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Before Salem, There Was a Witch Trial for a Delaware County Woman
Nine years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials took place, a Delaware County woman faced her own witch trial in Philadelphia, writes Kenny Cooper for…
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Bubble Gum Is One of Philadelphia’s Greatest Exports: It Was Invented By Local Candy Accountant
One of Philadelphia’s biggest exports comes in a small but tasty package: bubble gum, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for Billy Penn at WHYY. It was invented…
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Residents Living Near Limerick Plant Can Now Get Potassium Iodide Tablets
The Limerick Plant is one of Pennsylvania’s four active nuclear power plants, and anyone living in its vicinity could be at risk if there was…
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‘Arthropalooza’ at Churchville Nature Center Offers Bug-Tasting and Cockroach Racing
Bugs were once again on the menu on Saturday at this year’s Arthropalooza at Churchville Nature Center, writes Emily Rizzo for the WHYY. In addition…
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Lower Bail Fee Will Help Struggling Families of Defendants
A Common Pleas Court order will make it easier for low-income families of defendants in Delaware County to cover bail, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY.…
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Clock Tower School at Former Glen Mills Site, Looking at September Opening
Clock Tower School, a residential facility for adjudicated youth at the former Glen Mills School campus, plans to start admitting students in September, writes Kenny…
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Crowds of Kids Tested Out Rose Tree Park’s New Playground
A destination playground two years in the making did not disappoint as large crowds turned out to Rose Tree Park in Upper Providence Thursday for…
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1975 Marple Cold Case Cracked, Man Charged in Girl’s Murder
Kidnapping and murder charges are being filed against David Zandstra in connection with the 48- year-old cold case murder of Gretchen Harrington in Marple, writes…
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The Foundation for Delaware County Welcomes 2 New Board Members
Two new board members, Steven Scott Bradley, and Robert Dumont, have been elected to The Foundation for Delaware County’s Board of Directors. Four other community…
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Aston and Middletown Together Again, Thanks to Bridge Reopening
Aston and Middletown are linked once again with the reopening July 6 of the Mt. Alverno Road Bridge, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The bridge…
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More Treatment, Prevention Top List of Uses for Opioid Funds
As millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds pile up in Delaware County, officials are looking at an opportunity to reverse the opioid crisis, writes…
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Penn Wood High Shows What Happens When the Funds Don’t Come
The WHYY podcast series “Schooled” looked at how school funding disparities in Pennsylvania affect schools like Penn Wood High in the William Penn School District.…
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Delco Day Returns Today Celebrating All Things Delaware County
Delco Day is back today for its eighth year. The annual event was founded in 2016 by the Delco Live podcast initially to highlight punk…
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Paramedic Says Prospect Medical Falling Behind on Ambulance Repairs
Prospect Medical Holdings, owner of Crozer Health, has been unable to pay for repairs to its aging fleet of ambulances, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY.…
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Weekend Wanderer: (Not) Planning a Family Vacation
I fly to Scotland in 72 hours. Sealed in a metal tube 30,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Where the Titanic sank. You know how…
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Dr. John Gibbon, Heart-Lung Machine Inventor, Was Media Retiree
Dr. John Gibbon, the doctor who performed the world’s first successful open-heart surgery 70 years ago on May 6, 1952, was a retiree at Lynnfield…
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Nurses, Lawmakers Picket Crozer as Financial Worries Grow
Community members and lawmakers joined picketing nurses outside Crozer-Chester Medical Center Friday amid growing concerns over Crozer Health’s finances, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The…
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Public Invited to Give Guideline Input on Proposed Land Bank
The Delaware County Redevelopment Authority has released proposed guidelines on how a new online land bank will work here in Delaware County. A land bank…
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