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It’s Official … Pennsylvania Catches Most Deer in Headlights
Across the nation, deer have a tendency to get caught up in the intrigue of bright headlights, but nowhere are they caught more between the headlights of vehicles than in Pennsylvania. “Nearly 10 percent of the country’s deer claims occur in Pennsylvania (126,275 collisions),” the latest State Farm Insurance report states, based on collision insurance…
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Delco Council, Veterans Memorial Association to Host Freedom Medal Awards Dinner
Delaware County is home to many brave veterans who have served our nation with strength and courage. Today, we have 35,000 veterans of all military branches living in Delaware County who continue to serve their communities through their work, their church, their schools, and their families. In 2013, the Delaware County Veterans Memorial in Newtown…
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Clock Expires on Havertown Family’s Legacy of Calling the Game
For only the second time since 1955, professional sports in America are without a Crawford calling the game. The profession that impassioned three men’s lives was set to go without their presence, but legendary NBA referee and Havertown native Joey Crawford couldn’t keep himself away from the action. He’s still watching, but from the vantage…
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Andrew Wyeth Painting the Inspiration for Protagonist of New HBO Series
“Christina’s World,” the magnum opus of the late Andrew Wyeth, has served as the inspiration for the protagonist of a new HBO series, writes Allie Gemmill for Bustle.com. The 1948 painting by the renowned Chadds Ford artist has influenced the character of Dolores in Westworld, a science-fiction thriller that debuted this month and is receiving…
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Darby Celebrates Hometown Hero, Names Street in His Honor
A hero’s name now points the way in Darby, and last weekend that way was how to make your hometown proud. Marine Lt. Gen. Ronald Coleman was recognized for his selfless service to America with a parade and honorary street designation, according to a Daily Times report by Anne Neborak. Originally a Navy sailor in…
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With Playoffs Looming, Philadelphia Union the Embodiment of Chester, Delaware County
Delaware County’s professional soccer team is the can’t-help-but-root-for union of a rough and gritty work ethic with Major League Soccer talent. “Embodying Philadelphia – or Chester, as it may be – is about embracing that hard-working, blue-collar identity,” Jeff Kassouf writes for FourFourTwo, an international soccer magazine. “It means pressing every team, whether at home…
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Tour of Historic Art in Chadds Ford Impresses
Delaware County has one of the Northeast’s most prized art attractions in Chadds Ford, where the display of art by the Wyeth family continues to impress people near and far. Travel writer Martha Steger detailed her Chadds Ford weekend immersion “in the arts and sites showcasing works of the Wyeth family and the Brandywine School…
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Havertown Car Gang Relives Its Glory Years
The only thing better than the days they hung out in the parking lot of the Havertown Burger King and talked all things cars back in the 1970s was the day they came back to relive those memories. “Back in the day, we lived in this parking lot,” Garnet Valley’s George Moore said in a…
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Philadelphia Union Players Score Big in Battle Against Cancer
A trio of Philadelphia Union stars are trading a little down time for a big impact in a showdown with a foe that doesn’t stop advancing when the clock runs out: cancer. Union players Charlie Davies, Chris Pontius, and Keegan Rosenberry recently lifted the spirits of cancer patients at the Crozer-Keystone Cancer Center in Broomall.…
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Flashback Friday: MLK Jr. Studies at Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland
The following is the fourth installment of a weekly series that turns back the clock to celebrate a mostly-forgotten moment in Delaware County history. Long before he pioneered the Civil Rights Movement or won the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. spent three of his formative years as a Delaware County resident. Following his…
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Chester Native, Foil to Kobe Bryant Now an Ivy League Basketball Coach
John Linehan, a 1996 graduate of Chester High School and the NCAA’s all-time steals leader in Division I, will now coach college basketball in the same city where he excelled as a college player. Linehan, whose 385 career steals at Providence remain the gold standard in college basketball, has been named an assistant men’s basketball…
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Details Emerge on Villanova’s Pavilion Renovations
Details of the current plans for renovating Villanova University’s Pavilion have emerged on SB Nation’s VUHoops.com, writes Jonathan Tannenwald for the Philadelphia Inquirer. While the burning issue of insufficient seats will not be addressed, according to the latest information, there are major changes planned. These include the relocation of the arena’s main entrance to the…
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Runners, Walkers Invited to ChesLen Chase for Open Space on Saturday
Natural Lands Trust, the region’s foremost land conservation organization, invites you to run for nature at the ChesLen Chase for Open Space on Saturday. Proceeds from the event will benefit ChesLen Preserve, one of the largest private nature preserves in southeastern Pennsylvania. Choose among three courses — a 10K run, a 5K run, and a…
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Golf Course at Glen Mills Among Best, Most Accessible in Philadelphia Area
When considering the best golf courses in the Philadelphia area, the Golf Course at Glen Mills is at the very top, writes Evan Macy for Metro. Golfers face an exciting challenge there, as the large rolling greens are hard to read, routinely creating difficult, 80-foot putts. Despite the lack of trees, the wide-open layout creates…
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Glenolden Resident Finds Solace from Painful Past by Singing the Blues
Glenolden resident Frank Bey has been wowing listeners for decades with beautiful, soulful blues that come from memories of growing up in rural Georgia at a time when African-Americans did not have even the most basic human rights, writes Dan Geringer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “My mother was a gospel singer in the black Welcome…
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Mystery of Vietnam War Monument in Chadds Ford Solved
The mystery of Delaware County’s oldest Vietnam War monument, discovered four years ago behind some brush in an unused bank parking lot in Chadds Ford, has been solved. The monument, a cannon on a stone base, was rededicated on Saturday at the Brandywine Mills Shopping Center in Chadds Ford. And it was Bill Gafford –…
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Harrah’s Hits Jackpot with New Guy Fieri Restaurant in Chester
Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack has hit a culinary jackpot with a commitment from Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives star host Guy Fieri to bring the best of his popular TV road show to real life with a new restaurant on the Chester waterfront. The new attraction for Harrah’s, to be called Guy Fieri’s Philly Kitchen…
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Springfield Native, Former NBA General Manager Fires Back at Team’s Owner
Springfield native Geoff Petrie is arguably the greatest athlete Delaware County has ever produced. The two-time NBA Executive of the Year and former general manager of the Sacramento Kings excelled not only in basketball, but also in football and baseball at Springfield High School in the mid-1960s. Petrie was drafted by the Washington Senators for…
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