-old native of Chester who came out victorious in the Food Network’s Chopped Junior, is enjoying the fame that has followed her triumph, writes Peg DeGrassa for Main Line Media News. Isaac won first place in the spin-off of the hit cooking show Chopped, which has young chefs between the ages of…
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Historic Gravestone Missing from Rhode Island Found in Upper Darby Woman’s Yard
It had been missing for more than 30 years until it literally turned up in an Upper Darby woman’s yard. The gravestone of a one-year-old child named William Mayes, who died in 1690, was recently returned to Newport, R.I., and reset in the Common Burying Ground. Upper Darby’s Stephanie Pallas “was doing some landscaping, hit…
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New Model for School Lunches Launches in Haverford
Friends School Haverford is doing something different when it comes to embracing lunchtime. Instead of the traditional calorie-laden, flavor-lacking foods, the school that educates children from the nursery through eighth grade is providing students with healthy, local food options made fresh each day through a partnership with The Tasting Room/JPM Catering and Events in Ardmore.…
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