Family
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Fun Family Fright Night, Scarecrow Contest Coming to Bensalem This Halloween Season
A township in Bucks County is preparing for one of the most popular Halloween celebrations of the year, with lots of family fun for everyone. Bensalem Township will be hosting its Fun Family Fright Night & Scarecrow Contest on Oct. 21 from 5 – 9 PM at Bensalem Township Community Park. The event is hosted…
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Weekend Wanderer: My Daughter Is Applying to College, and I’m Not OK
I was driving down Street Road in Bucks County recently when I saw — Sorry. I have to take a deep breath or this story will be peppered with four-letter words. And one seven-letter word. And two eight-letter words. I saw a kid — a teenager — sitting in the open window of a car…
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Weekend Wanderer: Road-Trip Car Games … to Play by Yourself
So there I was, driving eight hours to drop off my kid at camp. Then driving eight hours home by myself. Three days later, I’d embark on that same trip in reverse — eight hours alone in the car, then eight hours with my daughter on the drive home from camp. The eight-hour drive didn’t…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Left My Kid at Camp
So my kid is at sleepaway camp. Yep. I drove through four states to leave my kid with strangers for five days. Are you guys having trouble breathing? Because I’m having trouble breathing. Strangers! I left my kid with strangers! I thought leaving my dog in a kennel was hard. But this? This is a…
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Langhorne’s Sesame Place is the Perfect Spot to Spend Fun Day with Entire Family
If you are looking for the perfect – and magical – place to spend a fun-filled day with the whole family, you should head out to Sesame Place in Langhorne, writes Devon Sherer for Newsbreak. The theme park is filled with things to see and do, including many rides, a water park, a parade, character…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Fell. Is This the Beginning of the End?
I turned the lock on the storm door. You know the one — it won’t engage without a forceful inward jerk, an even more forceful twist of the lock, and about seven expletives. I turn this lock often in the evening. I have an old beagle with an old prostate who feels the best time…
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‘Wheelie Wednesdays’ Returning to Doylestown, Teaching Young Residents How to Ride Their Bikes
A fun and interactive program is returning to Bucks County, offering young residents the chance to learn the joys of riding a bicycle. “Wheelie Wednesdays” will be returning to Doylestown at the end of the month. The first event will be a general “Learn to Ride” program, which will be held at Central Bucks High…
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Weekend Wanderer: Indiana Jones, by Way of Maryland
What do the new Indiana Jones movie, my spiraling refrigerator, and Indy’s Maryland property have in common? The answer is a story and then some. I would start at the beginning, but I don’t know where that is, exactly. It might start in the ’50s, when Indy bought the Maryland property. It might start with…
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Hero Dad Remembered After Saving Two Kids at Bucks County Lake
Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas drowned in Lake Nockamixon last week as he was trying to save two children who were struggling in the water, writes David Propper for the New York Post. The hero dad was spending the day fishing with his 3-year-old son Dylan and a few friends when he noticed two kids struggling…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Too Picky About My Showers
Now that my husband is all Buddy the Elf about making friends in his outdoors organization, I have met many people. Many, many people. I have friends all over the country. And one acquaintance in Canada. Or maybe he’s just from Canada. I don’t know. But he makes me look like a better cook so…
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New Britain Family Plans to Honor Young Boy with ‘Buddy Bench’ Following Recent Tragedy
A New Britain family wants to honor nine-year-old Joseph Malcolm Jr. with a buddy bench that would be placed near the pond where he died, writes Briana Smith for 6abc. Everybody close to him, especially his three brothers and one sister, said they will miss his bright smile that would light up every room. Joseph…
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After Decades-Long Absence, Doylestown’s Village Fair Returns This Weekend
After a long absence in the area, a once-popular fair is returning to Bucks County in order to fundraise for the community. The VIA of Doylestown announced the return of the Village Fair, which was regularly held from the 1960s to the 1990s. The event will be held on June 24 at Central Park, located…
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Weekend Wanderer: Why Does My Mom Keep Misplacing Checks?
It’s been a bit since we had a Willie story. We should probably check in on her. Our check-in begins this morning, when I was recounting to my husband the plot of Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. He was, as you might imagine, enthralled. If there is one thing better than watching a ’90s…
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Bucks County Township Listed as One of the Best Places to Move Your Family This Year
A township in Bucks County was listed as one of the best places in the country to live with your family and start life anew. Alexa Mikhail wrote about the township for Fortune Well. Bensalem Township was listed as #26 out of the 50 best places to raise a family in the United States. Some…
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Doylestown Borough Mayor Marries Young Couple, Celebrates Their Lives and Future
The mayor of a borough in Bucks County recently married a young local couple, celebrating their love and life together. Noni West, the Mayor of the Borough of Doylestown, married a couple at the Broad Commons fountain on June 16. According to a post from the borough, the couple has known one another since they…
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‘Sweet Corn Festival’ Coming to Bucks County Farm. Read to Learn More
A farm in Bucks County will be hosting a major festival next month, with lots of food and fun activities for attendees of all ages. Charlann Farms, located at 586 Stonyhill Road in Yardley, will be hosting the firs “Sweet Corn Festival” next month. The festival will be held on July 29 form 11 AM –…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Death of the Refrigerator, Part Two
When I last left you, I had saved my fridge but decimated the freezer. But I made a bet I could save that freezer. And I had come this far in my quest to avoid pronouncing the refrigerator dead. I wasn’t ready to quit. When I originally pulled the refrigerator from the wall, finding a…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Refrigerator Is Trying to Die
One day in 2017, Indy pulled my fridge from its kitchen nook. I was in trouble. Upon discovering my failure to periodically clean behind and beneath the fridge, Indy told me he’d be over to be sure I got the job done. I should have been able to get that fridge out myself. But I…
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