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Newsweek: Doggondest Coincidence Leads to Tearful Reunion After Three-Year Separation
After a three-year absence from her home, Aisha Nieves of Allentown knew that her Pitbull-Rottweiler mix, Kovu, was gone for good. The one-in-a-million coincidence that proved her wrong was covered by Daniel Villarreal for Newsweek. Kovu was a happy member of the Nieves family from his puppyhood in 2014 until an unusual accident in 2019. A car hit the Nieves fenced-in yard, and…
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Bucks County Says ‘Yes’ to the Return of Large-Scale, Family-Packed, Glitzy, Indoor Weddings
The big-time, indoor Bucks County wedding business is on its way back. But couples on a budget may need to rethink finances, reports Christine M. Johnson-Hall for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lindsay Albert, event specialist with Catering by Design, describes the present activity as “the opening of the floodgates.” In staging ceremonies at the James A. Michener Art Museum, she’s seeing guest lists swell to prepandemic lengths. The…
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Weekend Wanderer: Anybody Else Getting Sick?
The guest opinion piece in The New York Times warned of new pandemics long after COVID-19 has flittered off into the nether. I cringed when I read that. I’m pretty sure my kids are Patients Zero. That’s not a typo. I do mean “Patients Zero” plural and not “Patient Zero” singular. The first week of…
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Movie Filmed Locally to Premiere at Uptown! on Friday
The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center will host the premiere of Project Pay Day, a family film shot locally, on Friday, June 25 at 7 PM. Starring Jaz Goodreau, Quinn McColgan, Cameron Ocasio, and David Corenswet and directed by Greg Koorhan, the film is set for release later this summer. The screenplay was based on…
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Liberian Refugee, Now in Levittown, Tells a ‘Story You Won’t Often Read in the Media’
Media reports of xenophobia in our country have been rampant. But is America generally that unwelcoming? A U.S. citizen in Levittown (originally from West Africa) offers a unique view for Go Erie. Joseph Sackor came to Bucks County 20 years ago as a refugee, fleeing conflict in Liberia. “There’s a quiet story about refugees,” he says. “It’s about the welcome extended to people like me. It’s a story…
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How Friendly (or Not) Is Pennsylvania for Working Dads?
WalletHub has released its report on 2021’s Best & Worst States for Working Dads, ranking Pennsylvania in the middle of the pack. To determine the best states for men who are both parents and providers, WalletHub compared the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across four key dimensions, which were evaluated using 23…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Father’s Day Crunch
I almost bought the $200 pants. But that’s just because Father’s Day has always been a struggle. That struggle started with my dad, who is always perfectly content. He never wishes for anything. He never pines. He never longs. Well, except that one Father’s Day. I asked what he wanted, and for the first time…
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United Way of Bucks County Takes Off the Gloves in Answering the Needs of the Hungry
It’s almost hard to think of affluent Bucks County as even having food insecurity issues. But the truth is, pockets of locals have always struggled to meet their own daily nutritional needs and those of their families. The pandemic only worsened the situation. According to Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, Bucks County’s rate…
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Jamison Camp Director Passes, Leaving a Legacy of Youths He Promised to ‘Put in a Better Place’
The career of Jamison’s Stephen M. Taylor was formed nearly 70 years ago. His entry as child number five in an eventual clan of 10 siblings imbued him with deep family connectivity, a gift he, in turn, bestowed on needy kids. Taylor passed away May 28 of complications related to Parkinson’s Disease, reported Rita Giordano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Family was everything to…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Not Sure Why, but I Agreed to Go Camping. Can I Fit a Bathtub into My SUV?
My camping experience is limited and questionable. Is it really camping when you’re in a roofed cabin at Girl Scout camp? Or in a used, pop-up camper with your parents and siblings in 1980? Shouldn’t a tent be involved somewhere? If you’re saying, “Yes, yes. A tent should be involved if you’re really camping,” then…
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Park Bench Becomes a Tranquil Tribute to a Young Life Taken By a Tragic Accident
A memorial bench was recently installed on the banks of Lake Nockamixon. Its peaceful location contrasts starkly to the way the life of its honoree was taken, reports Vinny Vella for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The hand-crafted seat is there to honor Jason Kutt, 18, who was accidentally shot by a mistaken hunter last fall. It was built by Kutt’s father, Ron, a welder. He made it a distinctive green…
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Life’s Setbacks Canceled the Bride’s Dream Wedding; Now, the Military Couple Has Won One in Malvern
After overcoming numerous hardships, Diana and Andres Villa will finally get the wedding of their dreams, thanks to The Desmond in Malvern, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. After falling in love in high school 25 years ago, Diana Serna dreamed of a storybook wedding to Andres Villa. But that dream had to…
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Public Pride: Bucks County Communities Show LGTBQ+ Support with Community Flag Raisings
Objectively, it’s just a rectangle of cloth raised on a tall pole. But symbolically, Bucks County’s Pride Flag raisings have become much more. Jeff Warner explained why in Bucks Local News. During its Pride Month honor, Yardley Borough’s first openly gay Councilman David Bria joined Council Vice President Caroline Thompson outside borough hall. Together, they hoisted the multicolored banner aloft. Bria put the event in…
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Weekend Wanderer: Stuck with an Uninvited Guest
My visitor is neither houseguest nor fish, but he definitely meets that three-day criterion for repugnancy. He’s a skink. I did not know what a skink was until he showed up last year. Encyclopedia Britannica says skinks as a subset of lizards — a far more benign descriptor than my skink deserves. Skink bodies are…
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Bristol Rallies Around Mom and Her Special Needs Children Displaced by Apartment Fire
The Wiegand Family — three generations’ worth — was roused just after midnight last week to escape a fire engulfing their apartment building. In the aftermath, the Bristol community is generously coming forward with support. Neighbors are rallying around displaced Jes Weigand Martine and her two special-needs children, reports Cecilia Levine for the Daily Voice. The blaze broke out in a mixed-use building on Farragut Avenue. The…
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Local Soldier Returns Home to Surprise His Family
Chad Wood, a soldier in the Army, has been deployed overseas in Kuwait for the past year, but he recently got the chance to surprise his children at school. Back home in Abington, the first order of business was to head over to Overlook Elementary and surprise his two children, Luke and Ella. The children…
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Weekend Wanderer: Are We Doing Too Much This Summer?
If I’ve made the mistake I think I’ve made, I’m in deep trouble. My mistake was not in telling the tale of my movie buddy’s ill-timed cough. She’s still talking to me. No harm done. Thankfully. Nor was my mistake in telling my husband he loads the dishwasher like a maniac. He lays the coffee…
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Weekend Wanderer: Let’s All Go to the Movies
Everybody should have a movie buddy, that person – people if you’re lucky – who accompany you to any movie, any time. My movie buddies and I have seen everything together, from Black Panther to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer. Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer was not a great concept. But movie buddies don’t cast…
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