Family
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Weekend Wanderer: Am I One of The Golden Girls?
My dad and I sat in his doctor’s waiting room for three hours last Thursday. Three hours. Even without the pandemic, doctors’ waiting rooms were flirting with extinction. But concierge services haven’t quite made it to suburban Pennsylvania healthcare. So we waited for three hours. We sat as people came and went like we were…
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Bright Idea to Adopt Year-Long Daylight Saving Time Was Tried Before, With Dangerous Results
With the U.S. Senate passage of the Sunshine Protection Act, efforts may again be underway to permanently orient the U.S. to Daylight Saving Time. But JD Mullane, in the Bucks County Courier Times, recalls the idea’s prior attempt. The Nixon Administration nationalized Daylight Saving Time in Jan. 1974 as an energy-saving initiative. Any household budget…
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Unhoused Population in Bucks County: ‘They’re Stuck; They’re Scared; They’re Confused’
A perfect storm of misery — stratospheric home prices, pandemic-stalled economy, slim resources for aid — is resulting in an epidemic of unhoused Bucks County residents. Emily Rizzo covered their plight for WHYY. Jeffrey Weighknecht lost his job as a motorcycle technician. He then had a stroke. Following his hospital discharge, with no place to…
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Local Couple Applies Their Lessons from Jenkintown’s Manor College From Classroom to Clinic
The average morning in the Dixon family’s Philadelphia home is loud and hectic. Steven and Autumn Dixon wake up at 5 a.m. and prepare for their jobs at the Women’s Animal Center in Bensalem. The cats – Juniper, Trouble, Sparkle, Moose and Squirrel – all get fed first. Then, their dogs – Mellow, Oscar and…
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Love Grabs Hold of Morrisville Wrestler, and Doesn’t Let Go
The culmination of a couple’s relationship usually revolves around a ring, presented after a courtship of some time. For Mike Olchewsky, a professional wrestler from Morrisville, the process of connecting with his wife (then Jacquie Clark, soon to change to Maestas) started with a ring. Kellie Patrick Gates explained in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ring in…
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Elkins Park Couple Makes a Choice For Open Adoption
The Hallenbecks from Elkins Park were asked to parent a child, and they were ready, reports Anndee Hochman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lauren Hallenbeck, 35, can finally focus. Parenthood has changed her to focus on what’s important. Her husband Chris, 35, is more intentional about family dinner, he says. The reason for these changes? New…
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Weekend Wanderer: Dressed for Success — with Rope and Ribbon
I didn’t want to speak with a stranger in my gynecologist’s waiting room. But adventure follows me wherever I go. So yes. I spoke with a stranger in my gynecologist’s waiting room. I was minding my own business. I really was. I sat down next to a charging station. I plugged in my phone. I…
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C&N Bank to Engaged Couples: Cut the Wedding Expenses Along with the Cake
Getting married is a big commitment, emotionally and financially. Wedding expenses in Pa. average $23,025, which can be a significant hit to the newlyweds after they return from the honeymoon. Establishing a budget, sticking to it, and avoiding unexpected charges will therefore help make the day as wonderful as imagined, both long- and short-term. Who’s…
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Newsweek: Video of West Chester Grandmother Who Finds Out Her Family Is Moving Closer Goes Viral
A heartwarming TikTok video of a grandmother finding out her family is moving to West Chester to be closer to her has gone viral, writes Kate Fowler for Newsweek. The video was posted by granddaughter Grace Marcella five days ago, and it has already garnered more than 2.2 million views and over 410,000 likes. The…
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Dive Team Solves 18-Year Mystery of a Cardinal O’Hara Graduate’s Disappearance
A special volunteer diving team has brought closure to a Ridley Township family after James Amabile disappeared in 2003 without a trace, writes Jason Nark and Vinny Vella for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Adventures with a Purpose used sonar equipment to locate a submerged Ford Explorer found Saturday in the murky waters of Darby Creek. The…
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Weekend Wanderer: How Does Batman Load His Dishwasher?
I have a huge problem. Well, I actually have two huge problems. My first problem is The Batman. Do I see it? Skip it? Wait until I stumble across it on TBS? Did I really need another Batman when Christian Bale was such caped crusader perfection? No. But Andy Serkis? Jeffrey Wright? Come on! Have…
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Sesame Place Classic Returns, Bringing Warm-and-Fuzzy Family Friendliness with It
Ask Count von Count how many years the Sesame Place Classic has been dormant because of the COVID-19 pandemic and he’ll quickly tally the cancellations: “Three. Three years! Ah-ah-ah!” And he’d be right, of course. After the pandemic hiatus, the 2022 edition is back on the theme park’s calendar, reports Flying Fish Hockey. The highly…
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Weekend Wanderer: One Wedding and Zero Funerals
You know how sometimes you find yourself in a situation and wonder how you got there? Is this, in fact, your beautiful house? Is this your beautiful wife? Yes. I’m feeling some Talking Heads this weekend. And welcome to my beautiful house, of which I am the sole architect. It was supposed to be my…
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Langhorne WWII Veteran, 102, Passes Hours After Watching a Birthday Parade in His Honor
Eugene Edwards of Langhorne — a WWII veteran who spent the entirety of the conflict in North Africa and Europe — passed away at 102 at St. Mary Medical Center. Just hours before, he was watching a birthday parade out his window, a large-scale celebration of his 102nd year. Noah Zucker recorded the bittersweet day…
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Local Dogs Prove Just the Antidote for Licking Countywide Winter Blues
Winter hangs on in Bucks County for only about two more weeks. But that doesn’t mean everyone couldn’t use a little pick-me-up now to navigate this last push. A leashed walk through Bucks County–tagged Instagram posts shows local dogs that are sure to produce a smile even on the grayest March days. For example, could…
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Hatboro Police Officer’s Wife Posts Tragic Update on His Bee Sting Injuries: ‘No Chance He Will Recover’
Officer Ryan Allen suffered a bee sting last year, which led to a heart attack and then a serious brain injury on October 14, 2021, writes the 6abc Digital Staff in a new report. Officer Allen has been on the Hatboro Police Force since 2013 and helped start Hatboro Police Department’s first police K9 program…
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Laura Mitchell Keene Dies; The Warrington Artist-Educator Descended from a Famed Abolitionist
Laura Mitchell Keene of Warrington has passed at age 98. The author-educator-artist was a descendant of abolitionist John Pierre Burr, organizer of the Pa. Anti-Slavery Society. Her remarkable life was encapsulated by Valerie Russ at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Keene was born in West Philadelphia and grew up during the Great Depression, an experience that heightened…
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Weekend Wanderer: Is It Bad Luck if You’re Not Irish?
“You’ll have to bury this with me.” This is what my superstitious grandmother told the family when we gifted her an opal pendant necklace. Opals, she counseled, are bad luck for anyone not born in October. As she was the only October birthday in the family, none of us could take possession of the necklace…
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