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Chester Lures National Catfish Tournament to Delaware River on Saturday
Cabela’s, the popular retailer of hunting, fishing, and camping merchandise, is sponsoring and staffing a catfishing tournament Saturday in Chester on the Delaware River. The event is part of the King Kat Tournament Trail, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Your waterway there, the Delaware River, is super-good for the sport of catfishing,” says…
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Wallingford Native Becomes First Female Athletic Director at Johns Hopkins
Wallingford native and Episcopal Academy graduate Alanna Shanahan was recently named the first female athletic director at Johns Hopkins, writes Edward Lee for the Baltimore Sun. A 1996 Penn grad with a degree in anthropology, she was a four-year starter in lacrosse and was named a co-captain and Most Valuable Player in her senior year…
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Uno Opens in Chester, Represents City’s First Casual Dining Chain Restaurant
Uno Chicago Grill, home of the original deep dish pizza, opened its newest location Monday on the campus of Widener University in Chester. The location at 1516 Providence Avenue in Chester is owned and operated by Widener University and franchise partner Tom Bock of The Bock Group, which has eight additional Uno restaurants in Pennsylvania…
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Villanova Coach Jay Wright Selected to Assist USA Men’s Select Team Next Month
Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright has been selected to serve as an assistant to San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on the staff of the 2016 USA Men’s Select Team. The Select Team will practice and scrimmage the National team — which will compete at the Rio Olympics — next month in Las Vegas, writes…
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Trio of Interboro Grads Nominated for CMT Awards
A music video directed and produced by three Interboro High School graduates has earned them a pair of nominations and a trip to the CMT Music Awards on June 8 in Nashville, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Delaware County natives Steve Condon, Danielle Porter-Condon, and Steve Molineux have received nominations in the categories breakthrough…
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Villanova University Art Gallery Hosts Exhibit of Delco’s George H. Rothacker
Villanova University Art Gallery is hosting a solo exhibition of Delaware County artist George H. Rothacker, writes Brian Bingaman for 21st Century Media. The renowned artist has spent a quarter-century finding inspiration from historic Pennsylvania movie theaters, the street life of Havana in Cuba, and from beloved films. Those subjects are just part of the 54…
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Radnor High School Unveils Wall of Honor to Commemorate Deceased Service Members
Radnor High School unveiled the Wall of Honor last week to commemorate the 56 Radnor Township men and one woman who gave their lives defending the country, writes Linda Stein for the Main Line Media News. It took the efforts of numerous members of the community, students, teachers, and staff to ensure that the Wall…
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Wayne’s Larsen MacColl Partners Join Forces with Florida-Based Burger & Beer Joint
Wayne’s Larsen MacColl Partners, a private equity firm, has formed a partnership with the developer and franchisor of Florida-based Burger & Beer Joint to expand the restaurant’s presence across the United States. The sports and rock-and-roll themed restaurant chain launched in 2009 and now has seven locations, writes Kenneth Hilario of the Philadelphia Business Journal.…
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Chester’s Power Home Remodeling to Fund $4 Million Renovation of American Legion Post
Chester-based Power Home Remodeling will fund $4 million worth of renovations to American Legion Post #10, located in Fort Washington in Montgomery County, writes Alison Burdo of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Power will fund and construct a residential property – including four townhomes and four two-bedroom apartments – a fitness center and a computer lab…
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Still in Celebration Mode, Villanova Visits White House
Villanova has been in celebration mode ever since Kris Jenkins buried a 3-pointer as time expired to propel the Wildcats to the NCAA basketball championship almost two months ago. The merriment continued Tuesday as the team visited President Obama at the White House. “We have the best-dressed man in college basketball, the George Clooney of coaches,…
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Broomall Native and Celebrity Boxing Matchmaker Damon Feldman Gets His Own Reality Show
Once a competitor himself, Damon Feldman is now bringing celebrity boxing matches to the small screen with a new reality show, writes Neal Zoren for the Daily Times. While his boxing career started inside the ring, Feldman, a Broomall native, made a name for himself promoting bouts in which celebrities exchanged blows in the ring.…
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Havertown Drinks of 45 Years of Lamplighter Tavern Memories
Surrounded by old photos and sipping old favorites, the Havertown faithful raised a glass to celebrate 45 years of Jack Quinn’s Lamplighter Tavern last Saturday. It was literally a gathering of old friends. “Almost everyone I hired through the years is a resident of Havertown,” Quinn said in a News of Delaware County feature by…
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New Data Reveals that Minimum-Wage Earners Can’t Afford Rent in Delaware County
A new report from the Washington Post shatters the notion of what the government considers to be “fair market rent” for a two-bedroom apartment. The government believes that 30 percent of a minimum-wage worker’s earnings should cover the cost of such rent. (Economists call anything more unaffordable.) However, according to updated data compiled annually by…
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Tuskegee Airmen Celebrate 75th Anniversary at Drexelbrook
The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of the formation of their unit, according to a staff report from the Daily Times. The event that took place at the Drexelbrook Country Club in Drexel Hill also incorporated the Airmen’s annual scholarship award given out to a Delaware State University aviation student.…
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Calendar to Save City Thousands, as Wawa Welcome America’s Fireworks to Begin Hour Early
With the Fourth of July falling on a Monday, the Wawa Welcome America Festival’s fireworks display will begin an hour earlier, allowing the city to save $40,000, writes Alison Burdo of the Philadelphia Business Journal. “One, it is earlier because Monday, July 4 is a work night,” said Welcome America Inc. President and CEO Jeff…
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After Two Years of Reorganizing and Renovating, Marple Newtown Swim Club to Open on Saturday
Get your swimming gear ready, as after two years of reorganizing and renovating, the Marple Newtown Swim Club in Marple Township will reopen this Memorial Day weekend, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Marple Newtown County Press. The grand reopening is at noon on Saturday. Hours will be limited until the official start of the season on…
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Chester Calling All Artists to Reimagine Avenue of the States
Local artists stand ready to remake the curb appeal of the 500 block of Avenue of the States in Chester, and the public is invited to pitch in on the effort to crowdsource ideas for the public art transformation. A new $45,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant obtained by the City of Chester and…
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Spurred by Memories of His Grandfather, Media’s George Pagano Rows the Atlantic to Raise Money for ALS
Eating freeze-dried food and sleeping between nonstop three-hour shifts for 58 days, a Media man rowed the entire width of the Atlantic Ocean. Spurred on by a grandfather who died too young from Lou Gehrig’s disease, George Pagano and rowing partner Caitlin Miller successfully completed the 2,747-nautical-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge between the Canary Islands…
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