Levittown
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Check Those Pockets, Handbags, and Sofa Cushions for Tickets: Somebody in Bucks County Is a Half-Billionaire
What started as a purchase of a lottery ticket at a convenience store on Levittown’s Trenton Road is going to mean a new resident on Millionaire’s Mile somewhere, reports NBC10. One lucky player matched all five white balls — and the yellow Megaball — in the May 21 draw. Lottery officials estimate a payout of $516 million, the largest in the history of the Commonwealth. …
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Levittown Student, Who Went Virtual Long Before the Pandemic, Graduates a Year Early
When he was about 11, Hunter Rodriguez walked out of his sixth-grade classroom and never returned. He was never marked truant. And the school never reported the absences to his parents. In fact, they knew about the move. And supported it. Rodriguez formally swapped his traditional education for the online version, withdrawing from one to enroll…
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Levittown Wound-Care Company Strategically Sets Distribution Center Amid Florida’s Retired Residents
Bristol manufacturer Gentell Corporation makes various dressings, gels and cleaners used for wound care. It has opened a distribution center in Boca Raton, Florida, reports John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The location gives Gentell a decided, strategic, geographic advantage. It has close proximity a number of nursing home and other senior-care facilities throughout Florida and the south. “Our goal…
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Levittown Woman, 94, Earns Astronomical Honorific for Her Inspiring Career
Mae Krier, 94, is getting some out-of-this-world recognition for her work in World War II, wrote Peg Quann in the Bucks County Courier Times. Krier was one of thousands of women who undertook blue-collar employment when their husbands, boyfriends and sons went off to fight. They became collectively known as “Rosie the Riveter,” and depictions of them with rolled-up…
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Improve Your Board Game Collection by Shopping at One of the Best Geeky Stores in Levittown
With many of us still stuck at home with no clear indication of when that could change, now is the ideal time to expand your board game collection by shopping at one of the best board game shops in the region, Lookin’ For Games in Levittown, writes Nick Vadala for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Board games…
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Levittown Artist Part of Animation Team for Pixar’s Big Release of ‘Soul’
MontaQue Ruffin, who grew up in Levittown, is a Pixar animator who most recently worked on the studio’s big Christmas release, the groundbreaking “Soul,” writes Brandon T. Harden for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The thirty-year-old has already amassed impressive film credits that include working on Academy Award-winning films such as Coco and Toy Story 4 as…
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